diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 27098b1188b..f2a745f8707 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ get in contact with that distribution and send them our way!
 
 | Supported OSes | Supported Public Clouds | Supported Private Clouds |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| Alpine Linux<br />ArchLinux<br />Debian<br />DragonFlyBSD<br />Fedora<br />FreeBSD<br />Gentoo Linux<br />NetBSD<br />OpenBSD<br />openEuler<br />RHEL/CentOS/AlmaLinux/Rocky/PhotonOS/Virtuozzo/EuroLinux/CloudLinux<br />SLES/openSUSE<br />Ubuntu<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> | Amazon Web Services<br />Microsoft Azure<br />Google Cloud Platform<br />Oracle Cloud Infrastructure<br />Softlayer<br />Rackspace Public Cloud<br />IBM Cloud<br />DigitalOcean<br />Bigstep<br />Hetzner<br />Joyent<br />CloudSigma<br />Alibaba Cloud<br />OVH<br />OpenNebula<br />Exoscale<br />Scaleway<br />CloudStack<br />AltCloud<br />SmartOS<br />HyperOne<br />Vultr<br />Rootbox<br /> | Bare metal installs<br />OpenStack<br />LXD<br />KVM<br />Metal-as-a-Service (MAAS)<br />VMware<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />|
+| Alpine Linux<br />ArchLinux<br />Debian<br />DragonFlyBSD<br />Fedora<br />FreeBSD<br />Gentoo Linux<br />NetBSD<br />OpenBSD<br />openEuler<br />RHEL/CentOS/AlmaLinux/Rocky/PhotonOS/Virtuozzo/EuroLinux/CloudLinux/MIRACLE LINUX<br />SLES/openSUSE<br />Ubuntu<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> | Amazon Web Services<br />Microsoft Azure<br />Google Cloud Platform<br />Oracle Cloud Infrastructure<br />Softlayer<br />Rackspace Public Cloud<br />IBM Cloud<br />DigitalOcean<br />Bigstep<br />Hetzner<br />Joyent<br />CloudSigma<br />Alibaba Cloud<br />OVH<br />OpenNebula<br />Exoscale<br />Scaleway<br />CloudStack<br />AltCloud<br />SmartOS<br />HyperOne<br />Vultr<br />Rootbox<br /> | Bare metal installs<br />OpenStack<br />LXD<br />KVM<br />Metal-as-a-Service (MAAS)<br />VMware<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />|
 
 ## To start developing cloud-init
 
diff --git a/cloudinit/config/cc_ntp.py b/cloudinit/config/cc_ntp.py
index 9c085a04c68..c55d5d86606 100644
--- a/cloudinit/config/cc_ntp.py
+++ b/cloudinit/config/cc_ntp.py
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 NTP_CONF = '/etc/ntp.conf'
 NR_POOL_SERVERS = 4
 distros = ['almalinux', 'alpine', 'centos', 'cloudlinux', 'debian',
-           'eurolinux', 'fedora', 'openEuler', 'opensuse', 'photon',
-           'rhel', 'rocky', 'sles', 'ubuntu', 'virtuozzo']
+           'eurolinux', 'fedora', 'miraclelinux', 'openEuler', 'opensuse',
+           'photon', 'rhel', 'rocky', 'sles', 'ubuntu', 'virtuozzo']
 
 NTP_CLIENT_CONFIG = {
     'chrony': {
diff --git a/cloudinit/config/cc_yum_add_repo.py b/cloudinit/config/cc_yum_add_repo.py
index d66d3ae4d95..046a2852852 100644
--- a/cloudinit/config/cc_yum_add_repo.py
+++ b/cloudinit/config/cc_yum_add_repo.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 **Module frequency:** always
 
 **Supported distros:** almalinux, centos, cloudlinux, eurolinux, fedora,
-                       openEuler, photon, rhel, rocky, virtuozzo
+                       miraclelinux, openEuler, photon, rhel, rocky, virtuozzo
 
