diff --git a/xos/configurations/cord-pod/docker-compose.yml b/xos/configurations/cord-pod/docker-compose.yml
index 4cbfa7a..2332264 100644
--- a/xos/configurations/cord-pod/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/xos/configurations/cord-pod/docker-compose.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
         - ../cord//xos_cord_config:/opt/xos/xos_configuration/xos_cord_config:ro
         - .:/root/setup:ro
         - ../vtn/files/xos_vtn_config:/opt/xos/xos_configuration/xos_vtn_config:ro
+        - ./images:/opt/xos/images:ro
 
 xos_synchronizer_onos:
     image: xosproject/xos-synchronizer-openstack
diff --git a/xos/configurations/cord-pod/images/README.md b/xos/configurations/cord-pod/images/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aca55a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/configurations/cord-pod/images/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# VM images for XOS
+
+Any Cloud image files placed in this directory (with suffix .img) will be automatically
+imported by XOS and added to Glance (OpenStack's image repository).  For instance, the image
+`trusty-server-multi-nic.img` will be imported with name `trusty-server-multi-nic`.