diff --git a/proxmoxtf/resource_virtual_environment_vm.go b/proxmoxtf/resource_virtual_environment_vm.go
index d40eac0..12bcdc4 100644
--- a/proxmoxtf/resource_virtual_environment_vm.go
+++ b/proxmoxtf/resource_virtual_environment_vm.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ const (
 	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMInitializationIPConfigIPv6Gateway = ""
 	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMInitializationUserAccountPassword = ""
 	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMInitializationUserDataFileID      = ""
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMInitializationType                = ""
 	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMKeyboardLayout                    = "en-us"
 	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMMemoryDedicated                   = 512
 	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMMemoryFloating                    = 0
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ const (
 	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMInitializationIPConfigIPv6        = "ipv6"
 	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMInitializationIPConfigIPv6Address = "address"
 	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMInitializationIPConfigIPv6Gateway = "gateway"
+	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMInitializationType                = "type"
 	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMInitializationUserAccount         = "user_account"
 	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMInitializationUserAccountKeys     = "keys"
 	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMInitializationUserAccountPassword = "password"
@@ -674,6 +676,14 @@ func resourceVirtualEnvironmentVM() *schema.Resource {
 							Default:      dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMInitializationUserDataFileID,
 							ValidateFunc: getFileIDValidator(),
 						},
+						mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMInitializationType: {
+							Type:         schema.TypeString,
+							Description:  "The cloud-init configuration format",
+							Optional:     true,
+							ForceNew:     true,
+							Default:      dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMInitializationType,
+							ValidateFunc: getCloudInitTypeValidator(),
+						},
 					},
 				},
 				MaxItems: 1,
@@ -1854,6 +1864,12 @@ func resourceVirtualEnvironmentVMGetCloudInitConfig(d *schema.ResourceData, m in
 				UserVolume: &initializationUserDataFileID,
 			}
 		}
+
+		initializationType := initializationBlock[mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMInitializationType].(string)
+
+		if initializationType != "" {
+			initializationConfig.Type = &initializationType
+		}
 	}
 
 	return initializationConfig, nil
@@ -2555,6 +2571,12 @@ func resourceVirtualEnvironmentVMReadCustom(d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{
 		initialization[mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMInitializationUserDataFileID] = ""
 	}
 
+	if vmConfig.CloudInitType != nil {
+		initialization[mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMInitializationType] = *vmConfig.CloudInitType
+	} else if len(initialization) > 0 {
+		initialization[mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMInitializationType] = ""
+	}
+
 	currentInitialization := d.Get(mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMInitialization).([]interface{})
 
 	if len(clone) > 0 {
diff --git a/proxmoxtf/utils.go b/proxmoxtf/utils.go
index c755b9b..e4a847c 100644
--- a/proxmoxtf/utils.go
+++ b/proxmoxtf/utils.go
@@ -370,6 +370,13 @@ func getVMIDValidator() schema.SchemaValidateFunc {
 	}
 }
 
+func getCloudInitTypeValidator() schema.SchemaValidateFunc {
+	return validation.StringInSlice([]string{
+		"configdrive2",
+		"nocloud",
+	}, false)
+}
+
 func testComputedAttributes(t *testing.T, s *schema.Resource, keys []string) {
 	for _, v := range keys {
 		if s.Schema[v] == nil {