diff --git a/xos/configurations/cord/cord.yaml b/xos/configurations/cord/cord.yaml
index c5d0914..344cf40 100644
--- a/xos/configurations/cord/cord.yaml
+++ b/xos/configurations/cord/cord.yaml
@@ -402,6 +402,15 @@
                 node: mysite_clients
                 relationship: tosca.relationships.MemberOfSlice
 
+    # docker image for vcpe containers
+    andybavier/docker-vcpe:
+      # TODO: need to attach this to mydeployment
+      type: tosca.nodes.Image
+      properties:
+        kind: container
+        container_format: na
+        disk_format: na
+
     # A subscriber
     My House:
        type: tosca.nodes.CORDSubscriber