diff --git a/pkg/clusterapi/providers.go b/pkg/clusterapi/providers.go
index ccec0b07ea..58449fff6f 100644
--- a/pkg/clusterapi/providers.go
+++ b/pkg/clusterapi/providers.go
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ var (
 	AWS = infrastructureProvider("aws")
 	// Azure is the provider for creating resources in Azure.
 	Azure = infrastructureProvider("azure")
+	// AzureStack is the provider for creating resources in AzureStack.
+	// The AzureStack provider is maintained in an OpenShift fork of CAPZ.
+	AzureStack = infrastructureProvider("azurestack")
 	// AzureASO is a companion component to Azure that is used to create resources declaratively.
 	AzureASO = infrastructureProvider("azureaso")
 	// GCP is the provider for creating resources in GCP.
diff --git a/pkg/clusterapi/system.go b/pkg/clusterapi/system.go
index f2ca708fe1..3d3e2708d6 100644
--- a/pkg/clusterapi/system.go
+++ b/pkg/clusterapi/system.go
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func (c *system) Run(ctx context.Context) error { //nolint:gocyclo
 
 		controllers = append(controllers,
 			c.getInfrastructureController(
-				&Azure,
+				&azProvider,
 				[]string{
 					"-v=2",
 					"--health-addr={{suggestHealthHostPort}}",