diff --git a/docker/nova/nova-libvirt/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/nova/nova-libvirt/Dockerfile.j2
index 65f3dedf6e..e4b87e545c 100644
--- a/docker/nova/nova-libvirt/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/nova/nova-libvirt/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ MAINTAINER {{ maintainer }}
 RUN yum -y install \
         libvirt-daemon \
         libguestfs \
-        qemu-system-x86 \
+        qemu-kvm \
         libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter \
         libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter \
         libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc \