diff --git a/pkg/operator/configobservation/cloudprovider/observe_cloudprovider.go b/pkg/operator/configobservation/cloudprovider/observe_cloudprovider.go
index 7f0410cad..01ddf40ab 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/configobservation/cloudprovider/observe_cloudprovider.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/configobservation/cloudprovider/observe_cloudprovider.go
@@ -3,45 +3,118 @@ package cloudprovider
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 
 	configv1 "github.com/openshift/api/config/v1"
 	"github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/configobserver"
 	"github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/events"
+	"github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/resourcesynccontroller"
 
 	"github.com/openshift/cluster-kube-controller-manager-operator/pkg/operator/configobservation"
 )
 
-// ObserveCloudProviderNames observes the loud provider from the global cluster infrastructure resource.
+const (
+	targetNamespaceName       = "openshift-kube-controller-manager"
+	cloudProviderConfFilePath = "/etc/kubernetes/static-pod-resources/configmaps/cloud-config/%s"
+	configNamespace           = "openshift-config"
+)
+
+// ObserveCloudProviderNames observes the cloud provider from the global cluster infrastructure resource.
 func ObserveCloudProviderNames(genericListers configobserver.Listers, recorder events.Recorder, existingConfig map[string]interface{}) (map[string]interface{}, []error) {
 	listers := genericListers.(configobservation.Listers)
 	var errs []error
 	cloudProvidersPath := []string{"extendedArguments", "cloud-provider"}
-
+	cloudProviderConfPath := []string{"extendedArguments", "cloud-config"}
 	previouslyObservedConfig := map[string]interface{}{}
+
+	existingCloudConfig, _, err := unstructured.NestedStringSlice(existingConfig, cloudProviderConfPath...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return previouslyObservedConfig, append(errs, err)
+	}
+
 	if currentCloudProvider, _, _ := unstructured.NestedStringSlice(existingConfig, cloudProvidersPath...); len(currentCloudProvider) > 0 {
 		if err := unstructured.SetNestedStringSlice(previouslyObservedConfig, currentCloudProvider, cloudProvidersPath...); err != nil {
 			errs = append(errs, err)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if len(existingCloudConfig) > 0 {
+		if err := unstructured.SetNestedStringSlice(previouslyObservedConfig, existingCloudConfig, cloudProviderConfPath...); err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	observedConfig := map[string]interface{}{}
 
 	infrastructure, err := listers.InfrastructureLister.Get("cluster")
 	if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
-		recorder.Warningf("ObserveRestrictedCIDRFailed", "Required infrastructures.%s/cluster not found", configv1.GroupName)
+		recorder.Warningf("ObserveCloudProviderNames", "Required infrastructures.%s/cluster not found", configv1.GroupName)
 		return observedConfig, errs
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return previouslyObservedConfig, errs
 	}
 
