diff --git a/examples/trivial-remote-virtd.nix b/examples/trivial-remote-virtd.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14d8fe342
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/trivial-remote-virtd.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  machine =
+    { deployment.targetEnv = "libvirtd";
+      deployment.libvirtd.headless = true;
+      deployment.libvirtd.targetHost = "my.machine.net";
+    };
+}
diff --git a/examples/trivial-virtd-in-vbox.nix b/examples/trivial-virtd-in-vbox.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc22f97ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/trivial-virtd-in-vbox.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  vbox =
+    { deployment.targetEnv = "virtualbox"; };
+
+  machine =
+    { resources, ... }:
+    { deployment.targetEnv = "libvirtd";
+      deployment.libvirtd.host = resources.machines.vbox;
+      deployment.libvirtd.headless = true;
+    };
+}
+