diff --git a/scripts/runqemu b/scripts/runqemu
index 3d77046972..6c263d6b2a 100755
--- a/scripts/runqemu
+++ b/scripts/runqemu
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class BaseConfig(object):
         self.taplock_descriptor = None
         self.portlocks = {}
         self.bitbake_e = ''
-        self.snapshot = False
+        self.snapshot = True
         self.wictypes = ('wic', 'wic.vmdk', 'wic.qcow2', 'wic.vdi', "wic.vhd", "wic.vhdx")
         self.fstypes = ('ext2', 'ext3', 'ext4', 'jffs2', 'nfs', 'btrfs',
                         'cpio.gz', 'cpio', 'ramfs', 'tar.bz2', 'tar.gz',