diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 462e32049a7..832d8b43336 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ get in contact with that distribution and send them our way!
 
 | Supported OSes | Supported Public Clouds | Supported Private Clouds |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| Alpine Linux<br />ArchLinux<br />Debian<br />DragonFlyBSD<br />Fedora<br />FreeBSD<br />Gentoo Linux<br />NetBSD<br />OpenBSD<br />RHEL/CentOS/AlmaLinux/Rocky/PhotonOS<br />SLES/openSUSE<br />Ubuntu<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> | Amazon Web Services<br />Microsoft Azure<br />Google Cloud Platform<br />Oracle Cloud Infrastructure<br />Softlayer<br />Rackspace Public Cloud<br />IBM Cloud<br />DigitalOcean<br />Bigstep<br />Hetzner<br />Joyent<br />CloudSigma<br />Alibaba Cloud<br />OVH<br />OpenNebula<br />Exoscale<br />Scaleway<br />CloudStack<br />AltCloud<br />SmartOS<br />HyperOne<br />Vultr<br />Rootbox<br /> | Bare metal installs<br />OpenStack<br />LXD<br />KVM<br />Metal-as-a-Service (MAAS)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />|
+| Alpine Linux<br />ArchLinux<br />Debian<br />DragonFlyBSD<br />Fedora<br />FreeBSD<br />Gentoo Linux<br />NetBSD<br />OpenBSD<br />RHEL/CentOS/AlmaLinux/Rocky/PhotonOS/Virtuozzo<br />SLES/openSUSE<br />Ubuntu<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> | Amazon Web Services<br />Microsoft Azure<br />Google Cloud Platform<br />Oracle Cloud Infrastructure<br />Softlayer<br />Rackspace Public Cloud<br />IBM Cloud<br />DigitalOcean<br />Bigstep<br />Hetzner<br />Joyent<br />CloudSigma<br />Alibaba Cloud<br />OVH<br />OpenNebula<br />Exoscale<br />Scaleway<br />CloudStack<br />AltCloud<br />SmartOS<br />HyperOne<br />Vultr<br />Rootbox<br /> | Bare metal installs<br />OpenStack<br />LXD<br />KVM<br />Metal-as-a-Service (MAAS)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />|
 
 ## To start developing cloud-init
 
diff --git a/cloudinit/config/cc_ntp.py b/cloudinit/config/cc_ntp.py
index acf3251df5c..d227efb9246 100644
--- a/cloudinit/config/cc_ntp.py
+++ b/cloudinit/config/cc_ntp.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 NTP_CONF = '/etc/ntp.conf'
 NR_POOL_SERVERS = 4
 distros = ['almalinux', 'alpine', 'centos', 'debian', 'fedora', 'opensuse',
-           'photon', 'rhel', 'rocky', 'sles', 'ubuntu']
+           'photon', 'rhel', 'rocky', 'sles', 'ubuntu', 'virtuozzo']
 
 NTP_CLIENT_CONFIG = {
     'chrony': {
diff --git a/cloudinit/config/cc_yum_add_repo.py b/cloudinit/config/cc_yum_add_repo.py
index 67f0968680e..6e6133d12d1 100644
--- a/cloudinit/config/cc_yum_add_repo.py
+++ b/cloudinit/config/cc_yum_add_repo.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 
 **Module frequency:** per always
 
-**Supported distros:** almalinux, centos, fedora, photon, rhel, rocky
+**Supported distros:** almalinux, centos, fedora, photon, rhel, rocky,
+                       virtuozzo
 
 **Config keys**::
 
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@
 
 from cloudinit import util
 
-distros = ['almalinux', 'centos', 'fedora', 'photon', 'rhel', 'rocky']
+distros = ['almalinux', 'centos', 'fedora', 'photon', 'rhel', 'rocky',
+           'virtuozzo']
 
 
 def _canonicalize_id(repo_id):
diff --git a/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py b/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py
index 40c4f2ace6d..7b81316705c 100755
--- a/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py
+++ b/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     'freebsd': ['freebsd'],
     'gentoo': ['gentoo'],
     'redhat': ['almalinux', 'amazon', 'centos', 'fedora', 'photon', 'rhel',
-               'rocky'],
+               'rocky', 'virtuozzo'],
     'suse': ['opensuse', 'sles'],
 }
 
diff --git a/cloudinit/distros/virtuozzo.py b/cloudinit/distros/virtuozzo.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..edb3165d2e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloudinit/distros/virtuozzo.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# This file is part of cloud-init. See LICENSE file for license information.
+
+from cloudinit.distros import rhel
+
+
+class Distro(rhel.Distro):
+    pass
+
+# vi: ts=4 expandtab
diff --git a/cloudinit/net/sysconfig.py b/cloudinit/net/sysconfig.py
index 8031cd3a24c..49f52e9df83 100644
--- a/cloudinit/net/sysconfig.py
+++ b/cloudinit/net/sysconfig.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
     is_ipv6_addr, net_prefix_to_ipv4_mask, subnet_is_ipv6, IPV6_DYNAMIC_TYPES)
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-KNOWN_DISTROS = ['almalinux', 'centos', 'fedora', 'rhel', 'rocky', 'suse']
+KNOWN_DISTROS = ['almalinux', 'centos', 'fedora', 'rhel', 'rocky', 'suse',
+                 'virtuozzo']
 NM_CFG_FILE = "/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf"
 
 
diff --git a/cloudinit/tests/test_util.py b/cloudinit/tests/test_util.py
index a1ccb1dc2be..bd7720d1638 100644
--- a/cloudinit/tests/test_util.py
+++ b/cloudinit/tests/test_util.py
@@ -140,6 +140,20 @@
     ROCKY_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="8"
 """)
 
+OS_RELEASE_VIRTUOZZO_8 = dedent("""\
+    NAME="Virtuozzo Linux"
+    VERSION="8"
+    ID="virtuozzo"
+    ID_LIKE="rhel fedora"
+    VERSION_ID="8"
+    PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
+    PRETTY_NAME="Virtuozzo Linux"
+    ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
+    CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:virtuozzoproject:vzlinux:8"
+    HOME_URL="https://www.vzlinux.org"
+    BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.openvz.org"
+""")
+
 REDHAT_RELEASE_CENTOS_6 = "CentOS release 6.10 (Final)"
 REDHAT_RELEASE_CENTOS_7 = "CentOS Linux release 7.5.1804 (Core)"
 REDHAT_RELEASE_REDHAT_6 = (
@@ -150,6 +164,8 @@
     "AlmaLinux release 8.3 (Purple Manul)")
 REDHAT_RELEASE_ROCKY_8 = (
     "Rocky Linux release 8.3 (Green Obsidian)")
+REDHAT_RELEASE_VIRTUOZZO_8 = (
+    "Virtuozzo Linux release 8")
 
 OS_RELEASE_DEBIAN = dedent("""\
     PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)"
@@ -581,6 +597,22 @@ def test_get_linux_rocky8_osrelease(self, m_os_release, m_path_exists):
         dist = util.get_linux_distro()
         self.assertEqual(('rocky', '8.3', 'Green Obsidian'), dist)
 
+    @mock.patch('cloudinit.util.load_file')
+    def test_get_linux_virtuozzo8_rhrelease(self, m_os_release, m_path_exists):
+        """Verify virtuozzo linux 8 read from redhat-release."""
+        m_os_release.return_value = REDHAT_RELEASE_VIRTUOZZO_8
+        m_path_exists.side_effect = TestGetLinuxDistro.redhat_release_exists
+        dist = util.get_linux_distro()
+        self.assertEqual(('virtuozzo', '8', 'Virtuozzo Linux'), dist)
+
+    @mock.patch('cloudinit.util.load_file')
+    def test_get_linux_virtuozzo8_osrelease(self, m_os_release, m_path_exists):
+        """Verify virtuozzo linux 8 read from os-release."""
+        m_os_release.return_value = OS_RELEASE_VIRTUOZZO_8
+        m_path_exists.side_effect = TestGetLinuxDistro.os_release_exists
+        dist = util.get_linux_distro()
+        self.assertEqual(('virtuozzo', '8', 'Virtuozzo Linux'), dist)
+
     @mock.patch('cloudinit.util.load_file')
     def test_get_linux_debian(self, m_os_release, m_path_exists):
         """Verify we get the correct name and release name on Debian."""
diff --git a/cloudinit/util.py b/cloudinit/util.py
index 7995c6c830d..3bed1aed607 100644
--- a/cloudinit/util.py
+++ b/cloudinit/util.py
@@ -453,9 +453,19 @@ def _parse_redhat_release(release_file=None):
     redhat_regex = (
         r'(?P<name>.+) release (?P<version>[\d\.]+) '
         r'\((?P<codename>[^)]+)\)')
+
+    # Virtuozzo deviates here
+    if "Virtuozzo" in redhat_release:
+        redhat_regex = r'(?P<name>.+) release (?P<version>[\d\.]+)'
+
     match = re.match(redhat_regex, redhat_release)
     if match:
         group = match.groupdict()
+
+        # Virtuozzo has no codename in this file
+        if "Virtuozzo" in group['name']:
+            group['codename'] = group['name']
+
         group['name'] = group['name'].lower().partition(' linux')[0]
         if group['name'] == 'red hat enterprise':
             group['name'] = 'redhat'
@@ -470,9 +480,11 @@ def get_linux_distro():
     distro_version = ''
     flavor = ''
     os_release = {}
+    os_release_rhel = False
     if os.path.exists('/etc/os-release'):
         os_release = load_shell_content(load_file('/etc/os-release'))
     if not os_release:
+        os_release_rhel = True
         os_release = _parse_redhat_release()
     if os_release:
         distro_name = os_release.get('ID', '')
@@ -485,6 +497,9 @@ def get_linux_distro():
             flavor = platform.machine()
         elif distro_name == 'photon':
             flavor = os_release.get('PRETTY_NAME', '')
+        elif distro_name == 'virtuozzo' and not os_release_rhel:
+            # Only use this if the redhat file is not parsed
+            flavor = os_release.get('PRETTY_NAME', '')
         else:
             flavor = os_release.get('VERSION_CODENAME', '')
             if not flavor:
@@ -533,7 +548,7 @@ def system_info():
         linux_dist = info['dist'][0].lower()
         if linux_dist in (
                 'almalinux', 'alpine', 'arch', 'centos', 'debian', 'fedora',
-                'photon', 'rhel', 'rocky', 'suse'):
+                'photon', 'rhel', 'rocky', 'suse', 'virtuozzo'):
             var = linux_dist
         elif linux_dist in ('ubuntu', 'linuxmint', 'mint'):
             var = 'ubuntu'
diff --git a/config/cloud.cfg.tmpl b/config/cloud.cfg.tmpl
index cb2a625b069..f918d919f6d 100644
--- a/config/cloud.cfg.tmpl
+++ b/config/cloud.cfg.tmpl
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ disable_root: true
 {% endif %}
 
 {% if variant in ["almalinux", "alpine", "amazon", "centos", "fedora",
-                  "rhel", "rocky"] %}
+                  "rhel", "rocky", "virtuozzo"] %}
 mount_default_fields: [~, ~, 'auto', 'defaults,nofail', '0', '2']
 {% if variant == "amazon" %}
 resize_rootfs: noblock
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ system_info:
    # This will affect which distro class gets used
 {% if variant in ["almalinux", "alpine", "amazon", "arch", "centos", "debian",
                   "fedora", "freebsd", "netbsd", "openbsd", "photon", "rhel",
-                  "rocky", "suse", "ubuntu"] %}
+                  "rocky", "suse", "ubuntu", "virtuozzo"] %}
    distro: {{ variant }}
 {% elif variant in ["dragonfly"] %}
    distro: dragonflybsd
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ system_info:
          security: http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports
    ssh_svcname: ssh
 {% elif variant in ["almalinux", "alpine", "amazon", "arch", "centos", "fedora",
-                    "rhel", "rocky", "suse"] %}
+                    "rhel", "rocky", "suse", "virtuozzo"] %}
    # Default user name + that default users groups (if added/used)
    default_user:
 {% if variant == "amazon" %}
diff --git a/systemd/cloud-init-generator.tmpl b/systemd/cloud-init-generator.tmpl
index 0713db16d15..1d6af5ae0f7 100644
--- a/systemd/cloud-init-generator.tmpl
+++ b/systemd/cloud-init-generator.tmpl
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ default() {
 
 check_for_datasource() {
     local ds_rc=""
-{% if variant in ["almalinux", "rhel", "fedora", "centos", "rocky"] %}
+{% if variant in ["almalinux", "rhel", "fedora", "centos", "rocky", "virtuozzo"] %}
     local dsidentify="/usr/libexec/cloud-init/ds-identify"
 {% else %}
     local dsidentify="/usr/lib/cloud-init/ds-identify"
diff --git a/systemd/cloud-init.service.tmpl b/systemd/cloud-init.service.tmpl
index c773e4112dc..cab3ec51a39 100644
--- a/systemd/cloud-init.service.tmpl
+++ b/systemd/cloud-init.service.tmpl
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ After=systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
 {% if variant in ["ubuntu", "unknown", "debian"] %}
 After=networking.service
 {% endif %}
-{% if variant in ["almalinux", "centos", "fedora", "rhel", "rocky"] %}
+{% if variant in ["almalinux", "centos", "fedora", "rhel", "rocky", "virtuozzo"] %}
 After=network.service
 After=NetworkManager.service
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/tests/unittests/test_cli.py b/tests/unittests/test_cli.py
index fdb4026c58d..90d8f7b9c1a 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/test_cli.py
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ def test_wb_devel_schema_subcommand_doc_content(self):
         expected_doc_sections = [
             '**Supported distros:** all',
             ('**Supported distros:** almalinux, alpine, centos, debian, '
-             'fedora, opensuse, photon, rhel, rocky, sles, ubuntu'),
+             'fedora, opensuse, photon, rhel, rocky, sles, ubuntu, virtuozzo'),
             '**Config schema**:\n    **resize_rootfs:** (true/false/noblock)',
             '**Examples**::\n\n    runcmd:\n        - [ ls, -l, / ]\n'
         ]
diff --git a/tools/render-cloudcfg b/tools/render-cloudcfg
index 7e667de4b09..227bd8ab34b 100755
--- a/tools/render-cloudcfg
+++ b/tools/render-cloudcfg
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import sys
 
 VARIANTS = ["almalinux", "alpine", "amazon", "arch", "centos", "debian",
             "fedora", "freebsd", "netbsd", "openbsd", "photon", "rhel",
-            "suse","rocky", "ubuntu", "unknown"]
+            "suse","rocky", "ubuntu", "unknown", "virtuozzo"]
 
 
 if "avoid-pep8-E402-import-not-top-of-file":