diff --git a/openrc b/openrc
index 483b5af387..7d5f0bbf3e 100644
--- a/openrc
+++ b/openrc
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ KEYSTONE_AUTH_HOST=${KEYSTONE_AUTH_HOST:-$SERVICE_HOST}
 # Identity API version
 export OS_IDENTITY_API_VERSION=${IDENTITY_API_VERSION:-3}
 
+# Ask keystoneauth1 to use keystone
+export OS_AUTH_TYPE=password
+
 # Authenticating against an OpenStack cloud using Keystone returns a **Token**
 # and **Service Catalog**.  The catalog contains the endpoints for all services
 # the user/project has access to - including nova, glance, keystone, swift, ...