diff --git a/docker/centos/source/nova/nova-compute/Dockerfile b/docker/centos/source/nova/nova-compute/Dockerfile
index 34fabe9978..96b234a5c6 100644
--- a/docker/centos/source/nova/nova-compute/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/centos/source/nova/nova-compute/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 FROM %%KOLLA_NAMESPACE%%/%%KOLLA_PREFIX%%nova-base:%%KOLLA_TAG%%
 MAINTAINER Kolla Project (https://launchpad.net/kolla)
 
-RUN yum -y install sysfsutils && yum clean all
+RUN yum -y install sysfsutils \
+    libvirt-python \
+    && yum clean all
 
 COPY start.sh /
 COPY config-external.sh /opt/kolla/