diff --git a/config/cloudinit/datasource/proxmox/proxmox.go b/config/cloudinit/datasource/proxmox/proxmox.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34da7b80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/cloudinit/datasource/proxmox/proxmox.go
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+package proxmox
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/rancher/os/config/cloudinit/datasource"
+	"github.com/rancher/os/pkg/log"
+	"github.com/rancher/os/pkg/util"
+
+	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/mount"
+)
+
+const (
+	configDev = "/dev/sr0"
+	configDevMountPoint = "/media/pve-config"
+)
+
+type Proxmox struct {
+	root                string
+	readFile            func(filename string) ([]byte, error)
+	lastError           error
+	availabilityChanges bool
+}
+
+func NewDataSource(root string) *Proxmox {
+	return &Proxmox{root, ioutil.ReadFile, nil, true}
+}
+
+func (pve *Proxmox) IsAvailable() bool {
+	if pve.root == configDevMountPoint {
+		pve.lastError = MountConfigDrive()
+		if pve.lastError != nil {
+			log.Error(pve.lastError)
+			pve.availabilityChanges = false
+			return false
+		}
+		defer pve.Finish()
+	}
+
+	_, pve.lastError = os.Stat(pve.root)
+	return !os.IsNotExist(pve.lastError)
+}
+
+func (pve *Proxmox) Finish() error {
+	return UnmountConfigDrive()
+}
+
+func (pve *Proxmox) String() string {
+	if pve.lastError != nil {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s (lastError: %v)", pve.Type(), pve.root, pve.lastError)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", pve.Type(), pve.root)
+}
+
+func (pve *Proxmox) AvailabilityChanges() bool {
+	return pve.availabilityChanges
+}
+
+func (pve *Proxmox) ConfigRoot() string {
+	return pve.root
+}
+
+func (pve *Proxmox) FetchMetadata() (metadata datasource.Metadata, err error) {
+	return datasource.Metadata{}, nil
+}
+
+func (pve *Proxmox) FetchUserdata() ([]byte, error) {
+	return pve.tryReadFile(path.Join(pve.root, "user-data"))
+}
+
+func (pve *Proxmox) Type() string {
+	return "proxmox"
+}
+
+func (pve *Proxmox) tryReadFile(filename string) ([]byte, error) {
+	if pve.root == configDevMountPoint {
+		pve.lastError = MountConfigDrive()
+		if pve.lastError != nil {
+			log.Error(pve.lastError)
+			return nil, pve.lastError
+		}
+		defer pve.Finish()
+	}
+	log.Debugf("Attempting to read from %q\n", filename)
+	data, err := pve.readFile(filename)
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		err = nil
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("ERROR read cloud-config file(%s) - err: %q", filename, err)
+	}
+	return data, err
+}
+
+func MountConfigDrive() error {
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(configDevMountPoint, 700); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	fsType, err := util.GetFsType(configDev)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return mount.Mount(configDev, configDevMountPoint, fsType, "ro")
+}
+
+func UnmountConfigDrive() error {
+	return syscall.Unmount(configDevMountPoint, 0)
+}
diff --git a/config/cloudinit/datasource/proxmox/proxmox_test.go b/config/cloudinit/datasource/proxmox/proxmox_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86486fca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/cloudinit/datasource/proxmox/proxmox_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package proxmox
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestFetchUserdata(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tt := range []struct {
+		root     string
+		files    test.MockFilesystem
+		userdata string
+	}{
+		{
+			root:     "/",
+			files:    test.NewMockFilesystem(),
+			userdata: "",
+		},
+		{
+			root:      "/media/pve-config",
+			files:     test.NewMockFilesystem(test.File{Path: "/media/pve-config/user-data", Contents: "userdata"}),
+			userdata: "userdata",
+		},
+	} {
+		pve := Proxmox{tt.root, tt.files.ReadFile, nil, true}
+		userdata, err := pve.FetchUserdata()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("bad error for %+v: want %v, get %q", tt, nil, err)
+		}
+		if string(userdata) != tt.userdata {
+			t.Fatalf("bad userdata for %+v: want %q, got %q", tt, tt.userdata, userdata)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestConfigRoot(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tt := range []struct {
+		root       string
+		configRoot string
+	}{
+		{
+			root:       "/",
+			configRoot: "/",
+		},
+		{
+			root:       "/media/pve-config",
+			configRoot: "/media/pve-config",
+		},
+	} {
+		pve := Proxmox{tt.root, nil, nil, true}
+		if configRoot := pve.ConfigRoot(); configRoot != tt.configRoot {
+			t.Fatalf("bad config root for %q: want %q, got %q", tt, tt.configRoot, configRoot)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewDataSource(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tt := range []struct {
+		root       string
+		expectRoot string
+	}{
+		{
+			root:       "",
+			expectRoot: "",
+		},
+		{
+			root:       "/media/pve-config",
+			expectRoot: "/media/pve-config",
+		},
+	} {
+		service := NewDataSource(tt.root)
+		if service.root != tt.expectRoot {
+			t.Fatalf("bad root (%q): want %q, got %q", tt.root, tt.expectRoot, service.root)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/init/cloudinit/cloudinit.go b/pkg/init/cloudinit/cloudinit.go
index 2dfad308..2ecf1aa2 100644
--- a/pkg/init/cloudinit/cloudinit.go
+++ b/pkg/init/cloudinit/cloudinit.go
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ func CloudInit(cfg *config.CloudConfig) (*config.CloudConfig, error) {
 		cfg.Rancher.CloudInit.Datasources = append([]string{"exoscale"}, cfg.Rancher.CloudInit.Datasources...)
 	}
 
+	proxmox, err := onlyProxmox()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(err)
+	}
+	if proxmox {
+		cfg.Rancher.CloudInit.Datasources = append([]string{"proxmox"}, cfg.Rancher.CloutInit.Datasources...)
+	}
+
 	if len(cfg.Rancher.CloudInit.Datasources) == 0 {
 		log.Info("No specific datasources, ignore cloudinit")
 		return cfg, nil
@@ -151,3 +159,12 @@ func onlyExoscale() (bool, error) {
 
 	return strings.HasPrefix(string(f), "Exoscale"), nil
 }
+
+func onlyProxmox() (bool, error) {
+	f, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/sys/class/dmi/id/product_name")
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	return strings.Contains(string(f), "Proxmox"), nil
+}