--- cloudinit/distros/opensuse.py.orig
+++ cloudinit/distros/opensuse.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class Distro(distros.Distro):
     resolve_conf_fn = '/etc/resolv.conf'
     tz_local_fn = '/etc/localtime'
     systemd_locale_conf_fn = '/etc/locale.conf'
+    init_cmd = ['service']
 
     def __init__(self, name, cfg, paths):
         distros.Distro.__init__(self, name, cfg, paths)
@@ -50,9 +51,13 @@ class Distro(distros.Distro):
         # calls from repeatly happening (when they
         # should only happen say once per instance...)
         self._runner = helpers.Runners(paths)
+        cfg['ssh_svcname'] = 'sshd'
         self.osfamily = 'suse'
         self.systemdDist = util.which('systemctl')
-        
+	if self.systemdDist:
+            self.init_cmd = ['systemctl']
+            cfg['ssh_svcname'] = 'sshd.service'
+
     def apply_locale(self, locale, out_fn=None):
         if self.systemdDist:
             if not out_fn: