diff --git a/internal/qemu/config.go b/internal/qemu/config.go
index 9b50add..2177066 100644
--- a/internal/qemu/config.go
+++ b/internal/qemu/config.go
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 package qemu
 
+func ScopeName(vmName string) string {
+	return "two-vm-" + vmName + ".scope"
+}
+
 type DiskConfig struct {
 	Path string
 	Dev  string
diff --git a/internal/qemu/start_linux.go b/internal/qemu/start_linux.go
index 181bb1d..fa7bcf3 100644
--- a/internal/qemu/start_linux.go
+++ b/internal/qemu/start_linux.go
@@ -103,9 +103,16 @@ func Start(cfg Config) error {
 		"-daemonize",
 	)
 
-	cmd := exec.Command("qemu-system-x86_64", args...)
-	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("qemu-system-x86_64: %w", err)
+	scopeArgs := append([]string{
+		"--scope",
+		"--unit=" + ScopeName(cfg.Name),
+		"--collect",
+		"qemu-system-x86_64",
+	}, args...)
+
+	cmd := exec.Command("systemd-run", scopeArgs...)
+	if out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("systemd-run qemu-system-x86_64: %w: %s", err, strings.TrimSpace(string(out)))
 	}
 	return nil
 }