diff --git a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/eid/templates/kvm/bootstrap-cosmos.sh.erb b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/eid/templates/kvm/bootstrap-cosmos.sh.erb
index 449fe1b0..47883d8a 100755
--- a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/eid/templates/kvm/bootstrap-cosmos.sh.erb
+++ b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/eid/templates/kvm/bootstrap-cosmos.sh.erb
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ if ! test -d /var/cache/cosmos/repo; then
     cosmos clone "$cmd_repo"
 fi
 
+
+if [ ! -f /etc/rc.local ]; then 
+	echo "#!/bin/bash" > /etc/rc.local
+	echo > /etc/rc.local
+	chmod +x /etc/rc.local
+fi
+
 if [ -f /etc/rc.local ]; then
     # re-run cosmos at reboot until it succeeds - use bash -l to get working proxy settings
     grep -v "^exit 0" /etc/rc.local > /etc/rc.local.new