diff --git a/hack/gen-crd.sh b/hack/gen-crd.sh
index 0f16be48ca..06691a95d4 100755
--- a/hack/gen-crd.sh
+++ b/hack/gen-crd.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 set -eu
 
+function annotate_crd() {
+  script='/^metadata:/a\
+\ \ annotations:\
+\ \ \ \ exclude.release.openshift.io/internal-openshift-hosted: "true"'
+  input="${1}"
+  output="${2}"
+  sed -e "${script}" "${input}" > "${output}"
+}
+
 echo "Building controller-gen tool..."
 go build -o bin/controller-gen github.com/openshift/machine-api-operator/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen
 
@@ -24,9 +33,9 @@ GOPATH=$dir ${cwd}/bin/controller-gen crd \
 #${cwd}/bin/controller-gen crd paths=$dir/src/github.com/openshift/machine-api-operator/pkg/apis/... output:crd:dir=$dir/src/github.com/openshift/machine-api-operator/config/crds/
 popd
 
-echo "Coping generated CRDs"
-cp $dir/src/github.com/openshift/machine-api-operator/config/crds/machine.openshift.io_machinehealthchecks.yaml install/0000_30_machine-api-operator_07_machinehealthcheck.crd.yaml
-cp $dir/src/github.com/openshift/machine-api-operator/config/crds/machine.openshift.io_machinesets.yaml install/0000_30_machine-api-operator_03_machineset.crd.yaml
-cp $dir/src/github.com/openshift/machine-api-operator/config/crds/machine.openshift.io_machines.yaml install/0000_30_machine-api-operator_02_machine.crd.yaml
+echo "Copying and patching generated CRDs"
+annotate_crd $dir/src/github.com/openshift/machine-api-operator/config/crds/machine.openshift.io_machinehealthchecks.yaml install/0000_30_machine-api-operator_07_machinehealthcheck.crd.yaml
+annotate_crd $dir/src/github.com/openshift/machine-api-operator/config/crds/machine.openshift.io_machinesets.yaml install/0000_30_machine-api-operator_03_machineset.crd.yaml
+annotate_crd $dir/src/github.com/openshift/machine-api-operator/config/crds/machine.openshift.io_machines.yaml install/0000_30_machine-api-operator_02_machine.crd.yaml
 
 rm -rf $dir
diff --git a/install/0000_30_machine-api-operator_02_machine.crd.yaml b/install/0000_30_machine-api-operator_02_machine.crd.yaml
index c156ed1dec..6cafe0ab91 100644
--- a/install/0000_30_machine-api-operator_02_machine.crd.yaml
+++ b/install/0000_30_machine-api-operator_02_machine.crd.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
+  annotations:
+    exclude.release.openshift.io/internal-openshift-hosted: "true"
   creationTimestamp: null
   name: machines.machine.openshift.io
 spec:
diff --git a/install/0000_30_machine-api-operator_03_machineset.crd.yaml b/install/0000_30_machine-api-operator_03_machineset.crd.yaml
index 3b4866db39..f552d0ae36 100644
--- a/install/0000_30_machine-api-operator_03_machineset.crd.yaml
+++ b/install/0000_30_machine-api-operator_03_machineset.crd.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
+  annotations:
+    exclude.release.openshift.io/internal-openshift-hosted: "true"
   creationTimestamp: null
   name: machinesets.machine.openshift.io
 spec:
diff --git a/install/0000_30_machine-api-operator_07_machinehealthcheck.crd.yaml b/install/0000_30_machine-api-operator_07_machinehealthcheck.crd.yaml
index e317612c92..d95c62053c 100644
--- a/install/0000_30_machine-api-operator_07_machinehealthcheck.crd.yaml
+++ b/install/0000_30_machine-api-operator_07_machinehealthcheck.crd.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
+  annotations:
+    exclude.release.openshift.io/internal-openshift-hosted: "true"
   creationTimestamp: null
   name: machinehealthchecks.machine.openshift.io
 spec: