diff --git a/compute/src/main/clojure/org/jclouds/compute.clj b/compute/src/main/clojure/org/jclouds/compute.clj
index b5fabed98f..5540b13c33 100644
--- a/compute/src/main/clojure/org/jclouds/compute.clj
+++ b/compute/src/main/clojure/org/jclouds/compute.clj
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   "A clojure binding to the jclouds ComputeService.
 
 Current supported services are:
-   [ec2, rimuhosting, terremark, vcloud, bluelock, ibmdev, hostingdotcom]
+   [ec2, rimuhosting, cloudservers, terremark, vcloud, bluelock, ibmdev, hostingdotcom]
 
 Here's an example of getting some compute configuration from rackspace:
 
diff --git a/ibmdev/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ibmdev/options/CreateInstanceOptions.java b/ibmdev/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ibmdev/options/CreateInstanceOptions.java
index 5ba7a3a3e2..630ef95f4b 100644
--- a/ibmdev/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ibmdev/options/CreateInstanceOptions.java
+++ b/ibmdev/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ibmdev/options/CreateInstanceOptions.java
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ package org.jclouds.ibmdev.options;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+
 import org.jclouds.http.options.BaseHttpRequestOptions;
 
 /**
@@ -66,6 +69,20 @@ public class CreateInstanceOptions extends BaseHttpRequestOptions {
       return this;
    }
 
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @param configurationData
+    *           extra configuration to pass to the instance
+    */
+   public CreateInstanceOptions configurationData(Map<String, String> configurationData) {
+      checkNotNull(configurationData, "configurationData");
+      for (Entry<String, String> entry : configurationData.entrySet()) {
+         formParameters.removeAll(entry.getKey());
+         formParameters.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+      }
+      return this;
+   }
+
    /**
     * 
     * @param id
@@ -80,6 +97,14 @@ public class CreateInstanceOptions extends BaseHttpRequestOptions {
 
    public static class Builder {
 
+      /**
+       * @see CreateInstanceOptions#configurationData(Map<String, String> )
+       */
+      public static CreateInstanceOptions configurationData(Map<String, String> configurationData) {
+         CreateInstanceOptions options = new CreateInstanceOptions();
+         return options.configurationData(configurationData);
+      }
+
       /**
        * @see CreateInstanceOptions#mountVolume(String, String )
        */
diff --git a/ibmdev/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ibmdev/IBMDeveloperCloudAsyncClientTest.java b/ibmdev/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ibmdev/IBMDeveloperCloudAsyncClientTest.java
index a6ee31dbf2..e340d6e406 100644
--- a/ibmdev/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ibmdev/IBMDeveloperCloudAsyncClientTest.java
+++ b/ibmdev/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ibmdev/IBMDeveloperCloudAsyncClientTest.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import org.jclouds.rest.internal.GeneratedHttpRequest;
 import org.jclouds.rest.internal.RestAnnotationProcessor;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.inject.Module;
 import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
@@ -528,15 +529,18 @@ public class IBMDeveloperCloudAsyncClientTest extends RestClientTest<IBMDevelope
                CreateInstanceOptions[].class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest<IBMDeveloperCloudAsyncClient> httpRequest = processor.createRequest(
                method, "location", "name", "22", "instanceType", new CreateInstanceOptions()
-                        .attachIp("1").authorizePublicKey("MOO").mountVolume("2", "/mnt"));
+                        .attachIp("1").authorizePublicKey("MOO").mountVolume("2", "/mnt").configurationData(
+                                 ImmutableMap.of("insight_admin_password", "myPassword1",
+                                          "db2_admin_password", "myPassword2", "report_user_password",
+                                          "myPassword3")));
 
       assertRequestLineEquals(httpRequest,
                "POST https://www-180.ibm.com/cloud/enterprise/beta/api/rest/20090403/instances HTTP/1.1");
       assertHeadersEqual(httpRequest,
-               "Accept: application/json\nContent-Length: 122\nContent-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\n");
+               "Accept: application/json\nContent-Length: 221\nContent-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\n");
       assertPayloadEquals(
                httpRequest,
-               "location=location&imageID=22&name=name&instanceType=instanceType&ip=1&publicKey=MOO&volumeID=2&oss.storage.id.2.mnt=%2Fmnt");
+               "location=location&imageID=22&name=name&instanceType=instanceType&ip=1&publicKey=MOO&volumeID=2&oss.storage.id.2.mnt=%2Fmnt&insight_admin_password=myPassword1&db2_admin_password=myPassword2&report_user_password=myPassword3");
 
       assertResponseParserClassEquals(method, httpRequest, ParseInstanceFromJson.class);
       assertSaxResponseParserClassEquals(method, null);
diff --git a/ibmdev/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ibmdev/IBMDeveloperCloudClientLiveTest.java b/ibmdev/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ibmdev/IBMDeveloperCloudClientLiveTest.java
index c19b08e3ff..5b4b4d6147 100644
--- a/ibmdev/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ibmdev/IBMDeveloperCloudClientLiveTest.java
+++ b/ibmdev/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ibmdev/IBMDeveloperCloudClientLiveTest.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class IBMDeveloperCloudClientLiveTest {
 
    @Test
    public void testListInstancesFromRequestReturnsNull() throws Exception {
-      Set<? extends Instance> response = connection.listInstancesFromRequest(Long.MAX_VALUE+"");
+      Set<? extends Instance> response = connection.listInstancesFromRequest(Long.MAX_VALUE + "");
       assertNull(response);
    }
 
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ public class IBMDeveloperCloudClientLiveTest {
       assert (allVolumes.contains(volume)) : String.format("volume %s not in %s", volume, volume);
    }
 
-   private static final String IMAGE_ID = "3";// RHEL
+   private static final String IMAGE_ID = "11";// Rational Insight
 
    /**
     * cannot run an instance due to 500 errors:
@@ -286,9 +286,12 @@ public class IBMDeveloperCloudClientLiveTest {
    @Test(expectedExceptions = HttpResponseException.class, dependsOnMethods = { "testAddPublicKey",
             "testAllocateIpAddress", "testCreateVolume" })
    public void testCreateInstanceWithOptions() throws Exception {
-      instance = connection.createInstanceInLocation(location.getId(), TAG, IMAGE_ID, "SMALL",
+      instance = connection.createInstanceInLocation(location.getId(), TAG, IMAGE_ID, "LARGE",
                attachIp(ip.getId()).authorizePublicKey(key.getName()).mountVolume(volume.getId(),
-                        "/mnt"));
+                        "/mnt").configurationData(
+                        ImmutableMap.of("insight_admin_password", "myPassword1",
+                                 "db2_admin_password", "myPassword2", "report_user_password",
+                                 "myPassword3")));
       assertEquals(instance.getLocation(), location.getId());
       assertNotNull(instance.getHostname());
       assertEquals(instance.getIp(), ip.getIp());