diff --git a/pkg/asset/cluster/tfvars.go b/pkg/asset/cluster/tfvars.go
index 3514853ebb8..4d7551d0f5c 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/cluster/tfvars.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/cluster/tfvars.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	azureconfig "github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/installconfig/azure"
 	gcpconfig "github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/installconfig/gcp"
 	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/machines"
+	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/openshiftinstall"
 	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/rhcos"
 	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/tfvars"
 	awstfvars "github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/tfvars/aws"
@@ -43,7 +44,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/types/openstack"
 	openstackdefaults "github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/types/openstack/defaults"
 	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/types/vsphere"
-	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/version"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -418,21 +418,12 @@ func injectInstallInfo(bootstrap []byte) (string, error) {
 		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "failed to unmarshal bootstrap Ignition config")
 	}
 
-	invoker := "user"
-	if env := os.Getenv("OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_INVOKER"); env != "" {
-		invoker = env
+	cm, err := openshiftinstall.CreateInstallConfigMap("openshift-install")
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "failed to generate openshift-install config")
 	}
 
-	config.Storage.Files = append(config.Storage.Files, ignition.FileFromString("/opt/openshift/manifests/openshift-install.yml", "root", 0644, fmt.Sprintf(`---
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: openshift-install
-  namespace: openshift-config
-data:
-  version: "%s"
-  invoker: "%s"
-`, version.Raw, invoker)))
+	config.Storage.Files = append(config.Storage.Files, ignition.FileFromString("/opt/openshift/manifests/openshift-install.yaml", "root", 0644, cm))
 
 	ign, err := json.Marshal(config)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/asset/manifests/openshift.go b/pkg/asset/manifests/openshift.go
index aabcef33be0..44566f3c2f4 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/manifests/openshift.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/manifests/openshift.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/installconfig/gcp"
 	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/machines"
 	openstackmanifests "github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/manifests/openstack"
+	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/openshiftinstall"
 
 	osmachine "github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/machines/openstack"
 	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/password"
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ func (o *Openshift) Dependencies() []asset.Asset {
 		&installconfig.InstallConfig{},
 		&installconfig.ClusterID{},
 		&password.KubeadminPassword{},
+		&openshiftinstall.Config{},
 
 		&openshift.CloudCredsSecret{},
 		&openshift.KubeadminPasswordSecret{},
@@ -65,7 +67,8 @@ func (o *Openshift) Generate(dependencies asset.Parents) error {
 	installConfig := &installconfig.InstallConfig{}
 	clusterID := &installconfig.ClusterID{}
 	kubeadminPassword := &password.KubeadminPassword{}
-	dependencies.Get(installConfig, kubeadminPassword, clusterID)
+	openshiftInstall := &openshiftinstall.Config{}
+	dependencies.Get(installConfig, kubeadminPassword, clusterID, openshiftInstall)
 	var cloudCreds cloudCredsSecretData
 	platform := installConfig.Config.Platform.Name()
 	switch platform {
@@ -193,6 +196,8 @@ func (o *Openshift) Generate(dependencies asset.Parents) error {
 		})
 	}
 
+	o.FileList = append(o.FileList, openshiftInstall.Files()...)
+
 	asset.SortFiles(o.FileList)
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/asset/openshiftinstall/openshiftinstall.go b/pkg/asset/openshiftinstall/openshiftinstall.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9216cc7936d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/asset/openshiftinstall/openshiftinstall.go
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package openshiftinstall
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+
+	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset"
+	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/version"
+)
+
+var (
+	configPath = filepath.Join("openshift", "openshift-install-manifests.yaml")
+)
+
+// Config generates the openshift-install ConfigMap.
+type Config struct {
+	File *asset.File
+}
+
+var _ asset.WritableAsset = (*Config)(nil)
+
+// Name returns a human friendly name for the asset.
+func (*Config) Name() string {
+	return "OpenShift Install (Manifests)"
+}
+
+// Dependencies returns all of the dependencies directly needed to generate
+// the asset.
+func (*Config) Dependencies() []asset.Asset {
+	return []asset.Asset{}
+}
+
+// Generate generates the openshift-install ConfigMap.
+func (i *Config) Generate(dependencies asset.Parents) error {
+	cm, err := CreateInstallConfigMap("openshift-install-manifests")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	i.File = &asset.File{
+		Filename: configPath,
+		Data:     []byte(cm),
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Files returns the files generated by the asset.
+func (i *Config) Files() []*asset.File {
+	if i.File != nil {
+		return []*asset.File{i.File}
+	}
+	return []*asset.File{}
+}
+
+// Load loads the already-rendered files back from disk.
+func (i *Config) Load(f asset.FileFetcher) (bool, error) {
+	file, err := f.FetchByName(configPath)
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return false, nil
+	} else if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	i.File = file
+	return true, nil
+}
+
+// CreateInstallConfigMap creates an openshift-install ConfigMap from the
+// OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_INVOKER environment variable and the given name for the
+// ConfigMap. This returns an error if marshalling to YAML fails.
+func CreateInstallConfigMap(name string) (string, error) {
+	var invoker string
+	if env := os.Getenv("OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_INVOKER"); env != "" {
+		invoker = env
+	} else {
+		invoker = "user"
+	}
+
+	cm := &corev1.ConfigMap{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			APIVersion: corev1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
+			Kind:       "ConfigMap",
+		},
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Namespace: "openshift-config",
+			Name:      name,
+		},
+		Data: map[string]string{
+			"version": version.Raw,
+			"invoker": invoker,
+		},
+	}
+
+	cmData, err := yaml.Marshal(cm)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create %q ConfigMap", name)
+	}
+
+	return string(cmData), nil
+}