diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 8bcf1203..335d4b2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,14 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get -y update
           sudo apt-get -y install build-essential git xorriso qemu-system-x86
 
+      - name: Enable KVM group perms
+        run: |
+          echo 'KERNEL=="kvm", GROUP="kvm", MODE="0666", OPTIONS+="static_node=kvm"' | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/99-kvm4all.rules
+          sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
+          sudo udevadm trigger --name-match=kvm
+
       - name: Build ISOs
+        if: ${{ success() }}
         run: |
           cd build
           ./build-iso.sh --headless