diff --git a/cmd/control/install.go b/cmd/control/install.go
index dddb4f3a..9fe2755e 100755
--- a/cmd/control/install.go
+++ b/cmd/control/install.go
@@ -158,8 +158,14 @@ func installAction(c *cli.Context) error {
 	} else {
 		os.MkdirAll("/opt", 0755)
 		uc := "/opt/user_config.yml"
-		if err := util.FileCopy(cloudConfig, uc); err != nil {
-			log.WithFields(log.Fields{"cloudConfig": cloudConfig, "error": err}).Fatal("Failed to copy cloud-config")
+		if strings.HasPrefix(cloudConfig, "http://") || strings.HasPrefix(cloudConfig, "https://") {
+			if err := util.HTTPDownloadToFile(cloudConfig, uc); err != nil {
+				log.WithFields(log.Fields{"cloudConfig": cloudConfig, "error": err}).Fatal("Failed to http get cloud-config")
+			}
+		} else {
+			if err := util.FileCopy(cloudConfig, uc); err != nil {
+				log.WithFields(log.Fields{"cloudConfig": cloudConfig, "error": err}).Fatal("Failed to copy cloud-config")
+			}
 		}
 		cloudConfig = uc
 	}
diff --git a/util/util.go b/util/util.go
index 654ebd67..96cc34e7 100644
--- a/util/util.go
+++ b/util/util.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path"
@@ -45,6 +46,19 @@ func FileCopy(src, dest string) error {
 	return WriteFileAtomic(dest, data, 0666)
 }
 
+func HTTPDownloadToFile(url, dest string) error {
+	res, err := http.Get(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer res.Body.Close()
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return WriteFileAtomic(dest, body, 0666)
+}
+
 func WriteFileAtomic(filename string, data []byte, perm os.FileMode) error {
 	dir, file := path.Split(filename)
 	tempFile, err := ioutil.TempFile(dir, fmt.Sprintf(".%s", file))