diff --git a/src/basic/virt.c b/src/basic/virt.c
index 4194c239ea8..b3c1ebf3d81 100644
--- a/src/basic/virt.c
+++ b/src/basic/virt.c
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ static Virtualization detect_vm_dmi_vendor(void) {
                 Virtualization id;
         } dmi_vendor_table[] = {
                 { "KVM",                 VIRTUALIZATION_KVM       },
+                { "OpenStack",           VIRTUALIZATION_KVM       }, /* Detect OpenStack instance as KVM in non x86 architecture */
                 { "Amazon EC2",          VIRTUALIZATION_AMAZON    },
                 { "QEMU",                VIRTUALIZATION_QEMU      },
                 { "VMware",              VIRTUALIZATION_VMWARE    }, /* https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1009458 */