diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/firecracker/firecrackerrc b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/firecracker/firecrackerrc
index 0d720662ca..4f9ad8f0d8 100644
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/firecracker/firecrackerrc
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/firecracker/firecrackerrc
@@ -58,3 +58,12 @@
 #
 # Timeout to wait a cgroup to be empty after shutdown/cancel a microVM
 :cgroup_delete_timeout: 60
+
+################################################################################
+# NUMA placement Options
+################################################################################
+#
+# Policy to schedule microVMs accross NUMA nodes. Available options:
+#   - "rr": schedule the microVMs in a RR way across NUMA nodes based on the VM id.
+#   - "random": schedule the microVMs randomly across NUMA nodes.
+:numa_policy: 'random'
diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/firecracker/opennebula_vm.rb b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/firecracker/opennebula_vm.rb
index 54e8c9de0e..f26db9dfe7 100644
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/firecracker/opennebula_vm.rb
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/firecracker/opennebula_vm.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ class FirecrackerConfiguration < Hash
         :gid => 9869,
         :shutdown_timeout => 10,
         :cgroup_location => '/sys/fs/cgroup',
-        :cgroup_delete_timeout => 10
+        :cgroup_delete_timeout => 10,
+        :numa_policy => 'random'
     }
 
     FIRECRACKERRC = '../../etc/vmm/firecracker/firecrackerrc'
@@ -258,9 +259,23 @@ class OpenNebulaVM
 
         nodes = nodes.split("\n")
 
+        case @fcrc[:numa_policy].downcase
+        when 'rr'
+            rr_policy(nodes)
+        when 'random'
+            random_policy(nodes)
+        else
+            random_policy(nodes)
+        end
+    end
+
+    def rr_policy(nodes)
         Integer(nodes[@vm_id % nodes.size].gsub('node', ''))
     end
 
+    def random_policy(nodes)
+        Integer(nodes.sample.gsub('node', ''))
+    end
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Container Mapping: Extra Configuration & Profiles
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------