diff --git a/docker/nova/nova-libvirt/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/nova/nova-libvirt/Dockerfile.j2
index e2656e157f..1d05dfcdaf 100644
--- a/docker/nova/nova-libvirt/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/nova/nova-libvirt/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MAINTAINER {{ maintainer }}
     {% set nova_libvirt_packages = [
         'libvirt-daemon',
         'libguestfs',
-        'qemu-system-x86',
+        'qemu-kvm',
         'libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter',
         'libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter',
         'libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc',