diff --git a/data/data/manifests/bootkube/internal-release-image-tls-secret.yaml.template b/data/data/manifests/bootkube/internal-release-image-tls-secret.yaml.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdb85391ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/data/manifests/bootkube/internal-release-image-tls-secret.yaml.template
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: internal-release-image-tls
+  namespace: openshift-machine-config-operator
+  annotations:
+    openshift.io/description: Secret containing the InternalReleaseImage registry TLS certificate and key
+    openshift.io/owning-component: Machine Config Operator
+  labels:
+    auth.openshift.io/managed-certificate-type: target
+type: kubernetes.io/tls
+data:
+  tls.crt: {{.IriTLSCert}}
+  tls.key: {{.IriTLSKey}}
diff --git a/pkg/asset/ignition/bootstrap/common.go b/pkg/asset/ignition/bootstrap/common.go
index 4dc9ac94a8..1ea2d88994 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/ignition/bootstrap/common.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/ignition/bootstrap/common.go
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ func (a *Common) Dependencies() []asset.Asset {
 		&tls.KubeletCSRSignerCertKey{},
 		&tls.KubeletServingCABundle{},
 		&tls.MCSCertKey{},
+		&tls.IRICertKey{},
 		&tls.RootCA{},
 		&tls.ServiceAccountKeyPair{},
 		&tls.IronicTLSCert{},
@@ -670,6 +671,7 @@ func (a *Common) addParentFiles(dependencies asset.Parents) {
 		&tls.KubeletCSRSignerCertKey{},
 		&tls.KubeletServingCABundle{},
 		&tls.MCSCertKey{},
+		&tls.IRICertKey{},
 		&tls.ServiceAccountKeyPair{},
 		&tls.JournalCertKey{},
 		&tls.IronicTLSCert{},
diff --git a/pkg/asset/manifests/operators.go b/pkg/asset/manifests/operators.go
index da7abccc19..9e35458da7 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/manifests/operators.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/manifests/operators.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
+	"github.com/openshift/api/features"
 	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset"
 	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/installconfig"
 	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/rhcos"
@@ -76,6 +77,8 @@ func (m *Manifests) Dependencies() []asset.Asset {
 		&ImageDigestMirrorSet{},
 		&tls.RootCA{},
 		&tls.MCSCertKey{},
+		&tls.IRICertKey{},
+		&manifests.InternalReleaseImage{},
 		new(rhcos.Image),
 
 		&bootkube.CVOOverrides{},
@@ -85,6 +88,7 @@ func (m *Manifests) Dependencies() []asset.Asset {
 		&bootkube.MachineConfigServerCAConfigMap{},
 		&bootkube.MachineConfigServerTLSSecret{},
 		&bootkube.OpenshiftConfigSecretPullSecret{},
+		&bootkube.InternalReleaseImageTLSSecret{},
 		&BMCVerifyCAConfigMap{},
 	}
 }
@@ -224,9 +228,42 @@ func (m *Manifests) generateBootKubeManifests(dependencies asset.Parents) []*ass
 			})
 		}
 	}
+
+	if installConfig.Config.EnabledFeatureGates().Enabled(features.FeatureGateNoRegistryClusterInstall) {
+		iri := &manifests.InternalReleaseImage{}
+		dependencies.Get(iri)
+
+		// Skip if InternalReleaseImage manifest wasn't found.
+		if len(iri.FileList) > 0 {
+			files = append(files, appendIRIcerts(dependencies))
+		}
+	}
+
 	return files
 }
 
+func appendIRIcerts(dependencies asset.Parents) *asset.File {
+	iriCertKey := &tls.IRICertKey{}
+	iriTLSSecret := &bootkube.InternalReleaseImageTLSSecret{}
+	dependencies.Get(iriCertKey, iriTLSSecret)
+
+	f := iriTLSSecret.Files()[0]
+
+	templateData := struct {
+		IriTLSCert string
+		IriTLSKey  string
+	}{
+		IriTLSCert: base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(iriCertKey.Cert()),
+		IriTLSKey:  base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(iriCertKey.Key()),
+	}
+	fileData := applyTemplateData(f.Data, templateData)
+
+	return &asset.File{
+		Filename: path.Join(manifestDir, strings.TrimSuffix(filepath.Base(f.Filename), ".template")),
+		Data:     fileData,
+	}
+}
+
 func applyTemplateData(data []byte, templateData interface{}) []byte {
 	template := template.Must(template.New("template").Funcs(customTmplFuncs).Parse(string(data)))
 	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
diff --git a/pkg/asset/store/assetcreate_test.go b/pkg/asset/store/assetcreate_test.go
index c823f36283..6ca84e2878 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/store/assetcreate_test.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/store/assetcreate_test.go
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ func TestCreatedAssetsAreNotDirty(t *testing.T) {
 				"Cluster API Machine Manifests": true, // no files for the 'none' platform and ClusterAPIInstall feature gate not set
 				"Metadata":                      true, // read-only
 				"Kubeadmin Password":            true, // read-only
+				"InternalReleaseImageTLSSecret": true, // no files when NoRegistryClusterInstall feature gate is not set
 			}
 			for _, a := range tc.targets {
 				name := a.Name()
diff --git a/pkg/asset/targets/targets.go b/pkg/asset/targets/targets.go
index de6433bd6a..b1fc677585 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/targets/targets.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/targets/targets.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ var (
 		&openshift.KubeadminPasswordSecret{},
 		&openshift.RoleCloudCredsSecretReader{},
 		&openshift.AzureCloudProviderSecret{},
+		&bootkube.InternalReleaseImageTLSSecret{},
 	}
 
 	// IgnitionConfigs are the ignition-configs targeted assets.
