diff --git a/providers/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/domain/OSProfile.java b/providers/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/domain/OSProfile.java
index 3f5a0bccaf..67c1ad355b 100644
--- a/providers/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/domain/OSProfile.java
+++ b/providers/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/domain/OSProfile.java
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public abstract class OSProfile {
 
          public abstract String settingName();
 
-         public abstract String content();
+         @Nullable public abstract String content();
 
          @SerializedNames({"passName", "componentName", "settingName", "content"})
          public static AdditionalUnattendContent create(final String passName, final String componentName,