diff --git a/lib/fog/vcloudng/compute.rb b/lib/fog/vcloudng/compute.rb
index 8b32adbd9..c39531678 100644
--- a/lib/fog/vcloudng/compute.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/vcloudng/compute.rb
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ class VcloudngParser < Fog::Parsers::Base
       if attributes_xml.first.is_a?(Array)
         until attributes_xml.first.empty?
           attribute = attributes_xml.first.shift
-          attributes[attribute.localname] = attribute.value
+          attributes[attribute.localname.to_sym] = attribute.value
         end
       else
         attribute = attributes_xml.shift
-        attributes[attribute.localname] = attribute.value
+        attributes[attribute.localname.to_sym] = attribute.value
       end
     end
     attributes