diff --git a/pkg/model/components/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/model/components/BUILD.bazel
index 6968fdff22..b3dd01a07c 100644
--- a/pkg/model/components/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/model/components/BUILD.bazel
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ go_library(
     name = "go_default_library",
     srcs = [
         "apiserver.go",
+        "awscloudcontrollermanager.go",
         "awsebscsidriver.go",
         "calico.go",
         "cilium.go",
diff --git a/pkg/model/components/awscloudcontrollermanager.go b/pkg/model/components/awscloudcontrollermanager.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd352bc105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/model/components/awscloudcontrollermanager.go
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package components
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"k8s.io/kops/pkg/apis/kops"
+	"k8s.io/kops/upup/pkg/fi"
+	"k8s.io/kops/upup/pkg/fi/loader"
+)
+
+// KubeControllerManagerOptionsBuilder adds options for the kubernetes controller manager to the model.
+type AWSCloudControllerManagerOptionsBuilder struct {
+	*OptionsContext
+}
+
+var _ loader.OptionsBuilder = &AWSCloudControllerManagerOptionsBuilder{}
+
+// BuildOptions generates the configurations used for the AWS cloud controller manager manifest
+func (b *AWSCloudControllerManagerOptionsBuilder) BuildOptions(o interface{}) error {
+
+	clusterSpec := o.(*kops.ClusterSpec)
+
+	eccm := clusterSpec.ExternalCloudControllerManager
+
+	if eccm == nil || kops.CloudProviderID(eccm.CloudProvider) != kops.CloudProviderAWS {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	eccm.ClusterName = b.ClusterName
+
+	eccm.ClusterCIDR = clusterSpec.NonMasqueradeCIDR
+
+	eccm.AllocateNodeCIDRs = fi.Bool(true)
+	eccm.ConfigureCloudRoutes = fi.Bool(false)
+
+	// TODO: we want to consolidate this with the logic from KCM
+	networking := clusterSpec.Networking
+	if networking == nil {
+		eccm.ConfigureCloudRoutes = fi.Bool(true)
+	} else if networking.Kubenet != nil {
+		eccm.ConfigureCloudRoutes = fi.Bool(true)
+	} else if networking.GCE != nil {
+		eccm.ConfigureCloudRoutes = fi.Bool(false)
+		eccm.CIDRAllocatorType = fi.String("CloudAllocator")
+
+		if eccm.ClusterCIDR == "" {
+			eccm.ClusterCIDR = clusterSpec.PodCIDR
+		}
+	} else if networking.External != nil {
+		eccm.ConfigureCloudRoutes = fi.Bool(false)
+	} else if UsesCNI(networking) {
+		eccm.ConfigureCloudRoutes = fi.Bool(false)
+	} else if networking.Kopeio != nil {
+		// Kopeio is based on kubenet / external
+		eccm.ConfigureCloudRoutes = fi.Bool(false)
+	} else {
+		return fmt.Errorf("no networking mode set")
+	}
+
+	eccm.Master = "https://127.0.0.1"
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/populate_cluster_spec.go b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/populate_cluster_spec.go
index 1c91a57d95..6b55a0f027 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/populate_cluster_spec.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/populate_cluster_spec.go
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ func (c *populateClusterSpec) run(clientset simple.Clientset) error {
 			codeModels = append(codeModels, &components.ClusterAutoscalerOptionsBuilder{OptionsContext: optionsContext})
 			codeModels = append(codeModels, &components.NodeTerminationHandlerOptionsBuilder{OptionsContext: optionsContext})
 			codeModels = append(codeModels, &components.AWSEBSCSIDriverOptionsBuilder{OptionsContext: optionsContext})
+			codeModels = append(codeModels, &components.AWSCloudControllerManagerOptionsBuilder{OptionsContext: optionsContext})
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/tests/bootstrapchannelbuilder/awscloudcontroller/aws-cloud-controller.addons.k8s.io-k8s-1.18.yaml b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/tests/bootstrapchannelbuilder/awscloudcontroller/aws-cloud-controller.addons.k8s.io-k8s-1.18.yaml
index 070c6e2031..e92dac5e24 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/tests/bootstrapchannelbuilder/awscloudcontroller/aws-cloud-controller.addons.k8s.io-k8s-1.18.yaml
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/tests/bootstrapchannelbuilder/awscloudcontroller/aws-cloud-controller.addons.k8s.io-k8s-1.18.yaml
@@ -21,8 +21,13 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - args:
+        - --master=https://127.0.0.1
         - --v=2
         - --cloud-provider=aws
+        - --cluster-name=minimal.example.com
+        - --cluster-cidr=100.64.0.0/10
+        - --allocate-node-cidrs=true
+        - --configure-cloud-routes=false
         - --use-service-account-credentials=true
         image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-provider-aws/cloud-controller-manager:latest
         name: aws-cloud-controller-manager
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/tests/bootstrapchannelbuilder/awscloudcontroller/manifest.yaml b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/tests/bootstrapchannelbuilder/awscloudcontroller/manifest.yaml
index 8220cebdb3..3520502160 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/tests/bootstrapchannelbuilder/awscloudcontroller/manifest.yaml
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/tests/bootstrapchannelbuilder/awscloudcontroller/manifest.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ spec:
   - id: k8s-1.18
     kubernetesVersion: '>=1.18.0'
     manifest: aws-cloud-controller.addons.k8s.io/k8s-1.18.yaml
-    manifestHash: c0a92fc15661776506a8861a5600315b930a599b
+    manifestHash: d1234040768f371ebb4a4e27cac699e215afb173
     name: aws-cloud-controller.addons.k8s.io
     selector:
       k8s-addon: aws-cloud-controller.addons.k8s.io