diff --git a/internal/platform/platform.go b/internal/platform/platform.go
index 23cc0c761..63939fb62 100644
--- a/internal/platform/platform.go
+++ b/internal/platform/platform.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coreos/ignition/v2/internal/providers/noop"
 	"github.com/coreos/ignition/v2/internal/providers/openstack"
 	"github.com/coreos/ignition/v2/internal/providers/packet"
+	"github.com/coreos/ignition/v2/internal/providers/powervs"
 	"github.com/coreos/ignition/v2/internal/providers/qemu"
 	"github.com/coreos/ignition/v2/internal/providers/virtualbox"
 	"github.com/coreos/ignition/v2/internal/providers/vmware"
@@ -152,6 +153,10 @@ func init() {
 		fetch:  packet.FetchConfig,
 		status: packet.PostStatus,
 	})
+	configs.Register(Config{
+		name:  "powervs",
+		fetch: powervs.FetchConfig,
+	})
 	configs.Register(Config{
 		name:  "qemu",
 		fetch: qemu.FetchConfig,
diff --git a/internal/providers/powervs/powervs.go b/internal/providers/powervs/powervs.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..acb6b7af4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/providers/powervs/powervs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+// Copyright 2021 Red Hat.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// The PowerVS (https://www.ibm.com/products/power-virtual-server) provider fetches configurations from the userdata available in
+// the config-drive. Power VS is based on the ibmcloud vpc gen1 which is similar to Openstack and uses the same APIs
+
+package powervs
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/coreos/ignition/v2/config/v3_3_experimental/types"
+	"github.com/coreos/ignition/v2/internal/distro"
+	"github.com/coreos/ignition/v2/internal/log"
+	"github.com/coreos/ignition/v2/internal/providers/util"
+	"github.com/coreos/ignition/v2/internal/resource"
+
+	"github.com/coreos/vcontext/report"
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+const (
+	configDriveUserdataPath = "/openstack/latest/user_data"
+)
+
+func FetchConfig(f *resource.Fetcher) (types.Config, report.Report, error) {
+	data, err := fetchConfigFromDevice(f.Logger, filepath.Join(distro.DiskByLabelDir(), "config-2"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return types.Config{}, report.Report{}, err
+	}
+
+	return util.ParseConfig(f.Logger, data)
+}
+
+func fileExists(path string) bool {
+	_, err := os.Stat(path)
+	return (err == nil)
+}
+
+func fetchConfigFromDevice(logger *log.Logger, path string) ([]byte, error) {
+	for !fileExists(path) {
+		logger.Debug("config drive (%q) not found. Waiting...", path)
+		time.Sleep(time.Second)
+	}
+
+	logger.Debug("creating temporary mount point")
+	mnt, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "ignition-configdrive")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create temp directory: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer os.Remove(mnt)
+
+	cmd := exec.Command(distro.MountCmd(), "-o", "ro", "-t", "auto", path, mnt)
+	if _, err := logger.LogCmd(cmd, "mounting config drive"); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		_ = logger.LogOp(
+			func() error { return unix.Unmount(mnt, 0) },
+			"unmounting %q at %q", path, mnt,
+		)
+	}()
+
+	if !fileExists(filepath.Join(mnt, configDriveUserdataPath)) {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	return ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(mnt, configDriveUserdataPath))
+}