diff --git a/customize/firstboot.ml b/customize/firstboot.ml
index a37c872c7..1140d73a5 100644
--- a/customize/firstboot.ml
+++ b/customize/firstboot.ml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ WantedBy=%s
       install_sysvinit_redhat g
     | "opensuse"|"sles"|"suse-based" ->
       install_sysvinit_suse g
-    | "debian" ->
+    | ("debian"|"kalilinux") ->
       install_sysvinit_debian g;
       if major <= 7 then try_update_rc_d g root
     | "ubuntu" ->
diff --git a/customize/hostname.ml b/customize/hostname.ml
index 745e43ab6..88fcc0ca4 100644
--- a/customize/hostname.ml
+++ b/customize/hostname.ml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ let rec set_hostname (g : Guestfs.guestfs) root hostname =
     update_etc_machine_info g hostname;
     true
 
-  | "linux", ("debian"|"ubuntu"), _ ->
+  | "linux", ("debian"|"ubuntu"|"kalilinux"), _ ->
     let old_hostname = read_etc_hostname g in
     update_etc_hostname g hostname;
     replace_host_in_etc_hosts g old_hostname hostname;
diff --git a/customize/password.ml b/customize/password.ml
index 2d737bf08..489096aeb 100644
--- a/customize/password.ml
+++ b/customize/password.ml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ and default_crypto g root =
   | ("opensuse"|"sles"), _ -> `MD5
 
   (* Rolling distributions, which hopefully should be updated enough. *)
-  | ("archlinux"|"voidlinux"), _ -> `SHA512
+  | ("archlinux"|"voidlinux"|"kalilinux"), _ -> `SHA512
 
   | _, _ ->
     let minor = g#inspect_get_minor_version root in
diff --git a/customize/random_seed.ml b/customize/random_seed.ml
index 90001a728..7aea6851e 100644
--- a/customize/random_seed.ml
+++ b/customize/random_seed.ml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ let rec set_random_seed (g : Guestfs.guestfs) root =
       match typ, distro with
       | "linux", ("fedora"|"rhel"|"centos"|"scientificlinux"|"oraclelinux"|"redhat-based") ->
         Some "/var/lib/random-seed"
-      | "linux", ("debian"|"ubuntu") ->
+      | "linux", ("debian"|"ubuntu"|"kalilinux") ->
         Some "/var/lib/urandom/random-seed"
       | "linux", ("opensuse"|"sles"|"suse-based") ->
         Some "/var/lib/misc/random-seed"
diff --git a/sysprep/sysprep_operation_pacct_log.ml b/sysprep/sysprep_operation_pacct_log.ml
index 047cb39f3..7c734a493 100644
--- a/sysprep/sysprep_operation_pacct_log.ml
+++ b/sysprep/sysprep_operation_pacct_log.ml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ let pacct_log_perform (g : Guestfs.guestfs) root side_effects =
        side_effects#created_file ()
      with G.Error _ -> ())
 
-  | "linux", ("debian"|"ubuntu") ->
+  | "linux", ("debian"|"ubuntu"|"kalilinux") ->
     let files = g#glob_expand "/var/log/account/pacct*" in
     Array.iter (
       fun file ->
diff --git a/v2v/convert_linux.ml b/v2v/convert_linux.ml
index c4625e8f8..b273785e6 100644
--- a/v2v/convert_linux.ml
+++ b/v2v/convert_linux.ml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ let convert (g : G.guestfs) inspect source output rcaps =
     | "rhel" | "centos" | "scientificlinux" | "redhat-based"
     | "oraclelinux" -> `RHEL_family
     | "sles" | "suse-based" | "opensuse" -> `SUSE_family
-    | "debian" | "ubuntu" | "linuxmint" -> `Debian_family
+    | "debian" | "ubuntu" | "linuxmint" | "kalilinux" -> `Debian_family
     | _ -> assert false in
 
   assert (inspect.i_package_format = "rpm" || inspect.i_package_format = "deb");
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ let () =
                     | "rhel" | "centos" | "scientificlinux" | "redhat-based"
                     | "oraclelinux"
                     | "sles" | "suse-based" | "opensuse"
-                    | "debian" | "ubuntu" | "linuxmint") } -> true
+                    | "debian" | "ubuntu" | "linuxmint" | "kalilinux") } -> true
     | _ -> false
   in
   Modules_list.register_convert_module matching "linux" convert
diff --git a/v2v/convert_linux.mli b/v2v/convert_linux.mli
index cc767033b..6abba4deb 100644
--- a/v2v/convert_linux.mli
+++ b/v2v/convert_linux.mli
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 (** Convert a Linux guest to run on KVM.
 
     This module converts certain Enterprise Linux guests to run on
-    KVM.  RHEL, SuSE, Fedora, CentOS, OracleLinux, Debian, Ubuntu
-    and Mint are supported by this module.
+    KVM.  RHEL, SuSE, Fedora, CentOS, OracleLinux, Debian, Ubuntu,
+    Mint and Kali are supported by this module.
 
     No functions are exported.  When the module is linked to virt-v2v
     it registers itself with