diff --git a/qa/qa-sample.json b/qa/qa-sample.json
index a737e16a15c94a421121eea5101283d42ad6552e..9668b65e9e917738b4fcd215b2ec301596041e5f 100644
--- a/qa/qa-sample.json
+++ b/qa/qa-sample.json
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@
     "burnin-in-parallel": false,
     "burnin-check-instances": false,
     "burnin-rename": "xen-test-rename",
-    "burnin-reboot": true
+    "burnin-reboot": true,
+    "reboot-types": ["soft", "hard", "full"]
   },
 
   "# vim: set syntax=javascript :": null
diff --git a/qa/qa_cluster.py b/qa/qa_cluster.py
index 1a89d5b73cfaf264d86813c3e773a223df1056a6..164fcf1107eb99bd56f2d1906d7f485539bc08bf 100644
--- a/qa/qa_cluster.py
+++ b/qa/qa_cluster.py
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ def TestClusterBurnin():
   check_inst = options.get('burnin-check-instances', False)
   do_rename = options.get('burnin-rename', '')
   do_reboot = options.get('burnin-reboot', True)
+  reboot_types = options.get("reboot-types", constants.REBOOT_TYPES)
 
   # Get as many instances as we need
   instances = []
@@ -283,6 +284,8 @@ def TestClusterBurnin():
         cmd.append('--rename=%s' % do_rename)
       if not do_reboot:
         cmd.append('--no-reboot')
+      else:
+        cmd.append('--reboot-types=%s' % ",".join(reboot_types))
       cmd += [inst['name'] for inst in instances]
       AssertEqual(StartSSH(master['primary'],
                            utils.ShellQuoteArgs(cmd)).wait(), 0)
diff --git a/qa/qa_instance.py b/qa/qa_instance.py
index 6478b9043b8d47d740a6f0bcb3ef0de62714ffc2..28b246cb27bf24478996dfa5e691832cca4e973f 100644
--- a/qa/qa_instance.py
+++ b/qa/qa_instance.py
@@ -111,9 +111,11 @@ def TestInstanceReboot(instance):
   """gnt-instance reboot"""
   master = qa_config.GetMasterNode()
 
-  for reboottype in ["soft", "hard", "full"]:
-    cmd = ['gnt-instance', 'reboot', '--type=%s' % reboottype,
-           instance['name']]
+  options = qa_config.get('options', {})
+  reboot_types = options.get("reboot-types", constants.REBOOT_TYPES)
+
+  for rtype in reboot_types:
+    cmd = ['gnt-instance', 'reboot', '--type=%s' % rtype, instance['name']]
     AssertEqual(StartSSH(master['primary'],
                          utils.ShellQuoteArgs(cmd)).wait(), 0)
 
diff --git a/tools/burnin b/tools/burnin
index 9206db50594602bdc53e017d90b425ee88cc05f5..e644f66ffcf4ca818dccbbe241ba857d2c8a57b6 100755
--- a/tools/burnin
+++ b/tools/burnin
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ OPTIONS = [
   cli.cli_option("--no-reboot", dest="do_reboot",
                  help="Skip instance reboot", action="store_false",
                  default=True),
+  cli.cli_option("--reboot-types", dest="reboot_types",
+                 help="Specify the reboot types", default=None),
   cli.cli_option("--no-activate-disks", dest="do_activate_disks",
                  help="Skip disk activation/deactivation",
                  action="store_false", default=True),
@@ -483,6 +485,14 @@ class Burner(object):
     if options.hypervisor:
       self.hypervisor, self.hvp = options.hypervisor
 
+    if options.reboot_types is None:
+      options.reboot_types = constants.REBOOT_TYPES
+    else:
+      options.reboot_types = options.reboot_types.split(",")
+      rt_diff = set(options.reboot_types).difference(constants.REBOOT_TYPES)
+      if rt_diff:
+        Err("Invalid reboot types specified: %s" % utils.CommaJoin(rt_diff))
+
     socket.setdefaulttimeout(options.net_timeout)
 
   def GetState(self):
@@ -819,7 +829,7 @@ class Burner(object):
     for instance in self.instances:
       Log("instance %s", instance, indent=1)
       ops = []
-      for reboot_type in constants.REBOOT_TYPES:
+      for reboot_type in self.opts.reboot_types:
         op = opcodes.OpRebootInstance(instance_name=instance,
                                       reboot_type=reboot_type,
                                       ignore_secondaries=False)