diff --git a/files/apts/nova b/files/apts/nova
index ae925c3293..60119adeea 100644
--- a/files/apts/nova
+++ b/files/apts/nova
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ iptables
 ebtables
 sqlite3
 sudo
-kvm # NOPRIME
+qemu-kvm # NOPRIME
 qemu # dist:wheezy,jessie NOPRIME
 libvirt-bin # NOPRIME
 libjs-jquery-tablesorter # Needed for coverage html reports
diff --git a/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt b/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt
index adffe010ee..1f2b23992e 100644
--- a/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt
+++ b/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ DEBUG_LIBVIRT=$(trueorfalse False $DEBUG_LIBVIRT)
 # Installs required distro-specific libvirt packages.
 function install_libvirt {
     if is_ubuntu; then
-        install_package kvm
+        install_package qemu-kvm
         install_package libvirt-bin
         install_package python-libvirt
         install_package python-guestfs