diff --git a/hosts/k8s/k3s-test-1-master-1/default.nix b/hosts/k8s/k3s-test-1-master-1/default.nix
index d2ac8c29..6a42651f 100644
--- a/hosts/k8s/k3s-test-1-master-1/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/k8s/k3s-test-1-master-1/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ let
     inherit (myvars) networking;
     vcpu = 2;
     mem = 8192;
+    varSize = 20480;
   };
   k3sModule = mylib.genK3sServerModule {
     inherit pkgs;
diff --git a/hosts/k8s/k3s-test-1-master-2/default.nix b/hosts/k8s/k3s-test-1-master-2/default.nix
index 14397dec..7c5f1200 100644
--- a/hosts/k8s/k3s-test-1-master-2/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/k8s/k3s-test-1-master-2/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ let
     inherit (myvars) networking;
     vcpu = 2;
     mem = 4096;
+    varSize = 20480;
   };
   k3sModule = mylib.genK3sServerModule {
     inherit pkgs;
diff --git a/hosts/k8s/k3s-test-1-master-3/default.nix b/hosts/k8s/k3s-test-1-master-3/default.nix
index 6f5c0eda..8d2fd2e0 100644
--- a/hosts/k8s/k3s-test-1-master-3/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/k8s/k3s-test-1-master-3/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ let
     inherit (myvars) networking;
     vcpu = 2;
     mem = 8192;
+    varSize = 20480;
   };
   k3sModule = mylib.genK3sServerModule {
     inherit pkgs;
diff --git a/lib/genMicrovmGuestModule.nix b/lib/genMicrovmGuestModule.nix
index 0c76c5a2..fea0164c 100644
--- a/lib/genMicrovmGuestModule.nix
+++ b/lib/genMicrovmGuestModule.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
   # vCPU count and RAM (MiB) -- mirrors the KubeVirt instancetype
   vcpu,
   mem,
+  # persistent volume sizes in MiB
+  etcSize ? 64,
+  varSize ? 4096,
+  homeSize ? 4096,
   # extra stateful mounts (e.g. aquamarine's /data on the passed-through HDDs)
   extraVolumes ? [ ],
   ...
@@ -60,17 +64,17 @@ in
       {
         mountPoint = "/etc"; # ssh host keys (the agenix age identity!), machine-id
         image = "etc.img";
-        size = 64;
+        size = etcSize;
       }
       {
         mountPoint = "/var"; # k3s data (/var/lib/rancher/k3s), nixos uid/gid maps
         image = "var.img";
-        size = 4096;
+        size = varSize;
       }
       {
         mountPoint = "/home"; # user data
         image = "home.img";
-        size = 4096;
+        size = homeSize;
       }
     ]
     ++ extraVolumes;