diff --git a/docker/nova-compute/nova-libvirt/start.sh b/docker/nova-compute/nova-libvirt/start.sh
index 8d45070b5e..04e5f97928 100755
--- a/docker/nova-compute/nova-libvirt/start.sh
+++ b/docker/nova-compute/nova-libvirt/start.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+if [[ $(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep vmx) ]]; then
+    modprobe kvm_intel
+elif [[ $(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep svm) ]]; then
+    modprobe kvm_amd
+else
+    echo "WARNING: Your hardware does not support hardware virtualization -" \
+         "using qemu software virtualization instead"
+fi
+
+modprobe ip6_tables ip_tables ebtable_nat
+
 # If libvirt is not installed on the host permissions need to be set
 # If running in qemu, we don't need to set anything as /dev/kvm won't exist
 if [[ -c /dev/kvm ]]; then