+	cloudProvider := getPlatformName(infrastructure.Status.Platform, recorder)
+	if len(cloudProvider) > 0 {
+		if err := unstructured.SetNestedStringSlice(observedConfig, []string{cloudProvider}, cloudProvidersPath...); err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	sourceCloudConfigMap := infrastructure.Spec.CloudConfig.Name
+	sourceCloudConfigNamespace := configNamespace
+	sourceLocation := resourcesynccontroller.ResourceLocation{
+		Namespace: sourceCloudConfigNamespace,
+		Name:      sourceCloudConfigMap,
+	}
+	// we set cloudprovider configmap values only for vsphere.
+	if cloudProvider != "vsphere" {
+		sourceCloudConfigMap = ""
+	}
+
+	if len(sourceCloudConfigMap) == 0 {
+		sourceLocation = resourcesynccontroller.ResourceLocation{}
+	}
+
+	err = listers.ResourceSyncer().SyncConfigMap(
+		resourcesynccontroller.ResourceLocation{
+			Namespace: targetNamespaceName,
+			Name:      "cloud-config",
+		},
+		sourceLocation)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		errs = append(errs, err)
+		return observedConfig, errs
+	}
+
+	if len(sourceCloudConfigMap) == 0 {
+		return observedConfig, errs
+	}
+
+	// usually key will be simply config but we should refer it just in case
+	staticCloudConfFile := fmt.Sprintf(cloudProviderConfFilePath, infrastructure.Spec.CloudConfig.Key)
+
+	if err := unstructured.SetNestedStringSlice(observedConfig, []string{staticCloudConfFile}, cloudProviderConfPath...); err != nil {
+		recorder.Warningf("ObserveCloudProviderNames", "Failed setting cloud-config : %v", err)
+		errs = append(errs, err)
+	}
+
+	if !equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(existingCloudConfig, []string{staticCloudConfFile}) {
+		recorder.Eventf("ObserveCloudProviderNamesChanges", "CloudProvider config file changed to %s", staticCloudConfFile)
+	}
+
+	return observedConfig, errs
+}
+
+func getPlatformName(platformType configv1.PlatformType, recorder events.Recorder) string {
 	cloudProvider := ""
-	switch infrastructure.Status.Platform {
+	switch platformType {
 	case "":
 		recorder.Warningf("ObserveCloudProvidersFailed", "Required status.platform field is not set in infrastructures.%s/cluster", configv1.GroupName)
-		return previouslyObservedConfig, errs
 	case configv1.AWSPlatformType:
 		cloudProvider = "aws"
 	case configv1.AzurePlatformType:
@@ -58,12 +131,5 @@ func ObserveCloudProviderNames(genericListers configobserver.Listers, recorder e
 		// TODO find a way to indicate to the user that we didn't honor their choice
 		recorder.Warningf("ObserveCloudProvidersFailed", fmt.Sprintf("No recognized cloud provider platform found in infrastructures.%s/cluster.status.platform", configv1.GroupName))
 	}
-
-	if len(cloudProvider) > 0 {
-		if err := unstructured.SetNestedStringSlice(observedConfig, []string{cloudProvider}, cloudProvidersPath...); err != nil {
-			errs = append(errs, err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return observedConfig, errs
+	return cloudProvider
 }
diff --git a/pkg/operator/configobservation/cloudprovider/observe_cloudprovider_test.go b/pkg/operator/configobservation/cloudprovider/observe_cloudprovider_test.go
index cfa9fc6dd..c1cfc89d8 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/configobservation/cloudprovider/observe_cloudprovider_test.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/configobservation/cloudprovider/observe_cloudprovider_test.go
@@ -11,10 +11,21 @@ import (
 	configv1 "github.com/openshift/api/config/v1"
 	configlistersv1 "github.com/openshift/client-go/config/listers/config/v1"
 	"github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/events"
+	"github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/resourcesynccontroller"
 
 	"github.com/openshift/cluster-kube-controller-manager-operator/pkg/operator/configobservation"
 )
 
+type FakeResourceSyncer struct{}
+
+func (fakeSyncer *FakeResourceSyncer) SyncConfigMap(destination, source resourcesynccontroller.ResourceLocation) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (fakeSyncer *FakeResourceSyncer) SyncSecret(destination, source resourcesynccontroller.ResourceLocation) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
 func TestObserveCloudProviderNames(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
 		platform           configv1.PlatformType
@@ -52,6 +63,7 @@ func TestObserveCloudProviderNames(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			listers := configobservation.Listers{
 				InfrastructureLister: configlistersv1.NewInfrastructureLister(indexer),
+				ResourceSync:         &FakeResourceSyncer{},
 			}
 			result, errs := ObserveCloudProviderNames(listers, events.NewInMemoryRecorder("cloud"), map[string]interface{}{})
 			if len(errs) > 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/operator/starter.go b/pkg/operator/starter.go
index b6e2153f6..d9259cff4 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/starter.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/starter.go
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ var deploymentConfigMaps = []revision.RevisionResource{
 
 	{Name: "config"},
 	{Name: "controller-manager-kubeconfig"},
+	{Name: "cloud-config", Optional: true},
 	{Name: "serviceaccount-ca"},
 	{Name: "service-ca"},
 }