diff --git a/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/templates/workload.yaml b/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/templates/workload.yaml
index 78b5e6a..53c2ca4 100644
--- a/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/templates/workload.yaml
+++ b/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/templates/workload.yaml
@@ -107,16 +107,15 @@ spec:
         path: {{ $file.path }}
         permissions: "0600"
       {{- end }}
+      {{- with $config := $pool.kubelet -}}
+      {{ $_ := set $config "apiVersion" "kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1" -}}
+      {{ $_ := set $config "kind" "KubeletConfiguration" }}
       - path: /etc/kubernetes/patches/kubeletconfiguration0+strategic.json
         owner: "root:root"
         permissions: "0644"
         content: |
-            {
-              "apiVersion": "kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1",
-              "kind": "KubeletConfiguration",
-              "serializeImagePulls": false,
-              "maxParallelImagePulls": 10,
-            }
+          {{ $config | toJson }}
+      {{- end }}
       joinConfiguration:
         nodeRegistration:
           name: {{ "'{{ local_hostname }}'" }}
@@ -125,6 +124,8 @@ spec:
             node-labels: {{- include "openstack.nodelabels.workload" $context | nindent 14 }}
           taints:
             {{- include "openstack.taints.workload" $ | nindent 10 }}
+        {{- if $pool.kubelet }}
         patches:
           directory: /etc/kubernetes/patches
+        {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/values.yaml b/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/values.yaml
index 38ad648..1960aaa 100644
--- a/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/values.yaml
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ controlPlane:
 #    - path: /etc/cat
 #      content: bWVvdw==
 #
+#    # Additional configuration to be passed to the kubelet can be specifed here
+#    kubelet:
+#      # For example:
+#      serializeImagePulls: "false"
+#
 #    # Enable or disable cluster autoscaling.
 #    # This object is considered immutable.
 #    autoscaling: