diff --git a/devenv/get-image.sh b/devenv/get-image.sh
index 4247be3920..21166301e7 100755
--- a/devenv/get-image.sh
+++ b/devenv/get-image.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ IMAGE_URL=http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/21/Cloud/Im
 IMAGE=Fedora-Cloud-Base-20141203-21.x86_64.qcow2
 TARGET_DIR=/var/lib/libvirt/images
 TARGET=fedora-21-x86_64
+export LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND=direct
 
 if ! [ -f "$IMAGE" ]; then
     echo "Downloading $IMAGE"
@@ -16,18 +17,25 @@ fi
 echo "Copying $IMAGE to $TARGET"
 cp "$IMAGE" $TARGET_DIR/$TARGET
 
-virt-customize \
-    --add $TARGET_DIR/$TARGET \
-    --run-command "cat > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 <<EOF
+
+TMPFILE=$(mktemp /tmp/kolla-ifcfg-eth1.XXXXXXXXXX)
+cat > $TMPFILE <<EOF
 DEVICE=eth1
 BOOTPROTO=none
 ONBOOT=yes
 DEFROUTE=no
-EOF" \
+EOF
+
+
+virt-customize \
+    --add $TARGET_DIR/$TARGET \
+    --upload $TMPFILE:/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
 
 # SELinux relabeling requires virt-customize to have networking disabled
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122907
 virt-customize --add $TARGET_DIR/$TARGET --selinux-relabel --no-network
 
+rm -f $TMPFILE
+
 echo "Finished building image:"
 ls -l $TARGET_DIR/$TARGET