diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/general b/files/rpms-suse/general
index 0b69cb1c01..b870d72149 100644
--- a/files/rpms-suse/general
+++ b/files/rpms-suse/general
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ graphviz # docs
 iputils
 libffi-devel  # pyOpenSSL
 libjpeg8-devel # Pillow 3.0.0
-libmysqlclient-devel # MySQL-python
 libopenssl-devel # to rebuild pyOpenSSL if needed
 libxslt-devel  # lxml
 lsof # useful when debugging
diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/n-cpu b/files/rpms-suse/n-cpu
index 9ece11534d..d0c572e97d 100644
--- a/files/rpms-suse/n-cpu
+++ b/files/rpms-suse/n-cpu
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cryptsetup
-genisoimage
 libosinfo
 lvm2
+mkisofs
 open-iscsi
 sg3_utils
 # Stuff for diablo volumes
diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/nova b/files/rpms-suse/nova
index ae115d2138..4103a407d2 100644
--- a/files/rpms-suse/nova
+++ b/files/rpms-suse/nova
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ dnsmasq
 dnsmasq-utils # dist:opensuse-12.3,opensuse-13.1
 ebtables
 gawk
-genisoimage # required for config_drive
 iptables
 iputils
 kpartx
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ kvm # NOPRIME
 libvirt # NOPRIME
 libvirt-python # NOPRIME
 mariadb # NOPRIME
+mkisofs # required for config_drive
 parted
 polkit
 # qemu as fallback if kvm cannot be used
diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index 2eef8c411f..939806ff95 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -506,6 +506,12 @@ function create_nova_conf {
     if [ "$FORCE_CONFIG_DRIVE" != "False" ]; then
         iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT force_config_drive "$FORCE_CONFIG_DRIVE"
     fi
+
+    # nova defaults to genisoimage but only mkisofs is available for 15.0+
+    if is_suse; then
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT mkisofs_cmd /usr/bin/mkisofs
+    fi
+
     # Format logging
     setup_logging $NOVA_CONF