diff -rup libvirt-0.2.2/qemud/conf.c libvirt-0.2.2.new/qemud/conf.c
--- libvirt-0.2.2/qemud/conf.c	2007-05-14 10:38:52.000000000 -0400
+++ libvirt-0.2.2.new/qemud/conf.c	2007-05-14 10:38:34.000000000 -0400
@@ -1151,6 +1151,12 @@ qemudNetworkIfaceConnect(struct qemud_se
         goto error;
     }
 
+    if (!server->brctl && (err = brInit(&server->brctl))) {
+        qemudReportError(server, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+                         "cannot initialize bridge support: %s", strerror(err));
+        goto error;
+    }
+
     if ((err = brAddTap(server->brctl, brname,
                         ifname, BR_IFNAME_MAXLEN, &tapfd))) {
         qemudReportError(server, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
Only in libvirt-0.2.2.new/qemud: conf.c.orig