diff --git a/providers/cloudservers-uk/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/compute/CloudServersUKTemplateBuilderLiveTest.java b/providers/cloudservers-uk/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/compute/CloudServersUKTemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
index adf8d8dd1b..0558c9df23 100644
--- a/providers/cloudservers-uk/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/compute/CloudServersUKTemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/cloudservers-uk/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/compute/CloudServersUKTemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ public class CloudServersUKTemplateBuilderLiveTest extends BaseTemplateBuilderLi
                case CENTOS:
                   return input.version.matches("5.[023]") || !input.is64Bit;
                case WINDOWS:
-                  return input.version.equals("2008") || input.version.indexOf("2003") != -1
+                  return input.version.equals("2008") || input.version.equals("2008 R1")
+                           || input.version.indexOf("2003") != -1
                            || (input.version.equals("2008 R2") && !input.is64Bit);
                default:
                   return true;
diff --git a/providers/cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/compute/CloudServersUSTemplateBuilderLiveTest.java b/providers/cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/compute/CloudServersUSTemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
index e9980126e7..7ea8feb3a6 100644
--- a/providers/cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/compute/CloudServersUSTemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/compute/CloudServersUSTemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ public class CloudServersUSTemplateBuilderLiveTest extends BaseTemplateBuilderLi
                case CENTOS:
                   return input.version.matches("5.[023]") || !input.is64Bit;
                case WINDOWS:
-                  return input.version.equals("2008") || input.version.indexOf("2003") != -1
+                  return input.version.equals("2008") || input.version.equals("2008 R1")
+                           || input.version.indexOf("2003") != -1
                            || (input.version.equals("2008 R2") && !input.is64Bit);
                default:
                   return true;