diff --git a/contrib/terraform/hetzner/README.md b/contrib/terraform/hetzner/README.md
index fdc43f9ff..63ef640e7 100644
--- a/contrib/terraform/hetzner/README.md
+++ b/contrib/terraform/hetzner/README.md
@@ -56,11 +56,24 @@ cd inventory/$CLUSTER
 
 Edit `default.tfvars` to match your requirement.
 
+Flatcar Container Linux instead of the basic Hetzner Images.
+
+```bash
+cd ../../contrib/terraform/hetzner
+```
+
+Edit `main.tf` and reactivate the module `source = "./modules/kubernetes-cluster-flatcar"`and
+comment out the `#source = "./modules/kubernetes-cluster"`.
+
+activate `ssh_private_key_path = var.ssh_private_key_path`. The VM boots into
+Rescue-Mode with the selected image of the `var.machines` but installs Flatcar instead.
+
 Run Terraform to create the infrastructure.
 
 ```bash
-terraform init ../../contrib/terraform/hetzner
-terraform apply --var-file default.tfvars ../../contrib/terraform/hetzner/
+cd ./kubespray
+terraform -chdir=./contrib/terraform/hetzner/ init
+terraform -chdir=./contrib/terraform/hetzner/ apply --var-file=../../../inventory/$CLUSTER/default.tfvars
 ```
 
 You should now have a inventory file named `inventory.ini` that you can use with kubespray.
diff --git a/contrib/terraform/hetzner/default.tfvars b/contrib/terraform/hetzner/default.tfvars
index 957b2d523..a56bab1ae 100644
--- a/contrib/terraform/hetzner/default.tfvars
+++ b/contrib/terraform/hetzner/default.tfvars
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ ssh_public_keys = [
   "ssh-rsa I-did-not-read-the-docs 2",
 ]
 
+ssh_private_key_path = "~/.ssh/id_rsa"
+
 machines = {
   "master-0" : {
     "node_type" : "master",
diff --git a/contrib/terraform/hetzner/main.tf b/contrib/terraform/hetzner/main.tf
index 805c7bfb8..fc2f27108 100644
--- a/contrib/terraform/hetzner/main.tf
+++ b/contrib/terraform/hetzner/main.tf
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ provider "hcloud" {}
 
 module "kubernetes" {
   source = "./modules/kubernetes-cluster"
+  #source = "./modules/kubernetes-cluster-flatcar"
 
   prefix = var.prefix
 
@@ -9,6 +10,9 @@ module "kubernetes" {
 
   machines = var.machines
 
+  #only for flatcar
+  #ssh_private_key_path = var.ssh_private_key_path
+
   ssh_public_keys = var.ssh_public_keys
   network_zone = var.network_zone
 
