diff -Nru qemu-2.1+dfsg/debian/changelog qemu-2.1+dfsg/debian/changelog
--- qemu-2.1+dfsg/debian/changelog	2014-09-16 00:29:03.000000000 -0500
+++ qemu-2.1+dfsg/debian/changelog	2014-09-16 13:28:42.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+qemu (2.1+dfsg-4ubuntu3c1) utopic; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian/qemu-system-x86.qemu-kvm.upstart: create /dev/kvm in a
+    container.
+
+ -- Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 16 Sep 2014 13:27:34 -0500
+
 qemu (2.1+dfsg-4ubuntu3) utopic; urgency=medium
 
   * Re-stick the trusty machine type to 2.0 (where it must always stay) and
diff -Nru qemu-2.1+dfsg/debian/qemu-system-x86.qemu-kvm.upstart qemu-2.1+dfsg/debian/qemu-system-x86.qemu-kvm.upstart
--- qemu-2.1+dfsg/debian/qemu-system-x86.qemu-kvm.upstart	2014-09-09 17:23:36.000000000 -0500
+++ qemu-2.1+dfsg/debian/qemu-system-x86.qemu-kvm.upstart	2014-09-16 13:27:25.000000000 -0500
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 	elif grep -qs "^flags.* svm" /proc/cpuinfo; then
 		modprobe -b kvm_amd || true
 	fi
+	if running-in-container; then
+		mknod /dev/kvm c 10 232 || true
+		chown root:kvm /dev/kvm || true
+		chmod g+rw /dev/kvm || true
+	fi
 	# Enable KSM, respecting the default configuration file
 	if [ "$KSM_ENABLED" = "1" ]; then
 		[ -w /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run ] && echo 1 > /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run || true