diff --git a/hosts/nomarchy-live.nix b/hosts/nomarchy-live.nix
index 4eb8a25..bbda20c 100644
--- a/hosts/nomarchy-live.nix
+++ b/hosts/nomarchy-live.nix
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@
   ];
   services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "amdgpu" "radeon" "nouveau" "modesetting" "fbdev" "virtio" ];
 
+  # VM guest agents. Without these the virtio-gpu connector only advertises
+  # its 1024x768 fallback mode, so Hyprland's `monitor = , highres, …` rule
+  # picks that as the highest available resolution and the live session boots
+  # tiny. The agents let the SPICE/QEMU host negotiate a real resolution.
+  # (The installed system gets the same wiring via core/system/vm-guest.nix.)
+  services.spice-vdagentd.enable = true;
+  services.qemuGuest.enable = true;
+
   environment.etc."install.sh" = {
     source = ../installer/install.sh;
     mode = "0755";