diff --git a/manifests/compute/hypervisor.pp b/manifests/compute/hypervisor.pp
index b4f5002c..69db9d2f 100644
--- a/manifests/compute/hypervisor.pp
+++ b/manifests/compute/hypervisor.pp
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ Host *
       'DEFAULT/libvirt_inject_partition':  value => '-2';
       'DEFAULT/live_migration_flag':       value => 'VIR_MIGRATE_UNDEFINE_SOURCE,VIR_MIGRATE_PEER2PEER,VIR_MIGRATE_LIVE,VIR_MIGRATE_PERSIST_DEST';
       'DEFAULT/default_availability_zone': value => $availability_zone;
+      'DEFAULT/disk_cachemodes':           value => 'network=writeback';
     }
 
     File <<| tag == 'ceph_compute_secret_file' |>>
diff --git a/spec/classes/cloud_compute_hypervisor_spec.rb b/spec/classes/cloud_compute_hypervisor_spec.rb
index 24846d0c..710b3c1e 100644
--- a/spec/classes/cloud_compute_hypervisor_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/cloud_compute_hypervisor_spec.rb
@@ -191,11 +191,12 @@ describe 'cloud::compute::hypervisor' do
       should contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/rbd_secret_uuid').with('value' => 'secrete')
     end
 
-    it 'configure nova-conpute with extra parameters' do
+    it 'configure nova-compute with extra parameters' do
       should contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/default_availability_zone').with('value' => 'MyZone')
       should contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/libvirt_inject_key').with('value' => false)
       should contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/libvirt_inject_partition').with('value' => '-2')
       should contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/live_migration_flag').with('value' => 'VIR_MIGRATE_UNDEFINE_SOURCE,VIR_MIGRATE_PEER2PEER,VIR_MIGRATE_LIVE,VIR_MIGRATE_PERSIST_DEST')
+      should contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/disk_cachemodes').with('value' => 'network=writeback')
     end
 
     context 'without RBD backend' do