diff --git a/pkg/asset/templates/content/bootkube/internal-release-image-server-tls-secret.go b/pkg/asset/templates/content/bootkube/internal-release-image-server-tls-secret.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d11952ae32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/asset/templates/content/bootkube/internal-release-image-server-tls-secret.go
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package bootkube
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/openshift/api/features"
+	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset"
+	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/installconfig"
+	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/templates/content"
+	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/templates/content/manifests"
+)
+
+const (
+	internalReleaseImageTLSSecretFileName = "internal-release-image-tls-secret.yaml.template"
+)
+
+var _ asset.WritableAsset = (*InternalReleaseImageTLSSecret)(nil)
+
+// InternalReleaseImageTLSSecret is the constant to represent contents of machine_configservertlssecret.yaml.template file.
+type InternalReleaseImageTLSSecret struct {
+	FileList []*asset.File
+}
+
+// Dependencies returns all of the dependencies directly needed by the asset.
+func (t *InternalReleaseImageTLSSecret) Dependencies() []asset.Asset {
+	return []asset.Asset{
+		&installconfig.InstallConfig{},
+		&manifests.InternalReleaseImage{},
+	}
+}
+
+// Name returns the human-friendly name of the asset.
+func (t *InternalReleaseImageTLSSecret) Name() string {
+	return "InternalReleaseImageTLSSecret"
+}
+
+// Generate generates the actual files by this asset.
+func (t *InternalReleaseImageTLSSecret) Generate(_ context.Context, dependencies asset.Parents) error {
+	installConfig := &installconfig.InstallConfig{}
+	iri := &manifests.InternalReleaseImage{}
+
+	dependencies.Get(installConfig, iri)
+
+	if !installConfig.Config.EnabledFeatureGates().Enabled(features.FeatureGateNoRegistryClusterInstall) {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Skip if InternalReleaseImage manifest wasn't found.
+	if len(iri.FileList) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	fileName := internalReleaseImageTLSSecretFileName
+	data, err := content.GetBootkubeTemplate(fileName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	t.FileList = []*asset.File{
+		{
+			Filename: filepath.Join(content.TemplateDir, fileName),
+			Data:     data,
+		},
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Files returns the files generated by the asset.
+func (t *InternalReleaseImageTLSSecret) Files() []*asset.File {
+	return t.FileList
+}
+
+// Load returns the asset from disk.
+func (t *InternalReleaseImageTLSSecret) Load(f asset.FileFetcher) (bool, error) {
+	file, err := f.FetchByName(filepath.Join(content.TemplateDir, internalReleaseImageTLSSecretFileName))
+	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		return false, err
+	}
+	t.FileList = []*asset.File{file}
+	return true, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/asset/templates/content/manifests/internalreleaseimage.go b/pkg/asset/templates/content/manifests/internalreleaseimage.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5a8931bbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/asset/templates/content/manifests/internalreleaseimage.go
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package manifests
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
+
+	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset"
+)
+
+const (
+	internalReleaseImageKind         = "InternalReleaseImage"
+	internalReleaseImageInstanceName = "cluster"
+	openshiftManifestDir             = "openshift"
+)
+
+// InternalReleaseImage simply checks for the presence of the related manifest.
+type InternalReleaseImage struct {
+	FileList []*asset.File
+}
+
+var (
+	_ asset.WritableAsset = (*InternalReleaseImage)(nil)
+)
+
+// Name returns a human friendly name for the operator.
+func (iri *InternalReleaseImage) Name() string {
+	return "InternalReleaseImage manifest"
+}
+
+// Dependencies returns all of the dependencies required by the asset.
