diff --git a/lisa/sut_orchestrator/libvirt/ch_platform.py b/lisa/sut_orchestrator/libvirt/ch_platform.py
index b1c25057dc..7497e5f9b6 100644
--- a/lisa/sut_orchestrator/libvirt/ch_platform.py
+++ b/lisa/sut_orchestrator/libvirt/ch_platform.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List, Type
 
+from packaging.version import parse
+
 from lisa import schema
 from lisa.environment import Environment
 from lisa.feature import Feature
@@ -18,7 +20,8 @@
     get_node_context,
 )
 from lisa.sut_orchestrator.libvirt.platform import BaseLibvirtPlatform
-from lisa.tools import QemuImg
+from lisa.tools import Ls, QemuImg
+from lisa.util import LisaException
 from lisa.util.logger import Logger, filter_ansi_escape
 
 from .. import CLOUD_HYPERVISOR
@@ -101,7 +104,21 @@ def _create_node_domain_xml(
         node_context = get_node_context(node)
 
         domain = ET.Element("domain")
-        domain.attrib["type"] = "ch"
+
+        libvirt_version = self._get_libvirt_version()
+        if parse(libvirt_version) > parse("10.0.2"):
+            if self.host_node.tools[Ls].path_exists("/dev/mshv", sudo=True):
+                domain.attrib["type"] = "hyperv"
+            elif self.host_node.tools[Ls].path_exists("/dev/kvm", sudo=True):
+                domain.attrib["type"] = "kvm"
+            else:
+                raise LisaException(
+                    "kvm, mshv are the only supported \
+                                    hypervsiors. Both are missing on the host"
+                )
+
+        else:
+            domain.attrib["type"] = "ch"
 
         name = ET.SubElement(domain, "name")
         name.text = node_context.vm_name
diff --git a/lisa/sut_orchestrator/libvirt/platform.py b/lisa/sut_orchestrator/libvirt/platform.py
index c8d9f807be..2946385686 100644
--- a/lisa/sut_orchestrator/libvirt/platform.py
+++ b/lisa/sut_orchestrator/libvirt/platform.py
@@ -1369,6 +1369,9 @@ def _get_libvirt_version(self) -> str:
         if self.host_node:
             result = self.host_node.execute("libvirtd --version", shell=True).stdout
             result = filter_ansi_escape(result)
+            # Libvirtd returns version info as "libvirtd (libvirt) 10.8.0"
+            # From the return value, only return the version info
+            result = result.split()[-1]
         return result
 
     def _get_vmm_version(self) -> str:
diff --git a/lisa/sut_orchestrator/libvirt/transformers.py b/lisa/sut_orchestrator/libvirt/transformers.py
index 7ec21964f9..b0c30e6cdf 100644
--- a/lisa/sut_orchestrator/libvirt/transformers.py
+++ b/lisa/sut_orchestrator/libvirt/transformers.py
@@ -551,7 +551,6 @@ def _install_libvirt(runbook: schema.TypedSchema, node: Node, log: Logger) -> No
 
         if isinstance(node.os, Ubuntu):
             node.execute("systemctl disable apparmor", shell=True, sudo=True)
-        node.execute("systemctl enable libvirtd", shell=True, sudo=True)
         node.reboot(time_out=900)
         if isinstance(node.os, CBLMariner):
             # After reboot, libvirtd service is in failed state and needs to
@@ -571,7 +570,11 @@ def _install_libvirt(runbook: schema.TypedSchema, node: Node, log: Logger) -> No
         libvirt_version = libvirt_installer._get_version()
         log.info(f"Already installed! libvirt version: {libvirt_version}")
         _fix_mariner_installation(node=node)
-        node.reboot(time_out=900)
+
+    node.execute("systemctl enable libvirtd", shell=True, sudo=True)
+    node.execute("systemctl enable virtnetworkd", shell=True, sudo=True)
+    log.info("Enabled libvirtd and virtnetworkd services")
+    node.reboot(time_out=900)
 
 
 # Some fixes to the libvirt installation on Mariner.