@@ -49,4 +53,4 @@ resource "null_resource" "inventories" {
   triggers = {
     template = data.template_file.inventory.rendered
   }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/contrib/terraform/hetzner/modules/kubernetes-cluster-flatcar/main.tf b/contrib/terraform/hetzner/modules/kubernetes-cluster-flatcar/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..804c5038e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/terraform/hetzner/modules/kubernetes-cluster-flatcar/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+resource "hcloud_network" "kubernetes" {
+  name     = "${var.prefix}-network"
+  ip_range = var.private_network_cidr
+}
+
+resource "hcloud_network_subnet" "kubernetes" {
+  type         = "cloud"
+  network_id   = hcloud_network.kubernetes.id
+  network_zone = var.network_zone
+  ip_range     = var.private_subnet_cidr
+}
+
+resource "hcloud_ssh_key" "first" {
+  name       = var.prefix
+  public_key = var.ssh_public_keys.0
+}
+
+resource "hcloud_server" "master" {
+  for_each = {
+    for name, machine in var.machines :
+    name => machine
+    if machine.node_type == "master"
+  }
+  name     = "${var.prefix}-${each.key}"
+  ssh_keys = [hcloud_ssh_key.first.id]
+  # boot into rescue OS
+  rescue = "linux64"
+  # dummy value for the OS because Flatcar is not available
+  image       = each.value.image
+  server_type = each.value.size
+  location    = var.zone
+  connection {
+    host    = self.ipv4_address
+    timeout = "5m"
+    private_key = file(var.ssh_private_key_path)
+  }
+  firewall_ids = [hcloud_firewall.machine.id]
+  provisioner "file" {
+    content     = data.ct_config.machine-ignitions[each.key].rendered
+    destination = "/root/ignition.json"
+  }
+
+  provisioner "remote-exec" {
+    inline = [
+      "set -ex",
+      "apt update",
+      "apt install -y gawk",
+      "curl -fsSLO --retry-delay 1 --retry 60 --retry-connrefused --retry-max-time 60 --connect-timeout 20 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kinvolk/init/flatcar-master/bin/flatcar-install",
+      "chmod +x flatcar-install",
+      "./flatcar-install -s -i /root/ignition.json",
+      "shutdown -r +1",
+    ]
+  }
+
+  # optional:
+  provisioner "remote-exec" {
+    connection {
+      host    = self.ipv4_address
+      timeout = "3m"
+      user    = var.user_flatcar
+    }
+
+    inline = [
+      "sudo hostnamectl set-hostname ${self.name}",
+    ]
+  }
+}
+
+resource "hcloud_server_network" "master" {
+  for_each = hcloud_server.master
+  server_id = each.value.id
+  subnet_id = hcloud_network_subnet.kubernetes.id
+}
+
+resource "hcloud_server" "worker" {
+  for_each = {
+    for name, machine in var.machines :
+    name => machine
+    if machine.node_type == "worker"
+  }
+  name     = "${var.prefix}-${each.key}"
+  ssh_keys = [hcloud_ssh_key.first.id]
+  # boot into rescue OS
+  rescue = "linux64"
+  # dummy value for the OS because Flatcar is not available
+  image       = each.value.image
+  server_type = each.value.size
+  location    = var.zone
+  connection {
+    host    = self.ipv4_address
+    timeout = "5m"
+    private_key = file(var.ssh_private_key_path)
+  }
+  firewall_ids = [hcloud_firewall.machine.id]
+  provisioner "file" {
+    content     = data.ct_config.machine-ignitions[each.key].rendered
+    destination = "/root/ignition.json"
+  }
+
+  provisioner "remote-exec" {
+    inline = [
+      "set -ex",
+      "apt update",
+      "apt install -y gawk",
+      "curl -fsSLO --retry-delay 1 --retry 60 --retry-connrefused --retry-max-time 60 --connect-timeout 20 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kinvolk/init/flatcar-master/bin/flatcar-install",
+      "chmod +x flatcar-install",
+      "./flatcar-install -s -i /root/ignition.json",
+      "shutdown -r +1",
+    ]
+  }
+
+  # optional:
+  provisioner "remote-exec" {
+    connection {
+      host    = self.ipv4_address
+      timeout = "3m"
+      user    = var.user_flatcar
+    }
+
+    inline = [
+      "sudo hostnamectl set-hostname ${self.name}",
+    ]
+  }
+}
+
+resource "hcloud_server_network" "worker" {
+  for_each = hcloud_server.worker
+  server_id = each.value.id
+  subnet_id = hcloud_network_subnet.kubernetes.id
+}
+
+data "ct_config" "machine-ignitions" {
+  for_each = {
+    for name, machine in var.machines :
+    name => machine
+  }
+  content  = data.template_file.machine-configs[each.key].rendered
+}
+
+data "template_file" "machine-configs" {
+  for_each = {
+    for name, machine in var.machines :
+    name => machine
+  }
+  template = file("${path.module}/templates/machine.yaml.tmpl")
+
+  vars = {
+    ssh_keys = jsonencode(var.ssh_public_keys)
+    user_flatcar = jsonencode(var.user_flatcar)
+    name     = each.key
+  }
+}
+
+resource "hcloud_firewall" "machine" {
+  name = "${var.prefix}-machine-firewall"
+
+  rule {
+   direction = "in"
+   protocol = "tcp"
+   port = "22"
+   source_ips = var.ssh_whitelist
+  }
+
+  rule {
+   direction = "in"
+   protocol = "tcp"
+   port = "6443"
+   source_ips = var.api_server_whitelist
