diff --git a/lib/glance b/lib/glance
index b4c18f8ac7..0970f9483a 100644
--- a/lib/glance
+++ b/lib/glance
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ function configure_glance {
         iniset $GLANCE_API_CONF DEFAULT container_formats "ami,ari,aki,bare,ovf,tgz"
         iniset $GLANCE_API_CONF DEFAULT disk_formats "ami,ari,aki,vhd,raw,iso"
     fi
+    if [ "$VIRT_DRIVER" = 'libvirt' ] && [ "$LIBVIRT_TYPE" = 'parallels' ]; then
+        iniset $GLANCE_API_CONF DEFAULT disk_formats "ami,ari,aki,vhd,vmdk,raw,qcow2,vdi,iso,ploop"
+    fi
 
     # Store specific configs
     iniset $GLANCE_API_CONF DEFAULT filesystem_store_datadir $GLANCE_IMAGE_DIR/
diff --git a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt
index 53dbfb976f..123ca82048 100644
--- a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt
+++ b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ function configure_nova_hypervisor {
         # disable it here for now to avoid surprises later.
         iniset $NOVA_CONF libvirt inject_partition '-2'
     fi
+
+    if [[ "$LIBVIRT_TYPE" = "parallels" ]]; then
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF libvirt connection_uri "parallels+unix:///system"
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF libvirt images_type "ploop"
+    fi
 }
 
 # install_nova_hypervisor() - Install external components