diff --git a/tools/init-runonce b/tools/init-runonce
index 8f134c091b..3756651a94 100755
--- a/tools/init-runonce
+++ b/tools/init-runonce
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 IMAGE_URL=http://download.cirros-cloud.net/0.3.4/
 IMAGE=cirros-0.3.4-x86_64-disk.img
 IMAGE_NAME=cirros
+IMAGE_TYPE=linux
 EXT_NET_CIDR='10.0.2.0/24'
 EXT_NET_RANGE='start=10.0.2.150,end=10.0.2.199'
 EXT_NET_GATEWAY='10.0.2.1'
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ if ! [ -f "${IMAGE}" ]; then
 fi
 echo Creating glance image.
 openstack image create --disk-format qcow2 --container-format bare --public \
-    --file ./${IMAGE} ${IMAGE_NAME}
+    --property os_type=${IMAGE_TYPE} --file ./${IMAGE} ${IMAGE_NAME}
 
 echo Configuring neutron.
 openstack network create --external --provider-physical-network physnet1 \