diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d795074..c220868 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ OPTIONS
     -M          Mac address         (default: auto-assigned)
     -p          Console port        (default: auto)
     -s          Custom shell script
-    -t          Linux Distribution  (default: centos7)
+    -t          Linux Distribution  (default: centos8)
     -T          Timezone            (default: US/Eastern)
     -u          Custom user         (defualt: $USER)
     -v          Be verbose
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ DISTRIBUTIONS
     centos7         CentOS 7                            centos
     centos7-atomic  CentOS 7 Atomic Host                centos
     centos6         CentOS 6                            centos
+    centos8         CentOS 8                            centos
     debian9         Debian 9 (Stretch)                  debian
     fedora27        Fedora 27                           fedora
     fedora27-atomic Fedora 27 Atomic Host               fedora
diff --git a/kvm-install-vm b/kvm-install-vm
index 855228c..4a8b5b5 100755
--- a/kvm-install-vm
+++ b/kvm-install-vm
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function usage_subcommand ()
             printf "    -M          Mac address           (default: auto-assigned)\n"
             printf "    -p          Console port          (default: auto)\n"
             printf "    -s          Custom shell script\n"
-            printf "    -t          Linux Distribution    (default: centos7)\n"
+            printf "    -t          Linux Distribution    (default: centos8)\n"
             printf "    -T          Timezone              (default: US/Eastern)\n"
             printf "    -u          Custom user           (default: $USER)\n"
             printf "    -y          Assume yes to prompts (default: false)\n"
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ function usage_subcommand ()
             printf "DISTRIBUTIONS\n"
             printf "    NAME            DESCRIPTION                         LOGIN\n"
             printf "    amazon2         Amazon Linux 2                      ec2-user\n"
+            printf "    centos8         CentOS 8                            centos\n"
             printf "    centos7         CentOS 7                            centos\n"
             printf "    centos7-atomic  CentOS 7 Atomic Host                centos\n"
             printf "    centos6         CentOS 6                            centos\n"
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ function usage_subcommand ()
             printf "\n"
             printf "EXAMPLES\n"
             printf "    $prog create foo\n"
-            printf "        Create VM with the default parameters: CentOS 7, 1 vCPU, 1GB RAM, 10GB\n"
+            printf "        Create VM with the default parameters: CentOS 8, 1 vCPU, 1GB RAM, 10GB\n"
             printf "        disk capacity.\n"
             printf "\n"
             printf "    $prog create -c 2 -m 2048 -d 20 foo\n"
@@ -294,6 +295,14 @@ function fetch_images ()
             DISK_FORMAT=qcow2
             LOGIN_USER=ec2-user
             ;;
+        centos8)
+            QCOW=CentOS-8-GenericCloud-8.1.1911-20200113.3.x86_64.qcow2
+            OS_TYPE="linux"
+            OS_VARIANT="centos8"
+            IMAGE_URL=https://cloud.centos.org/centos/8/x86_64/images
+            DISK_FORMAT=qcow2
+            LOGIN_USER=centos
+            ;;
         centos7)
             QCOW=CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud.qcow2
             OS_TYPE="linux"
@@ -472,7 +481,7 @@ function set_cloud_init_remove ()
         centos6 )
             CLOUDINITDISABLE="chkconfig cloud-init off"
             ;;
-        centos7|amazon?|fedora??|ubuntu*|debian? )
+        centos8|centos7|amazon?|fedora??|ubuntu*|debian? )
             CLOUDINITDISABLE="systemctl disable cloud-init.service"
             ;;
         *-atomic)
@@ -784,7 +793,7 @@ function set_defaults ()
     VMDIR=${HOME}/virt/vms          # Directory to store virtual machines
     BRIDGE=virbr0                   # Hypervisor bridge
     PUBKEY=""                       # SSH public key
-    DISTRO=centos7                  # Distribution
+    DISTRO=centos8                  # Distribution
     MACADDRESS=""                   # MAC Address
     PORT=-1                         # Console port
     TIMEZONE=US/Eastern             # Timezone
diff --git a/tests/check_distributions.bats b/tests/check_distributions.bats
index d9645bd..5d556aa 100644
--- a/tests/check_distributions.bats
+++ b/tests/check_distributions.bats
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ function remove_test_vm ()
     remove_test_vm centos7-atomic
 }
 
+@test "Install VM (CentOS 8) - $VMNAME-centos8" {
+    create_test_vm centos8
+}
+
+@test "Delete VM (CentOS 8) - $VMNAME-centos8" {
+    remove_test_vm centos8
+}
+
 @test "Install VM (Fedora 29) - $VMNAME-fedora29" {
     create_test_vm fedora27
 }
diff --git a/tests/check_script.bats b/tests/check_script.bats
index f80a988..56cf88d 100644
--- a/tests/check_script.bats
+++ b/tests/check_script.bats
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ load vmname
     [[ "${lines[0]}" =~ "NAME" ]]
 }
 
-@test "Install VM (CentOS7) - $VMNAME" {
+@test "Install VM (CentOS8) - $VMNAME" {
     run kvm-install-vm create $VMNAME
     [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 }