 **Config keys**::
 
diff --git a/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py b/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py
index fe44f20eee7..742804ea5f2 100755
--- a/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py
+++ b/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
     'freebsd': ['freebsd'],
     'gentoo': ['gentoo'],
     'redhat': ['almalinux', 'amazon', 'centos', 'cloudlinux', 'eurolinux',
-               'fedora', 'openEuler', 'photon', 'rhel', 'rocky', 'virtuozzo'],
+               'fedora', 'miraclelinux', 'openEuler', 'photon', 'rhel',
+               'rocky', 'virtuozzo'],
     'suse': ['opensuse', 'sles'],
 }
 
diff --git a/cloudinit/distros/miraclelinux.py b/cloudinit/distros/miraclelinux.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c7753387b00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloudinit/distros/miraclelinux.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# This file is part of cloud-init. See LICENSE file for license information.
+
+from cloudinit.distros import rhel
+
+
+class Distro(rhel.Distro):
+    pass
+# vi: ts=4 expandtab
diff --git a/cloudinit/net/sysconfig.py b/cloudinit/net/sysconfig.py
index ef4543b4382..85342219a93 100644
--- a/cloudinit/net/sysconfig.py
+++ b/cloudinit/net/sysconfig.py
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 KNOWN_DISTROS = ['almalinux', 'centos', 'cloudlinux', 'eurolinux', 'fedora',
-                 'openEuler', 'rhel', 'rocky', 'suse', 'virtuozzo']
+                 'miraclelinux', 'openEuler', 'rhel', 'rocky', 'suse',
+                 'virtuozzo']
 NM_CFG_FILE = "/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf"
 
 
diff --git a/cloudinit/util.py b/cloudinit/util.py
index 1b462a38334..cad087a1615 100644
--- a/cloudinit/util.py
+++ b/cloudinit/util.py
@@ -540,8 +540,8 @@ def _get_variant(info):
         linux_dist = info['dist'][0].lower()
         if linux_dist in (
                 'almalinux', 'alpine', 'arch', 'centos', 'cloudlinux',
-                'debian', 'eurolinux', 'fedora', 'openeuler', 'photon',
-                'rhel', 'rocky', 'suse', 'virtuozzo'):
+                'debian', 'eurolinux', 'fedora', 'miraclelinux', 'openeuler',
+                'photon', 'rhel', 'rocky', 'suse', 'virtuozzo'):
             variant = linux_dist
         elif linux_dist in ('ubuntu', 'linuxmint', 'mint'):
             variant = 'ubuntu'
diff --git a/config/cloud.cfg.tmpl b/config/cloud.cfg.tmpl
index b66bbe60d7d..741b23d5248 100644
--- a/config/cloud.cfg.tmpl
+++ b/config/cloud.cfg.tmpl
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ disable_root: true
 {% endif %}
 
