diff --git a/blocks/base-guest-agents.cfg b/blocks/base-guest-agents.cfg
index 5b34351..2010e40 100644
--- a/blocks/base-guest-agents.cfg
+++ b/blocks/base-guest-agents.cfg
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ qemu-guest-agent # "QEMU guest agent" The qemu-guest agent is unnecessary for a
 spice-vdagent # "Agent for Spice guests" The spice agent is unnecessary for a bare-metal system. However, it is included here to cover cases where this kickstart file is used to deploy a virtual machine 
 
 %end # End of the packages section
+
+services --enabled=NetworkManager,qemu-guest-agent,spice-vdagentd --disabled=sshd # enable services for guest agents
+