diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/componentconfig.go b/pkg/apis/kops/componentconfig.go
index fe1cf3f78d6c2..bcfeb024ab742 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/componentconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/componentconfig.go
@@ -762,6 +762,12 @@ type OpenstackNetwork struct {
 	AvailabilityZoneHints []*string `json:"availabilityZoneHints,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// OpenstackMetadata defines config for metadata service related settings
+type OpenstackMetadata struct {
+	// ConfigDrive specifies to use config drive for retrieving user data instead of the metadata service when launching instances
+	ConfigDrive *bool `json:"configDrive,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // OpenstackConfiguration defines cloud config elements for the openstack cloud provider
 type OpenstackConfiguration struct {
 	Loadbalancer       *OpenstackLoadbalancerConfig `json:"loadbalancer,omitempty"`
@@ -770,6 +776,7 @@ type OpenstackConfiguration struct {
 	BlockStorage       *OpenstackBlockStorageConfig `json:"blockStorage,omitempty"`
 	InsecureSkipVerify *bool                        `json:"insecureSkipVerify,omitempty"`
 	Network            *OpenstackNetwork            `json:"network,omitempty"`
+	Metadata           *OpenstackMetadata           `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // AzureConfiguration defines Azure specific cluster configuration.
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/componentconfig.go b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/componentconfig.go
index 9b9e641b5c168..c17131b09f96a 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/componentconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/componentconfig.go
@@ -761,6 +761,12 @@ type OpenstackNetwork struct {
 	AvailabilityZoneHints []*string `json:"availabilityZoneHints,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// OpenstackMetadata defines config for metadata service related settings
+type OpenstackMetadata struct {
+	// ConfigDrive specifies to use config drive for retrieving user data instead of the metadata service when launching instances
+	ConfigDrive *bool `json:"configDrive,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // OpenstackConfiguration defines cloud config elements for the openstack cloud provider
 type OpenstackConfiguration struct {
 	Loadbalancer       *OpenstackLoadbalancerConfig `json:"loadbalancer,omitempty"`
@@ -769,6 +775,7 @@ type OpenstackConfiguration struct {
 	BlockStorage       *OpenstackBlockStorageConfig `json:"blockStorage,omitempty"`
 	InsecureSkipVerify *bool                        `json:"insecureSkipVerify,omitempty"`
 	Network            *OpenstackNetwork            `json:"network,omitempty"`
+	Metadata           *OpenstackMetadata           `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // AzureConfiguration defines Azure specific cluster configuration.
diff --git a/pkg/model/components/openstack.go b/pkg/model/components/openstack.go
index 6583cef656a6a..0699d30379e34 100644
--- a/pkg/model/components/openstack.go
+++ b/pkg/model/components/openstack.go
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ func (b *OpenStackOptionsBulder) BuildOptions(o interface{}) error {
 		clusterSpec.CloudConfig.Openstack.BlockStorage.CreateStorageClass = fi.Bool(true)
 	}
 
+	if clusterSpec.CloudConfig.Openstack.Metadata == nil {
+		clusterSpec.CloudConfig.Openstack.Metadata = &kops.OpenstackMetadata{}
+	}
+	if clusterSpec.CloudConfig.Openstack.Metadata.ConfigDrive == nil {
+		clusterSpec.CloudConfig.Openstack.Metadata.ConfigDrive = fi.Bool(false)
+	}
+
 	if clusterSpec.ExternalCloudControllerManager == nil {
 		clusterSpec.ExternalCloudControllerManager = &kops.CloudControllerManagerConfig{}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/model/openstackmodel/servergroup.go b/pkg/model/openstackmodel/servergroup.go
index 849c3b1653685..e8a0a6dd7d560 100644
--- a/pkg/model/openstackmodel/servergroup.go
+++ b/pkg/model/openstackmodel/servergroup.go
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ func (b *ServerGroupModelBuilder) buildInstances(c *fi.ModelBuilderContext, sg *
 			Metadata:         metaWithName,
 			SecurityGroups:   ig.Spec.AdditionalSecurityGroups,
 			AvailabilityZone: az,
+			ConfigDrive:      b.Cluster.Spec.CloudConfig.Openstack.Metadata.ConfigDrive,
 		}
 		c.AddTask(instanceTask)
 
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/openstacktasks/instance.go b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/openstacktasks/instance.go
index 1ffc297610e06..4a588b308c494 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/openstacktasks/instance.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/openstacktasks/instance.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ type Instance struct {
 	AvailabilityZone *string
 	SecurityGroups   []string
 	FloatingIP       *FloatingIP
+	ConfigDrive      *bool
 
 	Lifecycle    *fi.Lifecycle
 	ForAPIServer bool
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ func (e *Instance) Find(c *fi.Context) (*Instance, error) {
 		Role:             fi.String(server.Metadata["KopsRole"]),
 		AvailabilityZone: e.AvailabilityZone,
 		GroupName:        e.GroupName,
+		ConfigDrive:      e.ConfigDrive,
 	}
 
 	ports, err := cloud.ListPorts(ports.ListOpts{
@@ -305,6 +307,7 @@ func (_ *Instance) RenderOpenstack(t *openstack.OpenstackAPITarget, a, e, change
 			},
 			Metadata:       e.Metadata,
 			SecurityGroups: e.SecurityGroups,
+			ConfigDrive:    e.ConfigDrive,
 		}
 		if e.UserData != nil {
 			bytes, err := fi.ResourceAsBytes(e.UserData)