diff --git a/pkg/deployer/platform/detect/detect.go b/pkg/deployer/platform/detect/detect.go
index 4519e6ad..894a5b07 100644
--- a/pkg/deployer/platform/detect/detect.go
+++ b/pkg/deployer/platform/detect/detect.go
@@ -64,14 +64,18 @@ func Platform(ctx context.Context) (platform.Platform, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return platform.Unknown, err
 	}
-	return PlatformFromLister(ctx, ocpCli.ConfigV1.ClusterVersions())
+	return PlatformFromClients(ctx, ocpCli.ConfigV1.ClusterVersions(), ocpCli.ConfigV1.Infrastructures())
 }
 
 type ClusterVersionsLister interface {
 	List(ctx context.Context, opts metav1.ListOptions) (*ocpconfigv1.ClusterVersionList, error)
 }
 
-func PlatformFromLister(ctx context.Context, cvLister ClusterVersionsLister) (platform.Platform, error) {
+type InfrastructuresGetter interface {
+	Get(ctx context.Context, name string, options metav1.GetOptions) (*ocpconfigv1.Infrastructure, error)
+}
+
+func PlatformFromClients(ctx context.Context, cvLister ClusterVersionsLister, infraGetter InfrastructuresGetter) (platform.Platform, error) {
 	vers, err := cvLister.List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
@@ -80,6 +84,13 @@ func PlatformFromLister(ctx context.Context, cvLister ClusterVersionsLister) (pl
 		return platform.Unknown, err
 	}
 	if len(vers.Items) > 0 {
+		infra, err := infraGetter.Get(ctx, "cluster", metav1.GetOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			return platform.Unknown, err
+		}
+		if infra.Status.ControlPlaneTopology == ocpconfigv1.ExternalTopologyMode {
+			return platform.HyperShift, nil
+		}
 		return platform.OpenShift, nil
 	}
 	return platform.Kubernetes, nil
diff --git a/pkg/deployer/platform/detect/detect_test.go b/pkg/deployer/platform/detect/detect_test.go
index 5cbf424d..1669214a 100644
--- a/pkg/deployer/platform/detect/detect_test.go
+++ b/pkg/deployer/platform/detect/detect_test.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ func TestPlatformFromLister(t *testing.T) {
 	type testCase struct {
 		name             string
 		vers             []ocpconfigv1.ClusterVersion
+		infra            ocpconfigv1.Infrastructure
 		err              error
 		expectedPlatform platform.Platform
 		expectedError    error
@@ -64,6 +65,19 @@ func TestPlatformFromLister(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectedPlatform: platform.OpenShift,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "hypershift",
+			// hypershift is a flavor of openshift so it has a clusterversion object
+			vers: []ocpconfigv1.ClusterVersion{
+				{}, // zero object is fine! We just need 1+ elements
+			},
+			infra: ocpconfigv1.Infrastructure{
+				Status: ocpconfigv1.InfrastructureStatus{
+					ControlPlaneTopology: ocpconfigv1.ExternalTopologyMode,
+				},
+			},
+			expectedPlatform: platform.HyperShift,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
@@ -72,7 +86,12 @@ func TestPlatformFromLister(t *testing.T) {
 				vers: tc.vers,
 				err:  tc.err,
 			}
-			got, err := PlatformFromLister(context.TODO(), cli)
+			infraCli := fakeGetter{
+				infra: tc.infra,
+				err:   tc.err,
+			}
+
+			got, err := PlatformFromClients(context.TODO(), cli, infraCli)
 			if err != tc.expectedError {
 				t.Errorf("got error %v expected %v", err, tc.expectedError)
 			}
@@ -88,9 +107,18 @@ type fakeLister struct {
 	err  error
 }
 
+type fakeGetter struct {
+	infra ocpconfigv1.Infrastructure
+	err   error
+}
+
 func (fake fakeLister) List(ctx context.Context, opts metav1.ListOptions) (*ocpconfigv1.ClusterVersionList, error) {
 	verList := ocpconfigv1.ClusterVersionList{
 		Items: fake.vers,
 	}
 	return &verList, fake.err
 }
+
+func (fake fakeGetter) Get(ctx context.Context, name string, opts metav1.GetOptions) (*ocpconfigv1.Infrastructure, error) {
+	return &fake.infra, fake.err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/deployer/platform/platform.go b/pkg/deployer/platform/platform.go
index a0b69ccf..2ce73633 100644
--- a/pkg/deployer/platform/platform.go
+++ b/pkg/deployer/platform/platform.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const (
 	Unknown    = Platform("Unknown")
 	Kubernetes = Platform("Kubernetes")
 	OpenShift  = Platform("OpenShift")
+	HyperShift = Platform("HyperShift")
 )
 
 func (p Platform) String() string {
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ func ParsePlatform(plat string) (Platform, bool) {
 		return Kubernetes, true
 	case "openshift":
 		return OpenShift, true
+	case "hypershift":
+		return HyperShift, true
 	default:
 		return Unknown, false
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/deployer/platform/platform_test.go b/pkg/deployer/platform/platform_test.go
index a7918b04..101c07e1 100644
--- a/pkg/deployer/platform/platform_test.go
+++ b/pkg/deployer/platform/platform_test.go
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ func TestRoudnTrip(t *testing.T) {
 			expected:   OpenShift,
 			expectedOK: true,
 		},
+		{
+			name:       "HyperShift",
+			expected:   HyperShift,
+			expectedOK: true,
+		},
 		{
 			name:       "foobar",
 			expected:   Unknown,