diff --git a/controllers/keystoneapi_controller.go b/controllers/keystoneapi_controller.go
index 49b8e58b..bd59b33b 100644
--- a/controllers/keystoneapi_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/keystoneapi_controller.go
@@ -1280,8 +1280,10 @@ func (r *KeystoneAPIReconciler) reconcileCloudConfig(
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	cloudrc := keystone.GenerateCloudrc(&openStackConfigSecret, &openStackConfig)
 	secretString := map[string]string{
 		"secure.yaml": string(secretVal),
+		"cloudrc":     string(cloudrc),
 	}
 
 	secrets := []util.Template{
diff --git a/pkg/keystone/cloudconfig.go b/pkg/keystone/cloudconfig.go
index d4b9534f..0ea21f47 100644
--- a/pkg/keystone/cloudconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/keystone/cloudconfig.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 package keystone
 
+import "fmt"
+
 // OpenStackConfig type
 type OpenStackConfig struct {
 	Clouds struct {
@@ -42,3 +44,17 @@ type OpenStackConfigSecret struct {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// generateCloudrc - generate file contents of a cloudrc file for the clients
+// until there is parity with openstackclient.
+func GenerateCloudrc(secret *OpenStackConfigSecret, config *OpenStackConfig) string {
+	auth := config.Clouds.Default.Auth
+	val := fmt.Sprintf(
+		"export OS_AUTH_URL=" + auth.AuthURL +
+			"\nexport OS_USERNAME=" + auth.UserName +
+			"\nexport OS_PROJECT_NAME=" + auth.ProjectName +
+			"\nexport OS_PROJECT_DOMAIN_NAME=" + auth.ProjectDomainName +
+			"\nexport OS_USER_DOMAIN_NAME=" + auth.UserDomainName +
+			"\nexport OS_PASSWORD=" + secret.Clouds.Default.Auth.Password)
+	return val
+}