diff --git a/build_library/vm_image_util.sh b/build_library/vm_image_util.sh
index 17a0c024a26..1b7f1da5f0c 100644
--- a/build_library/vm_image_util.sh
+++ b/build_library/vm_image_util.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ VALID_IMG_TYPES=(
     vmware_ova
     vmware_raw
     xen
+    nutanix
 )
 
 #list of oem package names, minus the oem- prefix
@@ -353,6 +354,13 @@ IMG_proxmoxve_OEM_PACKAGE=common-oem-files
 IMG_proxmoxve_OEM_USE=proxmoxve
 IMG_proxmoxve_OEM_SYSEXT=oem-proxmoxve
 
+## nutanix
+IMG_nutanix_DISK_FORMAT=qcow2
+IMG_nutanix_DISK_LAYOUT=vm
+IMG_nutanix_OEM_USE=nutanix
+IMG_nutanix_OEM_PACKAGE=common-oem-files
+IMG_nutanix_OEM_SYSEXT=oem-nutanix
+
 ###########################################################
 
 # Print the default vm type for the specified board
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/common-oem-files/common-oem-files-0-r11.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/common-oem-files/common-oem-files-0-r11.ebuild
index d77890980eb..6bdfa95ca07 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/common-oem-files/common-oem-files-0-r11.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/common-oem-files/common-oem-files-0-r11.ebuild
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ AMD64_ONLY_OEMIDS=(
     gce
     hyperv
     vmware
+    nutanix
 )
 
 OEMIDS=(
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-nutanix/metadata.xml b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-nutanix/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..097975e3adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-nutanix/metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-nutanix/oem-nutanix-0.0.1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-nutanix/oem-nutanix-0.0.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c466e609c80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-nutanix/oem-nutanix-0.0.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2020 Kinvolk GmbH. All rights reserved.
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DESCRIPTION="OEM suite for Nutanix"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.nutanix.com/"
+SRC_URI=""
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="amd64"
+IUSE=""
+
+OEM_NAME="Nutanix"