diff --git a/manifests/compute/hypervisor.pp b/manifests/compute/hypervisor.pp
index 85087453..5e202e03 100644
--- a/manifests/compute/hypervisor.pp
+++ b/manifests/compute/hypervisor.pp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 class privatecloud::compute::hypervisor(
   $local_ip          = $ipaddress_eth1,
-  $libvirt_type      = 'kvm',
+  $libvirt_type      = $os_params::libvirt_type,
 ) {
 
   include 'privatecloud::compute'