diff -up ./setup.py.cloudcfg ./setup.py
--- ./setup.py.cloudcfg	2018-01-16 19:05:51.172016283 +0000
+++ ./setup.py	2018-01-16 19:06:24.380417971 +0000
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def render_tmpl(template):
     atexit.register(shutil.rmtree, tmpd)
     bname = os.path.basename(template).rstrip(tmpl_ext)
     fpath = os.path.join(tmpd, bname)
-    tiny_p([sys.executable, './tools/render-cloudcfg', template, fpath])
+    tiny_p([sys.executable, './tools/render-cloudcfg', '--variant=suse', template, fpath])
     # return path relative to setup.py
     return os.path.join(os.path.basename(tmpd), bname)