diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7afacc4b08..e6b5f9694a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ test-e2e: ## Run openshift specific e2e test
 deploy-kubemark:
 	kustomize build config | kubectl apply -f -
 	kustomize build | kubectl apply -f -
-	kubectl apply -f config/kubemark-install-config.yaml
+	kubectl apply -f config/kubemark-config-infra.yaml
 
 .PHONY: test
 test: ## Run tests
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 75687df613..0baabd5fa1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -161,22 +161,36 @@ INFO: For development and testing purposes only
    $ kustomize build config | kubectl apply -f -
    ```
 
-3. Create `cluster-config-v1` configmap to tell the MAO to deploy `kubemark` provider:
+3. Create `cluster` `infrastructure.config.openshift.io` to tell the MAO to deploy `kubemark` provider:
    ```yaml
-   apiVersion: v1
-   kind: ConfigMap
+   apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1
+   kind: CustomResourceDefinition
    metadata:
-     name: cluster-config-v1
-     namespace: kube-system
-   data:
-     install-config: |-
-       platform:
-         kubemark: {}
+     name: infrastructures.config.openshift.io
+   spec:
+     group: config.openshift.io
+     names:
+       kind: Infrastructure
+       listKind: InfrastructureList
+       plural: infrastructures
+       singular: infrastructure
+     scope: Cluster
+     versions:
+     - name: v1
+       served: true
+   storage: true
+   ---
+   apiVersion: config.openshift.io/v1
+   kind: Infrastructure
+   metadata:
+     name: cluster
+   status:
+     platform: kubemark
    ```
 
-   The file is already present under `config/kubemark-install-config.yaml` so it's sufficient to run:
+   The file is already present under `config/kubemark-config-infra.yaml` so it's sufficient to run:
    ```sh
-   $ kubectl apply -f config/kubemark-install-config.yaml
+   $ kubectl apply -f config/kubemark-config-infra.yaml
    ```
 
 ## CI & tests
diff --git a/config/kubemark-config-infra.yaml b/config/kubemark-config-infra.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76b6a3e0a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/kubemark-config-infra.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+metadata:
+  name: infrastructures.config.openshift.io
+spec:
+  group: config.openshift.io
+  names:
+    kind: Infrastructure
+    listKind: InfrastructureList
+    plural: infrastructures
+    singular: infrastructure
+  scope: Cluster
+  versions:
+  - name: v1
+    served: true
+    storage: true
+---
+apiVersion: config.openshift.io/v1
+kind: Infrastructure
+metadata:
+  name: cluster
+status:
+  platform: kubemark
diff --git a/config/kubemark-install-config.yaml b/config/kubemark-install-config.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5eae3b2a5c..0000000000
--- a/config/kubemark-install-config.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: cluster-config-v1
-  namespace: kube-system
-data:
-  install-config: |-
-    platform:
-      kubemark: {}
diff --git a/install/0000_30_machine-api-operator_08_rbac.yaml b/install/0000_30_machine-api-operator_08_rbac.yaml
index 6684a6d009..63f20989e8 100644
--- a/install/0000_30_machine-api-operator_08_rbac.yaml
+++ b/install/0000_30_machine-api-operator_08_rbac.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ rules:
       - get
       - update
 
+  - apiGroups:
+      - config.openshift.io
+    resources:
+      - infrastructures
+      - infrastructures/status
+    verbs:
+      - get
+
   - apiGroups:
       - apps
     resources:
diff --git a/pkg/operator/config.go b/pkg/operator/config.go
index 1eadaebca3..7bb187b30d 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/config.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/config.go
@@ -5,26 +5,15 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 
-	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
-
 	"bytes"
-	"reflect"
 	"text/template"
 
-	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	configv1 "github.com/openshift/api/config/v1"
 )
 
 const (
 	// TODO(alberto): move to "quay.io/openshift/origin-kubemark-machine-controllers:v4.0.0" once available
 	clusterAPIControllerKubemark = "docker.io/gofed/kubemark-machine-controllers:v1.0"
-	// ClusterConfigNamespace is the namespace containing the cluster config
-	ClusterConfigNamespace = "kube-system"
-	// ClusterConfigName is the name of the cluster config configmap
-	ClusterConfigName = "cluster-config-v1"
-	// InstallConfigKey is the key in the cluster config configmap containing yaml installConfig data
-	InstallConfigKey = "install-config"
 	// AWSPlatformType is used to install on AWS
 	AWSProvider = Provider("aws")
 	// LibvirtPlatformType is used to install of libvirt
@@ -93,61 +82,22 @@ type InstallPlatform struct {
 	None interface{} `json:"none,omitempty"`
 }
 
-func getInstallConfig(client kubernetes.Interface) (*InstallConfig, error) {
-	cm, err := client.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(ClusterConfigNamespace).Get(ClusterConfigName, metav1.GetOptions{})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed getting clusterconfig %s/%s: %v", ClusterConfigNamespace, ClusterConfigName, err)
-	}
-
-	return getInstallConfigFromClusterConfig(cm)
-}
-
-// getInstallConfigFromClusterConfig builds an install config from the cluster config.
-func getInstallConfigFromClusterConfig(clusterConfig *corev1.ConfigMap) (*InstallConfig, error) {
-	icYaml, ok := clusterConfig.Data[InstallConfigKey]
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("missing %q in configmap", InstallConfigKey)
-	}
-	var ic InstallConfig
-	if err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(icYaml), &ic); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid InstallConfig: %v yaml: %s", err, icYaml)
-	}
-	return &ic, nil
-}
-
-func getProviderFromInstallConfig(installConfig *InstallConfig) (Provider, error) {
-	v := reflect.ValueOf(installConfig.InstallPlatform)
-	var nonNilFields int
-
-	for i := 0; i < v.NumField(); i++ {
-		if v.Field(i).Interface() != nil {
-			nonNilFields = nonNilFields + 1
-		}
-		if nonNilFields > 1 {
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("more than one platform provider given")
-		}
-	}
-
-	if installConfig.AWS != nil {
+func getProviderFromInfrastructure(infra *configv1.Infrastructure) (Provider, error) {
+	switch infra.Status.Platform {
+	case configv1.AWSPlatform:
 		return AWSProvider, nil
-	}
-	if installConfig.Libvirt != nil {
+	case configv1.LibvirtPlatform:
 		return LibvirtProvider, nil
-	}
-	if installConfig.OpenStack != nil {
+	case configv1.OpenStackPlatform:
 		return OpenStackProvider, nil
-	}
-	if installConfig.Kubemark != nil {
-		return KubemarkProvider, nil
-	}
-	if installConfig.BareMetal != nil {
-		return BareMetalProvider, nil
-	}
-	if installConfig.Azure != nil {
+	case configv1.AzurePlatform:
 		return AzureProvider, nil
-	}
-	if installConfig.None != nil {
+	case configv1.NonePlatform:
 		return NoneProvider, nil
+	case configv1.PlatformType("kubemark"):
+		return KubemarkProvider, nil
+	case configv1.PlatformType("baremetal"):
+		return BareMetalProvider, nil
 	}
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("no platform provider found on install config")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/operator/config_test.go b/pkg/operator/config_test.go
index 5c4d3cb018..041293e76c 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/config_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package operator
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	configv1 "github.com/openshift/api/config/v1"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -16,148 +16,63 @@ var (
 	expectedAzureImage              = "quay.io/openshift/origin-azure-machine-controllers:v4.0.0"
 )
 
