diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/BUILD.bazel b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/BUILD.bazel
index 1181061e02..bf5eb18424 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/BUILD.bazel
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ go_library(
         "//util/pkg/hashing:go_default_library",
         "//util/pkg/reflectutils:go_default_library",
         "//util/pkg/vfs:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/github.com/Masterminds/sprig:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/blang/semver:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/template_functions.go b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/template_functions.go
index 87d5edebf2..e56fe4c370 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/template_functions.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/template_functions.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 
+	"github.com/Masterminds/sprig"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/klog"
@@ -78,6 +79,9 @@ func (tf *TemplateFunctions) AddTo(dest template.FuncMap, secretStore fi.SecretS
 		return strings.Join(a, sep)
 	}
 
+	sprigTxtFuncMap := sprig.TxtFuncMap()
+	dest["indent"] = sprigTxtFuncMap["indent"]
+
 	dest["ClusterName"] = tf.modelContext.ClusterName
 	dest["HasTag"] = tf.HasTag
 	dest["WithDefaultBool"] = func(v *bool, defaultValue bool) bool {