diff --git a/classes/cluster/virtual-mcp-pike-dvr-ssl-barbican/openstack/compute.yml b/classes/cluster/virtual-mcp-pike-dvr-ssl-barbican/openstack/compute.yml
index a82008f..16731e3 100644
--- a/classes/cluster/virtual-mcp-pike-dvr-ssl-barbican/openstack/compute.yml
+++ b/classes/cluster/virtual-mcp-pike-dvr-ssl-barbican/openstack/compute.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@
         port: ${_param:rabbitmq_port}
         ssl:
           enabled: ${_param:rabbitmq_ssl_enabled}
+      # Compute nodes on devcloud can have different CPUs, we need this
+      # to make sure live migration always work even when cmp VMs are on different computes
+      cpu_mode: custom
+      libvirt:
+        cpu_model: kvm64
   neutron:
     compute:
       notification: