diff --git a/.github/RELEASE.md b/.github/RELEASE.md
index ef1e7984..b0e9bd04 100644
--- a/.github/RELEASE.md
+++ b/.github/RELEASE.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 - Switch QEMU revision pinning to a tag instead of a branch (#214)
 - `kafl.targets`: simplify linux kernel tutorial and use predefined load path for kAFL configuration ([`kafl.targets#23`](https://github.com/IntelLabs/kafl.targets/pull/23))
 - examples role: fix shell used to unpacking GPG key (#233)
+- examples role: install missing qemu-system-x86 package (#234)
 
 # 📖 Documentation
 
diff --git a/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/examples/tasks/template_windows.yml b/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/examples/tasks/template_windows.yml
index a6b631d3..1338d39b 100644
--- a/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/examples/tasks/template_windows.yml
+++ b/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/examples/tasks/template_windows.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@
     create: true
   become: true
 
+- name: Ensure QEMU binaries are available
+  ansible.builtin.package:
+    name: qemu-system-x86
+  become: true
+
 - name: Ensure qemu-bridge-helper is setuid
   ansible.builtin.file:
     path: /usr/lib/qemu/qemu-bridge-helper