diff --git a/pkg/apis/machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1/types.go b/pkg/apis/machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1/types.go
index 062946d3aa..affaf6c0f7 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1/types.go
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ type ControllerConfigSpec struct {
 
 	// proxy holds the current proxy configuration for the nodes
 	Proxy *configv1.ProxyStatus `json:"proxy"`
+
+	// infra holds the infrastructure details
+	// TODO this makes platform redundant as everything is contained inside Infra.Status
+	Infra *configv1.Infrastructure `json:"infra"`
 }
 
 // ControllerConfigStatus is the status for ControllerConfig
diff --git a/pkg/apis/machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index cffc2beb51..ba22402a58 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -253,6 +253,11 @@ func (in *ControllerConfigSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *ControllerConfigSpec) {
 		*out = new(configv1.ProxyStatus)
 		**out = **in
 	}
+	if in.Infra != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Infra, &out.Infra
+		*out = new(configv1.Infrastructure)
+		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+	}
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/operator/render.go b/pkg/operator/render.go
index 523ebffc1b..abbd72e09d 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/render.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/render.go
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ func createDiscoveredControllerConfigSpec(infra *configv1.Infrastructure, networ
 		CloudProviderConfig: "",
 		EtcdDiscoveryDomain: infra.Status.EtcdDiscoveryDomain,
 		Platform:            platform,
+		Infra:               infra,
 	}
 
 	if proxy != nil {