diff --git a/src/components/create-vm-dialog/createVmDialog.jsx b/src/components/create-vm-dialog/createVmDialog.jsx
index d1e9dfed1..5f21e2a78 100644
--- a/src/components/create-vm-dialog/createVmDialog.jsx
+++ b/src/components/create-vm-dialog/createVmDialog.jsx
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { debounce } from 'throttle-debounce';
 import { Divider } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/components/Divider";
+import { FileUpload } from '@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/components/FileUpload';
 import { Flex, FlexItem } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/layouts/Flex";
 import { Form, FormGroup } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/components/Form";
 import { FormSelect, FormSelectOption } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/components/FormSelect";
+import { Grid, GridItem } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/layouts/Grid";
 import { InputGroup } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/components/InputGroup";
 import { Modal } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/components/Modal";
 import { Select as PFSelect, SelectGroup, SelectOption } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/deprecated/components/Select";
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ import { Button } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/components/Button";
 import { Tooltip } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/components/Tooltip";
 import { TextArea } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/components/TextArea";
 import { Spinner } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/components/Spinner";
-import { ExternalLinkAltIcon } from '@patternfly/react-icons';
+import { ExternalLinkAltIcon, MinusIcon } from '@patternfly/react-icons';
 
 import { DialogsContext } from 'dialogs.jsx';
 import cockpit from 'cockpit';
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ import { domainCreate } from '../../libvirtApi/domain.js';
 import { storagePoolRefresh } from '../../libvirtApi/storagePool.js';
 import { getAccessToken } from '../../libvirtApi/rhel-images.js';
 import { PasswordFormFields, password_quality } from 'cockpit-components-password.jsx';
+import { DynamicListForm } from '../common/DynamicListForm';
 
 import './createVmDialog.scss';
 
@@ -248,6 +251,8 @@ function validateParams(vmParams) {
     }
     if (vmParams.userPassword && !vmParams.userLogin) {
         validationFailed.userLogin = _("User login must not be empty when user password is set");
+    } else if (vmParams.sshKeys.length > 0 && !vmParams.userLogin) {
+        validationFailed.userLogin = _("User login must not be empty when SSH keys are set");
     }
 
     return validationFailed;
@@ -748,6 +753,47 @@ const UsersConfigurationRow = ({
     );
 };
 
+const SshKeysRow = ({
+    id, item, onChange, idx, removeitem,
+}) => {
+    const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
+
+    const handleClear = (_event) => {
+        onChange(idx, "file", "");
+        onChange(idx, "value", "");
+    };
+
+    return (
+        <Grid id={id}>
+            <GridItem span={11}>
+                <FileUpload id={"create-vm-dialog-ssh-key-" + id}
+                    type="text"
+                    value={item.value}
+                    filename={item.filename}
+                    filenamePlaceholder="Drag and drop a file or upload one"
+                    onFileInputChange={(_event, file) => onChange(idx, "file", file)}
+                    onDataChange={(_event, value) => onChange(idx, "value", value)}
+                    onTextChange={(_event, value) => onChange(idx, "value", value)}
+                    onReadStarted={() => setIsLoading(true)}
+                    onReadFinished={() => setIsLoading(false)}
+                    onClearClick={_event => handleClear(_event)}
+                    isLoading={isLoading}
+                    allowEditingUploadedText
+                    browseButtonText="Upload" />
+            </GridItem>
+            <GridItem span={1} className="pf-m-1-col-on-md remove-button-group">
+                <Button variant='secondary'
+                    className="btn-close"
+                    id={id + "-btn-close"}
+                    isSmall
+                    aria-label={_("Remove item")}
+                    icon={<MinusIcon />}
+                    onClick={() => removeitem(idx)} />
+            </GridItem>
+        </Grid>
+    );
+};
+
 const CloudInitOptionsRow = ({
     onValueChanged,
     rootPassword,
@@ -755,13 +801,22 @@ const CloudInitOptionsRow = ({
     validationFailed,
 }) => {
     return (
-        <UsersConfigurationRow rootPassword={rootPassword}
-                               rootPasswordLabelInfo={_("Leave the password blank if you do not wish to set a root password")}
-                               showUserFields
-                               userLogin={userLogin}
-                               userPassword={userPassword}
-                               validationFailed={validationFailed}
-                               onValueChanged={onValueChanged} />
+        <>
+            <UsersConfigurationRow rootPassword={rootPassword}
+                                   rootPasswordLabelInfo={_("Leave the password blank if you do not wish to set a root password")}
+                                   showUserFields
+                                   userLogin={userLogin}
+                                   userPassword={userPassword}
+                                   validationFailed={validationFailed}
+                                   onValueChanged={onValueChanged} />
+            <DynamicListForm id="create-vm-dialog-ssh-key"
+                emptyStateString={_("No SSH keys specified")}
+                label={_("SSH keys")}
+                actionLabel={_("Add SSH keys")}
+                onChange={value => onValueChanged('sshKeys', value)}
+                default={{ value: null, file: null }}
+                itemcomponent={ <SshKeysRow />} />
+        </>
     );
 };
 
@@ -979,6 +1034,7 @@ class CreateVmModal extends React.Component {
             userLogin: '',
             accessToken: '',
             offlineToken: '',
+            sshKeys: [],
         };
         this.onCreateClicked = this.onCreateClicked.bind(this);
         this.onValueChanged = this.onValueChanged.bind(this);
@@ -1172,6 +1228,7 @@ class CreateVmModal extends React.Component {
                 userPassword: this.state.userPassword,
                 rootPassword: this.state.rootPassword,
                 userLogin: this.state.userLogin,
+                sshKeys: this.state.sshKeys.map(key => key.value),
                 startVm,
                 accessToken: this.state.accessToken,
                 loggedUser
diff --git a/src/scripts/install_machine.py b/src/scripts/install_machine.py
index f5626cd26..21cbb6ea6 100755
--- a/src/scripts/install_machine.py
+++ b/src/scripts/install_machine.py
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ def prepare_cloud_init(args):
         if args['userLogin']:
             user_data_file.write("users:\n")
             user_data_file.write(f"  - name: {args['userLogin']}\n")
+            if args['sshKeys'] and len(args['sshKeys']) > 9:
+                user_data_file.write("    ssh_authorized_keys:\n")
+                for key in args['sshKeys']:
+                    user_data_file.write(f"      - {key}\n")
 
         if args['rootPassword'] or args['userPassword']:
             # enable SSH password login if any password is set