diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/install/hypershift-install-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/install/hypershift-install-commands.sh
index a54302fe556a6..ee15552bcaae4 100755
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/install/hypershift-install-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/install/hypershift-install-commands.sh
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ if [ "${CLOUD_PROVIDER}" == "AWS" ]; then
   --external-dns-provider=aws \
   --external-dns-credentials=/etc/hypershift-pool-aws-credentials/credentials \
   --external-dns-domain-filter=service.ci.hypershift.devcluster.openshift.com \
+  --scale-from-zero-provider aws \
+  --scale-from-zero-creds=/etc/hypershift-pool-aws-credentials/credentials \
   --wait-until-available \
   ${EXTRA_ARGS}
 fi