diff --git a/snap-overlay/etc/nova/nova.conf.d/hypervisor.conf b/snap-overlay/etc/nova/nova.conf.d/hypervisor.conf
index bb910e5..0ff89cf 100644
--- a/snap-overlay/etc/nova/nova.conf.d/hypervisor.conf
+++ b/snap-overlay/etc/nova/nova.conf.d/hypervisor.conf
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ compute_driver = libvirt.LibvirtDriver
 disable_rootwrap = True
 
 [libvirt]
-virt_type = qemu
-cpu_mode = host-model
+virt_type = kvm
+cpu_mode = host-passthrough