diff --git a/dev/validate_bom__deploy.py b/dev/validate_bom__deploy.py
index fba50af7..307d0768 100644
--- a/dev/validate_bom__deploy.py
+++ b/dev/validate_bom__deploy.py
@@ -1431,6 +1431,7 @@ def do_create_vm(self, options):
         ' --project {project} --zone {zone}'
         ' --network {network}'
         ' --tags {network_tags}'
+        ' --preemptible'
         ' --scopes {scopes}'
         ' {instance}'
         .format(gcloud_account=options.deploy_hal_google_service_account,