diff --git a/kvirt/providers/gcp/__init__.py b/kvirt/providers/gcp/__init__.py
index 294fd7949..cd42635c5 100644
--- a/kvirt/providers/gcp/__init__.py
+++ b/kvirt/providers/gcp/__init__.py
@@ -426,6 +426,8 @@ def create(self, name, virttype=None, profile='', flavor=None, plan='kvirt', cpu
             if 'scheduling' not in body:
                 body['scheduling'] = {}
             body['scheduling']['provisioningModel'] = 'SPOT'
+            if overrides.get('spot_delete', False):
+                body['scheduling']['instanceTerminationAction'] = 'DELETE'
         if overrides.get('preemptible', False):
             if 'scheduling' not in body:
                 body['scheduling'] = {}