diff --git a/vcloud/terremark/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/terremark/TerremarkECloudContextBuilder.java b/vcloud/terremark/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/terremark/TerremarkECloudContextBuilder.java
index 0660dc110f..9b0d6a59b0 100644
--- a/vcloud/terremark/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/terremark/TerremarkECloudContextBuilder.java
+++ b/vcloud/terremark/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/terremark/TerremarkECloudContextBuilder.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 import org.jclouds.http.config.JavaUrlHttpCommandExecutorServiceModule;
 import org.jclouds.logging.jdk.config.JDKLoggingModule;
 import org.jclouds.vcloud.VCloudExpressContextBuilder;
-import org.jclouds.vcloud.terremark.compute.config.TerremarkVCloudComputeServiceContextModule;
+import org.jclouds.vcloud.terremark.compute.config.TerremarkECloudComputeServiceContextModule;
 import org.jclouds.vcloud.terremark.config.TerremarkECloudRestClientModule;
 
 import com.google.inject.Injector;
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class TerremarkECloudContextBuilder extends VCloudExpressContextBuilder {
 
    @Override
    protected void addContextModule(List<Module> modules) {
-      modules.add(new TerremarkVCloudComputeServiceContextModule());
+      modules.add(new TerremarkECloudComputeServiceContextModule());
    }
 
    @Override
diff --git a/vcloud/terremark/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/terremark/TerremarkECloudPropertiesBuilder.java b/vcloud/terremark/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/terremark/TerremarkECloudPropertiesBuilder.java
index 9bec07eb52..547bdaf8f3 100644
--- a/vcloud/terremark/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/terremark/TerremarkECloudPropertiesBuilder.java
+++ b/vcloud/terremark/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/terremark/TerremarkECloudPropertiesBuilder.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.jclouds.vcloud.terremark;
 
 import static org.jclouds.Constants.PROPERTY_API_VERSION;
 import static org.jclouds.Constants.PROPERTY_ENDPOINT;
+import static org.jclouds.vcloud.reference.VCloudConstants.PROPERTY_VCLOUD_TIMEOUT_TASK_COMPLETED;
 import static org.jclouds.vcloud.terremark.reference.TerremarkConstants.PROPERTY_TERREMARK_EXTENSION_NAME;
 import static org.jclouds.vcloud.terremark.reference.TerremarkConstants.PROPERTY_TERREMARK_EXTENSION_VERSION;
 
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ public class TerremarkECloudPropertiesBuilder extends TerremarkVCloudPropertiesB
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_ENDPOINT, "https://services.enterprisecloud.terremark.com/api");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_TERREMARK_EXTENSION_NAME, "eCloudExtensions");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_TERREMARK_EXTENSION_VERSION, "2.5");
+      // for some reason the centos template is very slow to deploy
+      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_VCLOUD_TIMEOUT_TASK_COMPLETED, 720l * 1000l + "");
       return properties;
    }
 
diff --git a/vcloud/terremark/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/terremark/compute/config/TerremarkECloudComputeServiceContextModule.java b/vcloud/terremark/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/terremark/compute/config/TerremarkECloudComputeServiceContextModule.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..017c798f46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcloud/terremark/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/terremark/compute/config/TerremarkECloudComputeServiceContextModule.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ */
+
+package org.jclouds.vcloud.terremark.compute.config;
+
+import static org.jclouds.compute.domain.OsFamily.CENTOS;
+
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.TemplateBuilder;
+
+import com.google.inject.Injector;
+
+/**
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class TerremarkECloudComputeServiceContextModule extends TerremarkVCloudComputeServiceContextModule {
+   protected TemplateBuilder provideTemplate(Injector injector, TemplateBuilder template) {
+      return template.osFamily(CENTOS);
+   }
+}
diff --git a/vcloud/terremark/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/terremark/compute/TerremarkECloudComputeServiceLiveTestDisabled.java b/vcloud/terremark/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/terremark/compute/TerremarkECloudComputeServiceLiveTest.java
similarity index 94%
rename from vcloud/terremark/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/terremark/compute/TerremarkECloudComputeServiceLiveTestDisabled.java
rename to vcloud/terremark/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/terremark/compute/TerremarkECloudComputeServiceLiveTest.java
index 9c1086b3f5..3be000c4c8 100644
--- a/vcloud/terremark/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/terremark/compute/TerremarkECloudComputeServiceLiveTestDisabled.java
+++ b/vcloud/terremark/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/terremark/compute/TerremarkECloudComputeServiceLiveTest.java
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ import org.testng.annotations.Test;
  * 
  * @author Adrian Cole
  */
-@Test(groups = "live", enabled = false, sequential = true, testName = "terremark.TerremarkVCloudComputeServiceLiveTest")
-public class TerremarkECloudComputeServiceLiveTestDisabled extends BaseComputeServiceLiveTest {
-   public TerremarkECloudComputeServiceLiveTestDisabled() {
+@Test(groups = "live", enabled = true, sequential = true, testName = "terremark.TerremarkVCloudComputeServiceLiveTest")
+public class TerremarkECloudComputeServiceLiveTest extends BaseComputeServiceLiveTest {
+   public TerremarkECloudComputeServiceLiveTest() {
       provider = "trmk-ecloud";
    }