diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/environment.d/10-centos7-distro-name.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/environment.d/10-centos7-distro-name.bash
index 9291e56d..66a7fdc5 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/environment.d/10-centos7-distro-name.bash
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/environment.d/10-centos7-distro-name.bash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export DISTRO_NAME=centos7
-export DIB_RELEASE=GenericCloud
+export DIB_RELEASE=7
 
 # Useful for elements that work with fedora (dnf) & centos
 export YUM=${YUM:-yum}
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/root.d/10-centos7-cloud-image b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/root.d/10-centos7-cloud-image
index 8d5d6e6b..8b46afa4 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/root.d/10-centos7-cloud-image
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/root.d/10-centos7-cloud-image
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ if [ -n "$DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE" ]; then
     BASE_IMAGE_FILE=$(basename $DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE)
     BASE_IMAGE_TAR=$BASE_IMAGE_FILE.tgz
 else
-    DIB_RELEASE=${DIB_RELEASE:-GenericCloud}
-    BASE_IMAGE_FILE=${BASE_IMAGE_FILE:-CentOS-7-${ARCH}-$DIB_RELEASE.qcow2.xz}
+    DIB_CENTOS7_CLOUD_RELEASE=${DIB_CENTOS7_CLOUD_RELEASE:-GenericCloud}
+    BASE_IMAGE_FILE=${BASE_IMAGE_FILE:-CentOS-7-${ARCH}-$DIB_CENTOS7_CLOUD_RELEASE.qcow2.xz}
     BASE_IMAGE_TAR=$BASE_IMAGE_FILE.tgz
     IMAGE_LOCATION=$DIB_CLOUD_IMAGES/$BASE_IMAGE_FILE
     CACHED_IMAGE=$DIB_IMAGE_CACHE/$BASE_IMAGE_FILE