diff --git a/src/vm/VirtualMachineTemplate.cc b/src/vm/VirtualMachineTemplate.cc
index 44fb3ed5a3..5fc83995b9 100644
--- a/src/vm/VirtualMachineTemplate.cc
+++ b/src/vm/VirtualMachineTemplate.cc
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ const string VirtualMachineTemplate::RESTRICTED_ATTRIBUTES[] = {
 	"CONTEXT/FILES",
 	"DISK/SOURCE",
 	"NIC/MAC",
-	"NIC/VLAN_ID"
+	"NIC/VLAN_ID",
+	"RANK"
 };
 
 const int VirtualMachineTemplate::RS_ATTRS_LENGTH = 3;