 {% if variant in ["almalinux", "alpine", "amazon", "centos", "cloudlinux", "eurolinux",
-                  "fedora", "openEuler", "rhel", "rocky", "virtuozzo"] %}
+                  "fedora", "miraclelinux", "openEuler", "rhel", "rocky", "virtuozzo"] %}
 mount_default_fields: [~, ~, 'auto', 'defaults,nofail', '0', '2']
 {% if variant == "amazon" %}
 resize_rootfs: noblock
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ cloud_final_modules:
 system_info:
    # This will affect which distro class gets used
 {% if variant in ["almalinux", "alpine", "amazon", "arch", "centos", "cloudlinux", "debian",
-                  "eurolinux", "fedora", "freebsd", "netbsd", "openbsd", "openEuler",
+                  "eurolinux", "fedora", "freebsd", "netbsd", "miraclelinux", "openbsd", "openEuler",
                   "photon", "rhel", "rocky", "suse", "ubuntu", "virtuozzo"] %}
    distro: {{ variant }}
 {% elif variant in ["dragonfly"] %}
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ system_info:
          security: http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports
    ssh_svcname: ssh
 {% elif variant in ["almalinux", "alpine", "amazon", "arch", "centos", "cloudlinux", "eurolinux",
-                    "fedora", "openEuler", "rhel", "rocky", "suse", "virtuozzo"] %}
+                    "fedora", "miraclelinux", "openEuler", "rhel", "rocky", "suse", "virtuozzo"] %}
    # Default user name + that default users groups (if added/used)
    default_user:
 {% if variant == "amazon" %}
diff --git a/systemd/cloud-init-generator.tmpl b/systemd/cloud-init-generator.tmpl
index 7d1e7256d6a..74d474283bf 100644
--- a/systemd/cloud-init-generator.tmpl
+++ b/systemd/cloud-init-generator.tmpl
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ default() {
 check_for_datasource() {
     local ds_rc=""
 {% if variant in ["almalinux", "centos", "cloudlinux", "eurolinux", "fedora", 
-                  "openEuler", "rhel", "rocky", "virtuozzo"] %}
+                  "miraclelinux", "openEuler", "rhel", "rocky", "virtuozzo"] %}
     local dsidentify="/usr/libexec/cloud-init/ds-identify"
 {% else %}
     local dsidentify="/usr/lib/cloud-init/ds-identify"
diff --git a/systemd/cloud-init.service.tmpl b/systemd/cloud-init.service.tmpl
index de3f3d91f92..e71e5679065 100644
--- a/systemd/cloud-init.service.tmpl
+++ b/systemd/cloud-init.service.tmpl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ After=systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
 After=networking.service
 {% endif %}
 {% if variant in ["almalinux", "centos", "cloudlinux", "eurolinux", "fedora",
-                  "openEuler", "rhel", "rocky", "virtuozzo"] %}
+                  "miraclelinux", "openEuler", "rhel", "rocky", "virtuozzo"] %}
 After=network.service
 After=NetworkManager.service
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/tests/unittests/test_cli.py b/tests/unittests/test_cli.py
index d016267332c..e30e89a7456 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/test_cli.py
@@ -236,8 +236,9 @@ def test_wb_devel_schema_subcommand_doc_all_spot_check(self):
                 "**Supported distros:** all",
                 (
                     "**Supported distros:** almalinux, alpine, centos, "
-                    "cloudlinux, debian, eurolinux, fedora, openEuler, "
-                    "opensuse, photon, rhel, rocky, sles, ubuntu, virtuozzo"
+                    "cloudlinux, debian, eurolinux, fedora, miraclelinux, "
+                    "openEuler, opensuse, photon, rhel, rocky, sles, ubuntu, "
+                    "virtuozzo"
                 ),
                 "**Config schema**:\n    **resize_rootfs:** "
                 "(true/false/noblock)",
diff --git a/tests/unittests/test_util.py b/tests/unittests/test_util.py
index 1290cbc69f1..3b76ead867b 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/test_util.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/test_util.py
@@ -185,6 +185,25 @@
 """
 )
 
+OS_RELEASE_MIRACLELINUX_8 = dedent(
+    """\
+    NAME="MIRACLE LINUX"
+    VERSION="8.4 (Peony)"
+    ID="miraclelinux"
+    ID_LIKE="rhel fedora"
+    PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
+    VERSION_ID="8"
+    PRETTY_NAME="MIRACLE LINUX 8.4 (Peony)"
+    ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
+    CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:cybertrust_japan:miracle_linux:8"
+    HOME_URL="https://www.cybertrust.co.jp/miracle-linux/"
+    DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://www.miraclelinux.com/support/miraclelinux8"
+    BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.asianux.com/"
+    MIRACLELINUX_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="MIRACLE LINUX"
+    MIRACLELINUX_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="8"
+"""
+)
+
 OS_RELEASE_ROCKY_8 = dedent(
     """\
     NAME="Rocky Linux"
@@ -255,6 +274,7 @@
 REDHAT_RELEASE_ALMALINUX_8 = "AlmaLinux release 8.3 (Purple Manul)"
 REDHAT_RELEASE_EUROLINUX_7 = "EuroLinux release 7.9 (Minsk)"
 REDHAT_RELEASE_EUROLINUX_8 = "EuroLinux release 8.4 (Vaduz)"
+REDHAT_RELEASE_MIRACLELINUX_8 = "MIRACLE LINUX release 8.4 (Peony)"
 REDHAT_RELEASE_ROCKY_8 = "Rocky Linux release 8.3 (Green Obsidian)"
 REDHAT_RELEASE_VIRTUOZZO_8 = "Virtuozzo Linux release 8"
 REDHAT_RELEASE_CLOUDLINUX_8 = "CloudLinux release 8.4 (Valery Rozhdestvensky)"
@@ -754,6 +774,24 @@ def test_get_linux_eurolinux8_osrelease(self, m_os_release, m_path_exists):
         dist = util.get_linux_distro()
         self.assertEqual(('eurolinux', '8.4', 'Vaduz'), dist)
 