-func TestInstallConfigFromClusterConfig(t *testing.T) {
-	data := make(map[string]string)
-	data[InstallConfigKey] = `
-admin:
-  email: test
-  password: test
-  sshKey: |
-    test
-baseDomain: a-domain.com
-clusterID: a7265676-7dc3-4ff3-8759-f2d6e3934e76
-machines:
-- name: master
-  platform: {}
-  replicas: 3
-- name: worker
-  platform: {}
-  replicas: 3
-metadata:
-  creationTimestamp: null
-  name: test
-networking:
-  podCIDR: 10.2.0.0/16
-  serviceCIDR: 10.3.0.0/16
-  type: flannel
-platform:
-  aws:
-    region: us-east-1
-    vpcCIDRBlock: 10.0.0.0/16
-    vpcID: ""
-pullSecret: “"
-`
-	cfg := v1.ConfigMap{
-		Data: data,
-	}
-
-	res, err := getInstallConfigFromClusterConfig(&cfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("failed to get install config: %v", err)
-	}
-	if res.InstallPlatform.AWS != nil && res.InstallPlatform.Libvirt == nil && res.InstallPlatform.OpenStack == nil && res.InstallPlatform.BareMetal == nil {
-		t.Logf("got install config successfully: %+v", res)
-	} else {
-		t.Errorf("failed to getInstallConfigFromClusterConfig. Expected aws to be not nil, got: %+v", res)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestGetProviderFromInstallConfig(t *testing.T) {
-	var notNil = "not nil"
+func TestGetProviderFromInfrastructure(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
-		ic       *InstallConfig
+		infra    *configv1.Infrastructure
 		expected Provider
 	}{{
-		ic: &InstallConfig{
-			InstallPlatform{
-				AWS:       notNil,
-				Libvirt:   nil,
-				OpenStack: nil,
-				BareMetal: nil,
+		infra: &configv1.Infrastructure{
+			Status: configv1.InfrastructureStatus{
+				Platform: configv1.AWSPlatform,
 			},
 		},
 		expected: AWSProvider,
-	},
-		{
-			ic: &InstallConfig{
-				InstallPlatform{
-					AWS:       nil,
-					Libvirt:   notNil,
-					OpenStack: nil,
-					BareMetal: nil,
-				},
+	}, {
+		infra: &configv1.Infrastructure{
+			Status: configv1.InfrastructureStatus{
+				Platform: configv1.LibvirtPlatform,
 			},
-			expected: LibvirtProvider,
 		},
-		{
-			ic: &InstallConfig{
-				InstallPlatform{
-					AWS:       nil,
-					Libvirt:   nil,
-					OpenStack: nil,
-					None:      notNil,
-				},
+		expected: LibvirtProvider,
+	}, {
+		infra: &configv1.Infrastructure{
+			Status: configv1.InfrastructureStatus{
+				Platform: configv1.NonePlatform,
 			},
-			expected: NoneProvider,
 		},
-		{
-			ic: &InstallConfig{
-				InstallPlatform{
-					AWS:       nil,
-					Libvirt:   nil,
-					OpenStack: notNil,
-					BareMetal: nil,
-				},
+		expected: NoneProvider,
+	}, {
+		infra: &configv1.Infrastructure{
+			Status: configv1.InfrastructureStatus{
+				Platform: configv1.OpenStackPlatform,
 			},
-			expected: OpenStackProvider,
 		},
-		{
-			ic: &InstallConfig{
-				InstallPlatform{
-					AWS:       nil,
-					Libvirt:   nil,
-					OpenStack: nil,
-					BareMetal: notNil,
-				},
+		expected: OpenStackProvider,
+	}, {
+		infra: &configv1.Infrastructure{
+			Status: configv1.InfrastructureStatus{
+				Platform: configv1.PlatformType("baremetal"),
 			},
-			expected: BareMetalProvider,
 		},
-		{
-			ic: &InstallConfig{
-				InstallPlatform{
-					AWS:       nil,
-					Libvirt:   nil,
-					OpenStack: nil,
-					BareMetal: nil,
-					Azure:     notNil,
-				},
+		expected: BareMetalProvider,
+	}, {
+		infra: &configv1.Infrastructure{
+			Status: configv1.InfrastructureStatus{
+				Platform: configv1.AzurePlatform,
 			},
-			expected: AzureProvider,
-		}}
+		},
+		expected: AzureProvider,
+	}}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
-		res, err := getProviderFromInstallConfig(test.ic)
+		res, err := getProviderFromInfrastructure(test.infra)
 		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("failed getProviderFromInstallConfig: %v", err)
+			t.Errorf("failed getProviderFromInfrastructure: %v", err)
 		}
 		if test.expected != res {
-			t.Errorf("failed getProviderFromInstallConfig. Expected: %q, got: %q", test.expected, res)
+			t.Errorf("failed getProviderFromInfrastructure. Expected: %q, got: %q", test.expected, res)
 		}
 	}
-
-	// More than one installPlatform should error
-	ic := &InstallConfig{
-		InstallPlatform{
-			AWS:       nil,
-			Libvirt:   notNil,
-			OpenStack: notNil,
-			BareMetal: nil,
-		},
-	}
-	res, err := getProviderFromInstallConfig(ic)
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Errorf("failed getProviderFromInstallConfig. Expected error, got: %v", res)
-	}
 }
 
 func TestGetImagesFromJSONFile(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/operator/operator.go b/pkg/operator/operator.go
index 103f12bc1b..0452b28f96 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/operator.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/operator.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	osconfigv1 "github.com/openshift/api/config/v1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	appsinformersv1 "k8s.io/client-go/informers/apps/v1"
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ func (optr *Operator) sync(key string) error {
 		glog.V(4).Infof("Finished syncing operator %q (%v)", key, time.Since(startTime))
 	}()
 
-	operatorConfig, err := optr.maoConfigFromInstallConfig()
+	operatorConfig, err := optr.maoConfigFromInfrastructure()
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("Failed getting operator config: %v", err)
 		return err
@@ -187,13 +188,13 @@ func (optr *Operator) sync(key string) error {
 	return optr.syncAll(*operatorConfig)
 }
 
-func (optr *Operator) maoConfigFromInstallConfig() (*OperatorConfig, error) {
-	installConfig, err := getInstallConfig(optr.kubeClient)
+func (optr *Operator) maoConfigFromInfrastructure() (*OperatorConfig, error) {
+	infra, err := optr.osClient.ConfigV1().Infrastructures().Get("cluster", metav1.GetOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	provider, err := getProviderFromInstallConfig(installConfig)
+	provider, err := getProviderFromInfrastructure(infra)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}