diff --git a/builder/openstack/image_config.go b/builder/openstack/image_config.go
index 3bdc1fc50..7a903ebae 100644
--- a/builder/openstack/image_config.go
+++ b/builder/openstack/image_config.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ type ImageConfig struct {
 	ImageMetadata   map[string]string            `mapstructure:"metadata"`
 	ImageVisibility imageservice.ImageVisibility `mapstructure:"image_visibility"`
 	ImageMembers    []string                     `mapstructure:"image_members"`
+	DiskFormat      string                       `mapstructure:"disk_format"`
 }
 
 func (c *ImageConfig) Prepare(ctx *interpolate.Context) []error {
diff --git a/builder/openstack/step_create_image.go b/builder/openstack/step_create_image.go
index 550ddcd28..0a871adf0 100644
--- a/builder/openstack/step_create_image.go
+++ b/builder/openstack/step_create_image.go
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ func (s *stepCreateImage) Run(_ context.Context, state multistep.StateBag) multi
 		}
 		volume := state.Get("volume_id").(string)
 		image, err := volumeactions.UploadImage(blockStorageClient, volume, volumeactions.UploadImageOpts{
-			ImageName: config.ImageName,
+			DiskFormat: config.DiskFormat,
+			ImageName:  config.ImageName,
 		}).Extract()
 		if err != nil {
 			err := fmt.Errorf("Error creating image: %s", err)