diff --git a/cmd/clusterctl/pkg/client/config/providers_client.go b/cmd/clusterctl/pkg/client/config/providers_client.go
index 503acdfe01ba..ef97ff741967 100644
--- a/cmd/clusterctl/pkg/client/config/providers_client.go
+++ b/cmd/clusterctl/pkg/client/config/providers_client.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ const (
 	KubeadmBootstrapProviderName    = "kubeadm-bootstrap"
 	KubeadmControlPlaneProviderName = "kubeadm-control-plane"
 	ProvidersConfigKey              = "providers"
+	OpenStackProviderName           = "openstack"
 )
 
 // ProvidersClient has methods to work with provider configurations.
@@ -90,6 +91,11 @@ func (p *providersClient) defaults() []Provider {
 			url:          "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/releases/latest/infrastructure-components.yaml",
 			providerType: clusterctlv1.InfrastructureProviderType,
 		},
+		&provider{
+			name:         OpenStackProviderName,
+			url:          "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-openstack/releases/latest/infrastructure-components.yaml",
+			providerType: clusterctlv1.InfrastructureProviderType,
+		},
 
 		// Bootstrap providers
 		&provider{
diff --git a/cmd/clusterctl/pkg/client/config_test.go b/cmd/clusterctl/pkg/client/config_test.go
index 255511e76096..728ecc8e3322 100644
--- a/cmd/clusterctl/pkg/client/config_test.go
+++ b/cmd/clusterctl/pkg/client/config_test.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ func Test_clusterctlClient_GetProvidersConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				"docker",
 				config.KubeadmBootstrapProviderName,
 				config.KubeadmControlPlaneProviderName,
+				config.OpenStackProviderName,
 				"vsphere",
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ func Test_clusterctlClient_GetProvidersConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				"docker",
 				config.KubeadmBootstrapProviderName,
 				config.KubeadmControlPlaneProviderName,
+				config.OpenStackProviderName,
 				"vsphere",
 			},
 			wantErr: false,