diff --git a/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/common/load-images-information/tasks/main.yml b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/common/load-images-information/tasks/main.yml
index 946efaa6d..3fd13add3 100644
--- a/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/common/load-images-information/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/common/load-images-information/tasks/main.yml
@@ -24,11 +24,33 @@
   - set_fact:
       kubernetes_images: "{{ kubernetes_images_output.stdout_lines }}"
 
-  - include_vars:
+  - name: Read in system images list
+    include_vars:
       dir: "vars/k8s-{{ kubernetes_version }}"
       files_matching: "system-images.yml"
 
-  - name: Get the list of platform images
+# Optional system images can be addded in {{ additional_system_images_conf_file }}
+# under {{ additional_system_images_conf_path }}.
+# Additional static images can be introduced in this file, e.g.
+# additional_static_images_list:
+#   image1_name: <registry-url>/image1:v1.0
+#   image2_name: <registry-url>/image2:v2.0
+# Additional static images required or a DC controller only can also be introduced in this file, e.g.
+# additional_system_controller_static_images_list:
+#   image3_name: <registry-url>/image3:v3.0
+#   image4_name: <registry-url>/image4:v4.0
+  - name: Check if additional image config directory exists
+    stat:
+      path: "{{ additional_system_images_conf_path }}"
+    register: additional_config_dir
+
+  - name: Read in additional system images list(s)
+    include_vars:
+      dir: "{{ additional_system_images_conf_path }}"
+      files_matching: "{{ additional_system_images_conf_file }}"
+    when: additional_config_dir.stat.exists and additional_config_dir.stat.isdir
+
+  - name: Categorize system images
     set_fact:
       networking_images:
         - "{{ calico_cni_img }}"
@@ -45,4 +67,27 @@
         - "{{ kubernetes_entrypoint_img }}"
       storage_images:
         - "{{ snapshot_controller_img }}"
+
+  - name: Append additional static images if provisioned
+    set_fact:
+      static_images: "{{ static_images }} + [ '{{item.value}}' ]"
+    with_items: "{{ additional_static_images_list | default({})| dict2items }}"
+    when: additional_static_images_list is defined
+
+  - block:
+    - name: Append RVMC image for a DC system controller
+      set_fact:
+        static_images: "{{ static_images }} + {{ rvmc_img }}"
+
+    - name: Append additional static images for a DC system controller if provisioned
+      set_fact:
+        static_images: "{{ static_images }} + [ '{{item.value}}' ]"
+      with_items: "{{ additional_system_controller_static_images_list | default({})| dict2items }}"
+      when: additional_system_controller_static_images_list is defined
+
+    when: (distributed_cloud_role is defined and
+           distributed_cloud_role == 'systemcontroller') or
+          (check_dc_controller is defined and
+           check_dc_controller.rc == 0)
+
   when: kubernetes_version is defined
diff --git a/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/common/load-images-information/vars/k8s-v1.18.1/system-images.yml b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/common/load-images-information/vars/k8s-v1.18.1/system-images.yml
index 66cf5a9d2..b406e14bf 100644
--- a/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/common/load-images-information/vars/k8s-v1.18.1/system-images.yml
+++ b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/common/load-images-information/vars/k8s-v1.18.1/system-images.yml
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ sriov_network_device_img: docker.io/starlingx/k8s-plugins-sriov-network-device:s
 # cluster/addons/volumesnapshots/volume-snapshot-controller/volume-snapshot-controller-deployment.yaml
 # in the kubernetes github repo
 snapshot_controller_img: quay.io/k8scsi/snapshot-controller:v2.0.0-rc2
+rvmc_img: docker.io/starlingx/rvmc:stx.5.0-v1.0.0
diff --git a/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/common/load-images-information/vars/main.yml b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/common/load-images-information/vars/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20ecea7e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/common/load-images-information/vars/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2020 Wind River Systems, Inc.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+additional_system_images_conf_path: /usr/share/additional-config
+additional_system_images_conf_file: additional-system-images.yml