diff --git a/manifests/site/test-site/target/initinfra/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/site/test-site/target/initinfra/kustomization.yaml
index f6c1ecc16..8e2776b56 100644
--- a/manifests/site/test-site/target/initinfra/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/site/test-site/target/initinfra/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 resources:
   - ../../../../type/airship-core/target/initinfra
   - ../../shared/catalogues
+  - ../../../../function/hostconfig-operator
 patchesStrategicMerge:
   - patch_bmo_config.yaml
 transformers:
diff --git a/tools/deployment/31_deploy_initinfra_target_node.sh b/tools/deployment/31_deploy_initinfra_target_node.sh
index e16078c5c..78bcea9c6 100755
--- a/tools/deployment/31_deploy_initinfra_target_node.sh
+++ b/tools/deployment/31_deploy_initinfra_target_node.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,17 @@
 
 set -ex
 
+export KUBECONFIG=${KUBECONFIG:-"$HOME/.airship/kubeconfig"}
+NODENAME="node01"
+export KUBECONFIG_TARGET_CONTEXT=${KUBECONFIG_TARGET_CONTEXT:-"target-cluster"}
 : ${AIRSHIPCTL_PROJECT:="../airshipctl"}
 
 cd ${AIRSHIPCTL_PROJECT}
+
+kubectl \
+  --kubeconfig $KUBECONFIG \
+  --context $KUBECONFIG_TARGET_CONTEXT \
+  --request-timeout 10s \
+  label node $NODENAME node-type=controlplane
+
 ./tools/deployment/31_deploy_initinfra_target_node.sh