diff --git a/apiclient/harvester_api/models/virtualmachines.py b/apiclient/harvester_api/models/virtualmachines.py
index cad7311e1..91ced97e6 100644
--- a/apiclient/harvester_api/models/virtualmachines.py
+++ b/apiclient/harvester_api/models/virtualmachines.py
@@ -296,6 +296,9 @@ def to_dict(self, name, namespace, hostname=""):
                 "runStrategy": self.run_strategy,
                 "template": {
                     "metadata": {
+                        "annotations": {
+                            "harvesterhci.io/sshNames": '[]'
+                        },
                         "labels": {
                             "harvesterhci.io/vmName": name
                         }