+  }
+}
+
+resource "hcloud_firewall" "worker" {
+  name = "${var.prefix}-worker-firewall"
+
+  rule {
+   direction = "in"
+   protocol = "tcp"
+   port = "22"
+   source_ips = var.ssh_whitelist
+  }
+
+  rule {
+   direction = "in"
+   protocol = "tcp"
+   port = "80"
+   source_ips = var.ingress_whitelist
+  }
+
+  rule {
+   direction = "in"
+   protocol = "tcp"
+   port = "443"
+   source_ips = var.ingress_whitelist
+  }
+
+  rule {
+   direction = "in"
+   protocol = "tcp"
+   port = "30000-32767"
+   source_ips = var.nodeport_whitelist
+  }
+}
diff --git a/contrib/terraform/hetzner/modules/kubernetes-cluster-flatcar/outputs.tf b/contrib/terraform/hetzner/modules/kubernetes-cluster-flatcar/outputs.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6bb276da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/terraform/hetzner/modules/kubernetes-cluster-flatcar/outputs.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+output "master_ip_addresses" {
+  value = {
+    for key, instance in hcloud_server.master :
+    instance.name => {
+      "private_ip" = hcloud_server_network.master[key].ip
+      "public_ip"  = hcloud_server.master[key].ipv4_address
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+output "worker_ip_addresses" {
+  value = {
+    for key, instance in hcloud_server.worker :
+    instance.name => {
+      "private_ip" = hcloud_server_network.worker[key].ip
+      "public_ip"  = hcloud_server.worker[key].ipv4_address
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+output "cluster_private_network_cidr" {
+  value = var.private_subnet_cidr
+}
+
+output "network_id" {
+  value = hcloud_network.kubernetes.id
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/terraform/hetzner/modules/kubernetes-cluster-flatcar/templates/machine.yaml.tmpl b/contrib/terraform/hetzner/modules/kubernetes-cluster-flatcar/templates/machine.yaml.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26e05f867
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/terraform/hetzner/modules/kubernetes-cluster-flatcar/templates/machine.yaml.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+passwd:
+  users:
+    - name: ${user_flatcar}
+      ssh_authorized_keys: ${ssh_keys}
+storage:
+  files:
+    - path: /home/core/works
+      filesystem: root
+      mode: 0755
+      contents:
+        inline: |
+          #!/bin/bash
+          set -euo pipefail
+          hostname="$(hostname)"
+          echo My name is ${name} and the hostname is $${hostname}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/terraform/hetzner/modules/kubernetes-cluster-flatcar/variables.tf b/contrib/terraform/hetzner/modules/kubernetes-cluster-flatcar/variables.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f2f8f51d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/terraform/hetzner/modules/kubernetes-cluster-flatcar/variables.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+
+variable "zone" {
+  type = string
+  default = "fsn1"
+}
+
+variable "prefix" {
+  default = "k8s"
+}
+
+variable "user_flatcar" {
+  type = string
+  default = "core"
+}
+
+variable "machines" {
+  type = map(object({
+    node_type = string
+    size      = string
+    image     = string
+  }))
+}
+
+
+
+variable "ssh_public_keys" {
+  type = list(string)
+}
+
+variable "ssh_private_key_path" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "~/.ssh/id_rsa"
+}
+
+variable "ssh_whitelist" {
+  type = list(string)
+}
+
+variable "api_server_whitelist" {
+  type = list(string)
+}
+
+variable "nodeport_whitelist" {
+  type = list(string)
+}
+
+variable "ingress_whitelist" {
+  type = list(string)
+}
+
+variable "private_network_cidr" {
+  default = "10.0.0.0/16"
+}
+
+variable "private_subnet_cidr" {
+  default = "10.0.10.0/24"
+}
+variable "network_zone" {
+  default = "eu-central"
+}
diff --git a/contrib/terraform/hetzner/modules/kubernetes-cluster-flatcar/versions.tf b/contrib/terraform/hetzner/modules/kubernetes-cluster-flatcar/versions.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4291f8a61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/terraform/hetzner/modules/kubernetes-cluster-flatcar/versions.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+terraform {
+  required_providers {
+    hcloud = {
+      source  = "hetznercloud/hcloud"
+    }
+    ct = {
+      source  = "poseidon/ct"
+    }
+    null = {
+      source  = "hashicorp/null"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/terraform/hetzner/variables.tf b/contrib/terraform/hetzner/variables.tf
index e83676ad8..8fc8b2c97 100644
--- a/contrib/terraform/hetzner/variables.tf
+++ b/contrib/terraform/hetzner/variables.tf
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ variable "ssh_public_keys" {
   type        = list(string)
 }
 
+variable "ssh_private_key_path" {
+  description = "Private SSH key which connect to the VMs."
+  type        = string
+  default     = "~/.ssh/id_rsa"
+}
+
 variable "ssh_whitelist" {
   description = "List of IP ranges (CIDR) to whitelist for ssh"
   type        = list(string)