diff --git a/bootstrapvz/providers/oracle/__init__.py b/bootstrapvz/providers/oracle/__init__.py
index 09ef0c7..5ff37bd 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/providers/oracle/__init__.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/providers/oracle/__init__.py
@@ -10,8 +10,16 @@ import tasks.packages
 
 def validate_manifest(data, validator, error):
 	import os.path
-	schema_path = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'manifest-schema.yml'))
-	validator(data, schema_path)
+	validator(data, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'manifest-schema.yml'))
+
+	keys = ['username', 'password', 'identity-domain']
+	if 'credentials' in data['provider']:
+		if not all(key in data['provider']['credentials'] for key in keys):
+			msg = 'All Oracle Compute Cloud credentials should be specified in the manifest'
+			error(msg, ['provider', 'credentials'])
+		if not data['provider'].get('container'):
+			msg = 'The container to which the image will be uploaded should be specified'
+			error(msg, ['provider'])
 
 
 def resolve_tasks(taskset, manifest):
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/providers/oracle/manifest-schema.yml b/bootstrapvz/providers/oracle/manifest-schema.yml
index 32da5d5..16b4068 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/providers/oracle/manifest-schema.yml
+++ b/bootstrapvz/providers/oracle/manifest-schema.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@ $schema: http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#
 title: Oracle manifest
 type: object
 properties:
+  provider:
+    type: object
+    properties:
+      credentials:
+        type: object
+        properties:
+          username: {type: string}
+          password: {type: string}
+          identity-domain: {type: string}
+      container: {type: string}
+      verify: {type: boolean}
   system:
     type: object
     properties:
@@ -21,7 +32,6 @@ properties:
           type:
             type: string
             enum:
-            - none
             - msdos
             - gpt
     required: [backing]