diff --git a/manifests/compute/kvm.pp b/manifests/compute/kvm.pp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..600dc7a1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/compute/kvm.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+class nova::compute::kvm(
+
+) {
+
+  nova_config {
+    'libvirt_type': value  => 'kvm',
+  }
+
+  package { 'nova-compute-kvm':
+    ensure => present
+  }
+}