diff --git a/image-c9s.yaml b/image-c9s.yaml
index bc51bf784..d816886f3 100644
--- a/image-c9s.yaml
+++ b/image-c9s.yaml
@@ -24,3 +24,6 @@ vmware-hw-version: 15
 aws-imdsv2-only: false
 aws-volume-type: "gp2"
 aws-x86-boot-mode: "legacy-bios"
+
+# add the requisite OCP metadata to our container image
+ostree-container-inject-openshift-cvo-labels: true
diff --git a/image-rhel-9.2.yaml b/image-rhel-9.2.yaml
index 8f3d0d78e..e5ae83b12 100644
--- a/image-rhel-9.2.yaml
+++ b/image-rhel-9.2.yaml
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ vmware-hw-version: 15
 aws-imdsv2-only: false
 aws-volume-type: "gp2"
 aws-x86-boot-mode: "legacy-bios"
+
+# add the requisite OCP metadata to our container image
+ostree-container-inject-openshift-cvo-labels: true