diff --git a/python/scripts/cbl_vmm.py b/python/scripts/cbl_vmm.py
index 4f0508bb..98bb6579 100755
--- a/python/scripts/cbl_vmm.py
+++ b/python/scripts/cbl_vmm.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 DEFAULT_DISTRO = {
     'aarch64': 'fedora',
     'arm64': 'fedora',
+    'arm': 'debian',
     'x86_64': 'arch',
 }
 DEFAULT_KERNEL_PATH = {