diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/nova b/files/rpms-suse/nova
index 0c036786d0..03067162c9 100644
--- a/files/rpms-suse/nova
+++ b/files/rpms-suse/nova
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ iptables
 iputils
 kpartx
 kvm
+# qemu as fallback if kvm cannot be used
+qemu
 libvirt # NOPRIME
 libvirt-python
 libxml2-python