diff --git a/cmd/clusterctl/examples/openstack/generate-yaml.sh b/cmd/clusterctl/examples/openstack/generate-yaml.sh
index d370caaa9a..d9f52d26a8 100755
--- a/cmd/clusterctl/examples/openstack/generate-yaml.sh
+++ b/cmd/clusterctl/examples/openstack/generate-yaml.sh
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ CACERT="/etc/certs/cacert"
 mkdir -p $PWD/$OUTPUT
 cp -n $PWD/cluster.yaml $PWD/$OUTPUT/cluster.yaml || true
 cp -n $PWD/machines.yaml.template $PWD/$OUTPUT/machines.yaml || true
+cp -n $PWD/machine-deployment.yaml.template $PWD/$OUTPUT/machine-deployment.yaml || true
 
 # Make the config directory
 mkdir -p $CONFIG_DIR
diff --git a/cmd/clusterctl/examples/openstack/machine-deployment.yaml.template b/cmd/clusterctl/examples/openstack/machine-deployment.yaml.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2afe37ee77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/clusterctl/examples/openstack/machine-deployment.yaml.template
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+apiVersion: "cluster.k8s.io/v1alpha1"
+kind: MachineDeployment
+metadata:
+  name: test1-machinedeployment
+  labels:
+    cluster.k8s.io/cluster-name: test1
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      cluster.k8s.io/cluster-name: test1
+      set: node
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        cluster.k8s.io/cluster-name: test1
+        set: node
+    spec:
+      providerSpec:
+        value:
+          apiVersion: "openstackproviderconfig/v1alpha1"
+          kind: "OpenstackProviderSpec"
+          flavor: m1.medium
+          image: <Image Name>
+          sshUserName: <SSH Username>
+          keyName: cluster-api-provider-openstack
+          availabilityZone: nova
+          networks:
+          - uuid: <Kubernetes Network ID>
+          securityGroups:
+          - uuid: <Security Group ID>
+          userDataSecret:
+            name: worker-user-data
+            namespace: openstack-provider-system
+          trunk: false
+          tags:
+          - a-machine-specific-tag
+          serverMetadata:
+            key: value
+      versions:
+        kubelet: 1.14.0