+func (iri *InternalReleaseImage) Dependencies() []asset.Asset {
+	return []asset.Asset{}
+}
+
+// Generate is not required for InternalReleaseImage.
+func (iri *InternalReleaseImage) Generate(_ context.Context, dependencies asset.Parents) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Files returns the files generated by the asset.
+func (iri *InternalReleaseImage) Files() []*asset.File {
+	return iri.FileList
+}
+
+// Load reads the asset files from disk.
+func (iri *InternalReleaseImage) Load(f asset.FileFetcher) (found bool, err error) {
+	files := []*asset.File{}
+	yamlFiles, err := f.FetchByPattern(filepath.Join(openshiftManifestDir, "*.yaml"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to load *.yaml files")
+	}
+	files = append(files, yamlFiles...)
+
+	ymlFileList, err := f.FetchByPattern(filepath.Join(openshiftManifestDir, "*.yml"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to load *.yml files")
+	}
+	files = append(files, ymlFileList...)
+
+	for _, f := range files {
+		u := &unstructured.Unstructured{}
+		if err := yaml.Unmarshal(f.Data, u); err != nil {
+			logrus.Warnf("failed to unmarshal file %s: %v", f.Filename, err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if u.GetKind() == internalReleaseImageKind && u.GetName() == internalReleaseImageInstanceName {
+			iri.FileList = append(iri.FileList, f)
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	return len(iri.FileList) > 0, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/asset/tls/iricertkey.go b/pkg/asset/tls/iricertkey.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..387f7e6ee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/asset/tls/iricertkey.go
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package tls
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/x509"
+	"crypto/x509/pkix"
+	"net"
+
+	features "github.com/openshift/api/features"
+	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset"
+	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/installconfig"
+	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/templates/content/manifests"
+	baremetaltypes "github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/types/baremetal"
+	nutanixtypes "github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/types/nutanix"
+	vspheretypes "github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/types/vsphere"
+)
+
+// IRICertKey is the asset that generates the InternalReleaseImage registry key/cert pair.
+type IRICertKey struct {
+	SignedCertKey
+}
+
+var _ asset.Asset = (*IRICertKey)(nil)
+
+// Dependencies returns the dependency of the the cert/key pair, which includes
+// the parent CA, and install config if it depends on the install config for
+// DNS names, etc.
+func (a *IRICertKey) Dependencies() []asset.Asset {
+	return []asset.Asset{
+		&RootCA{},
+		&installconfig.InstallConfig{},
+		&manifests.InternalReleaseImage{},
+	}
+}
+
+// Generate generates the cert/key pair based on its dependencies.
+func (a *IRICertKey) Generate(ctx context.Context, dependencies asset.Parents) error {
+	ca := &RootCA{}
+	installConfig := &installconfig.InstallConfig{}
+	iri := &manifests.InternalReleaseImage{}
+	dependencies.Get(ca, installConfig, iri)
+
+	if !installConfig.Config.EnabledFeatureGates().Enabled(features.FeatureGateNoRegistryClusterInstall) {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Skip if InternalReleaseImage manifest wasn't found.
+	if len(iri.FileList) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	apiInt := internalAPIAddress(installConfig.Config)
+
+	cfg := &CertCfg{
+		Subject:      pkix.Name{CommonName: "system:internal-release-image"},
+		ExtKeyUsages: []x509.ExtKeyUsage{x509.ExtKeyUsageServerAuth},
+		Validity:     ValidityTenYears(),
+	}
+
+	var vips []string
+	switch installConfig.Config.Platform.Name() {
+	case baremetaltypes.Name:
+		vips = installConfig.Config.BareMetal.APIVIPs
+	case nutanixtypes.Name:
+		vips = installConfig.Config.Nutanix.APIVIPs
+	case vspheretypes.Name:
+		vips = installConfig.Config.VSphere.APIVIPs
+	}
+
+	cfg.IPAddresses = []net.IP{}
+	cfg.DNSNames = []string{
+		"localhost",
+		apiInt,
+	}
+	localIPs := []string{
+		"127.0.0.1",
+		"::1",
+	}
+	for _, vip := range vips {
+		cfg.IPAddresses = append(cfg.IPAddresses, net.ParseIP(vip))
+		cfg.DNSNames = append(cfg.DNSNames, vip)
+	}
+	for _, i := range localIPs {
+		if ip := net.ParseIP(i); ip != nil {
+			cfg.IPAddresses = append(cfg.IPAddresses, ip)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return a.SignedCertKey.Generate(ctx, cfg, ca, "internal-release-image", DoNotAppendParent)
+}
+
+// Name returns the human-friendly name of the asset.
+func (a *IRICertKey) Name() string {
+	return "Certificate (InternalReleaseImage)"
+}