diff --git a/roles/create-zuul-based-reproducer/templates/reproducer-zuul-based-quickstart.sh.j2 b/roles/create-zuul-based-reproducer/templates/reproducer-zuul-based-quickstart.sh.j2
index 733bd3268..cb16d3de4 100644
--- a/roles/create-zuul-based-reproducer/templates/reproducer-zuul-based-quickstart.sh.j2
+++ b/roles/create-zuul-based-reproducer/templates/reproducer-zuul-based-quickstart.sh.j2
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ if [[ "$LIBVIRT" == "1" ]]; then
     # grep hypervisor returns true on virt
     echo "check if linux is running in a hypervisor"
     grep -q 'hypervisor' /proc/cpuinfo && LIBVIRT_ERROR=true || true
+    dmesg | grep kvm | grep -i disabled && LIBVIRT_ERROR=true || true
     if [[ ! -z "$LIBVIRT_ERROR" ]]; then
         echo -e "\e[31m ERROR: -l,  libvirt attempted on a machine w/o libvirt capabilities, or on a virtual instance \e[0m"
     fi