diff --git a/manifests/compute.pp b/manifests/compute.pp
index 2dfa8a20..9b79af30 100644
--- a/manifests/compute.pp
+++ b/manifests/compute.pp
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ class cloud::compute(
     log_dir             => $log_dir,
     log_facility        => $log_facility,
     use_syslog          => $use_syslog,
+    nova_shell          => '/bin/bash',
   }
 
   class { 'nova::network::neutron':