diff --git a/src/vmm/LibVirtDriver.cc b/src/vmm/LibVirtDriver.cc
index 4b77f16df5..a99df312f1 100644
--- a/src/vmm/LibVirtDriver.cc
+++ b/src/vmm/LibVirtDriver.cc
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ int LibVirtDriver::deployment_description(
 
         if ( !target.empty() )
         {
-            file << "\t\t<disk type='file' device='disk'>" << endl;
+            file << "\t\t<disk type='file' device='cdrom'>" << endl;
             file << "\t\t\t<source file='" << vm->get_remote_dir() << "/disk."
                  << num << "'/>" << endl;
             file << "\t\t\t<target dev='" << target << "'/>" << endl;