diff --git a/pkg/apis/openstackproviderconfig/v1alpha1/types.go b/pkg/apis/openstackproviderconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
index 6091075e6d..1ff8866cbd 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/openstackproviderconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/openstackproviderconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ type RootVolume struct {
 	DeviceType string `json:"deviceType"`
 	VolumeType string `json:"volumeType,omitempty"`
 	Size       int    `json:"diskSize,omitempty"`
+	Zone       string `json:"availabilityZone,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // +genclient
diff --git a/pkg/cloud/openstack/clients/machineservice.go b/pkg/cloud/openstack/clients/machineservice.go
index 07316242f0..ffef061091 100644
--- a/pkg/cloud/openstack/clients/machineservice.go
+++ b/pkg/cloud/openstack/clients/machineservice.go
@@ -612,7 +612,8 @@ func (is *InstanceService) InstanceCreate(clusterName string, name string, clust
 				VolumeType: config.RootVolume.VolumeType,
 				ImageID:    imageID,
 				// The same name as the instance
-				Name: name,
+				Name:             name,
+				AvailabilityZone: config.RootVolume.Zone,
 			}
 
 			volume, err := volumes.Create(is.volumeClient, volumeCreateOpts).Extract()