diff --git a/machines/aws/worker.machineset.yaml b/machines/aws/worker.machineset.yaml
index 32ca9c183d..4a3630cbb2 100644
--- a/machines/aws/worker.machineset.yaml
+++ b/machines/aws/worker.machineset.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ spec:
               - name: "owner-id"
                 values:
                 - "595879546273"
-          instanceType: m4.large
+          instanceType: {{.AWS.InstanceType}}
           placement:
             region: {{.AWS.Region}}
             availabilityZone: {{.AWS.AvailabilityZone}}
diff --git a/pkg/render/config.go b/pkg/render/config.go
index 21d42eec56..8d27504e58 100644
--- a/pkg/render/config.go
+++ b/pkg/render/config.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ type AWSConfig struct {
 	ContainerLinuxVersion string `json:"containerLinuxVersion"`
 	Replicas              string `json:"replicas"`
 	WithCreds             bool   `json:"withCreds"`
+	InstanceType          string `json:"instanceType"`
 }
 
 // Images allows build systems to inject images for MAO components.
diff --git a/pkg/render/render_test.go b/pkg/render/render_test.go
index 93056689a0..aef7832cf3 100644
--- a/pkg/render/render_test.go
+++ b/pkg/render/render_test.go
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ func TestClusterAWSManifest(t *testing.T) {
 		TargetNamespace: "go-test",
 		Provider:        "AWS",
 		AWS: &AWSConfig{
-			ClusterName:      "TestClusterManifest-ClusterName",
-			ClusterID:        "TestClusterManifest-ClusterID",
-			Region:           "TestClusterManifest-Region",
 			AvailabilityZone: "TestClusterManifest-AvailabilityZone",
+			ClusterID:        "TestClusterManifest-ClusterID",
+			ClusterName:      "TestClusterManifest-ClusterName",
 			Image:            "TestClusterManifest-Image",
+			Region:           "TestClusterManifest-Region",
 			Replicas:         "TestClusterManifest-Replicas",
 		},
 	}
@@ -71,14 +71,15 @@ func TestMachineSetAWSManifest(t *testing.T) {
 		TargetNamespace: "go-test",
 		Provider:        "aws",
 		AWS: &AWSConfig{
-			ClusterName:           "TestClusterManifest-ClusterName",
+			AvailabilityZone:      "TestClusterManifest-AvailabilityZone",
 			ClusterID:             "TestClusterManifest-ClusterID",
-			ReleaseChannel:        "TestChannel",
+			ClusterName:           "TestClusterManifest-ClusterName",
 			ContainerLinuxVersion: "TestCLVersion",
-			Region:                "TestClusterManifest-Region",
-			AvailabilityZone:      "TestClusterManifest-AvailabilityZone",
-			Image:                 "TestClusterManifest-Image",
-			Replicas:              "TestClusterManifest-Replicas",
+			Image:          "TestClusterManifest-Image",
+			InstanceType:   "TestClusterManifest-InstanceType",
+			Region:         "TestClusterManifest-Region",
+			ReleaseChannel: "TestChannel",
+			Replicas:       "TestClusterManifest-Replicas",
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ spec:
               - name: "owner-id"
                 values:
                 - "595879546273"
-          instanceType: m4.large
+          instanceType: TestClusterManifest-InstanceType
           placement:
             region: TestClusterManifest-Region
             availabilityZone: TestClusterManifest-AvailabilityZone
diff --git a/tests/e2e/main.go b/tests/e2e/main.go
index 0885a87d60..f7d5e393a0 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/main.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/main.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ const (
 	targetNamespace          = "openshift-cluster-api"
 	awsCredentialsSecretName = "aws-credentials-secret"
 	region                   = "us-east-1"
+	instanceType             = "m4.large"
 	machineSetReplicas       = 2
 )
 
@@ -258,9 +259,10 @@ var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		}
 		configValues := &render.OperatorConfig{
 			AWS: &render.AWSConfig{
-				ClusterID:   clusterID,
-				ClusterName: clusterID,
-				Region:      region,
+				ClusterID:    clusterID,
+				ClusterName:  clusterID,
+				Region:       region,
+				InstanceType: instanceType,
 			},
 		}
 		maoConfigPopulatedData, err := render.Manifests(configValues, maoConfigTemplateData)
diff --git a/tests/e2e/manifests/mao-config.yaml b/tests/e2e/manifests/mao-config.yaml
index 306a1ff27d..ebaa163508 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/manifests/mao-config.yaml
+++ b/tests/e2e/manifests/mao-config.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ aws:
   containerLinuxVersion: 1800.7.0
   image: ""
   region: {{.AWS.Region}}
+  instanceType: {{.AWS.InstanceType}}
   releaseChannel: stable
   replicas: 2
   WithCreds: true