+    @mock.patch('cloudinit.util.load_file')
+    def test_get_linux_miraclelinux8_rhrelease(self, m_os_release,
+                                               m_path_exists):
+        """Verify miraclelinux 8 read from redhat-release."""
+        m_os_release.return_value = REDHAT_RELEASE_MIRACLELINUX_8
+        m_path_exists.side_effect = TestGetLinuxDistro.redhat_release_exists
+        dist = util.get_linux_distro()
+        self.assertEqual(('miracle', '8.4', 'Peony'), dist)
+
+    @mock.patch('cloudinit.util.load_file')
+    def test_get_linux_miraclelinux8_osrelease(self, m_os_release,
+                                               m_path_exists):
+        """Verify miraclelinux 8 read from os-release."""
+        m_os_release.return_value = OS_RELEASE_MIRACLELINUX_8
+        m_path_exists.side_effect = TestGetLinuxDistro.os_release_exists
+        dist = util.get_linux_distro()
+        self.assertEqual(('miraclelinux', '8', 'Peony'), dist)
+
     @mock.patch('cloudinit.util.load_file')
     def test_get_linux_rocky8_rhrelease(self, m_os_release, m_path_exists):
         """Verify rocky linux 8 read from redhat-release."""
diff --git a/tools/.github-cla-signers b/tools/.github-cla-signers
index 492ed15e0f2..a2da8a625cc 100644
--- a/tools/.github-cla-signers
+++ b/tools/.github-cla-signers
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ timothegenzmer
 tnt-dev
 tomponline
 tsanghan
+tSU-RooT
 vteratipally
 Vultaire
 WebSpider
diff --git a/tools/read-dependencies b/tools/read-dependencies
index 810154e42ac..efa5879cccc 100755
--- a/tools/read-dependencies
+++ b/tools/read-dependencies
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ DEFAULT_REQUIREMENTS = 'requirements.txt'
 DISTRO_PKG_TYPE_MAP = {
     'centos': 'redhat',
     'eurolinux': 'redhat',
+    'miraclelinux': 'redhat',
     'rocky': 'redhat',
     'redhat': 'redhat',
     'debian': 'debian',
@@ -70,12 +71,14 @@ DRY_DISTRO_INSTALL_PKG_CMD = {
     'rocky': ['yum', 'install', '--assumeyes'],
     'centos': ['yum', 'install', '--assumeyes'],
     'eurolinux': ['yum', 'install', '--assumeyes'],
+    'miraclelinux': ['yum', 'install', '--assumeyes'],
     'redhat': ['yum', 'install', '--assumeyes'],
 }
 
 DISTRO_INSTALL_PKG_CMD = {
     'rocky': MAYBE_RELIABLE_YUM_INSTALL,
     'eurolinux': MAYBE_RELIABLE_YUM_INSTALL,
+    'miraclelinux': MAYBE_RELIABLE_YUM_INSTALL,
     'centos': MAYBE_RELIABLE_YUM_INSTALL,
     'redhat': MAYBE_RELIABLE_YUM_INSTALL,
     'debian': ['apt', 'install', '-y'],
@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@ DISTRO_INSTALL_PKG_CMD = {
 CI_SYSTEM_BASE_PKGS = {
     'common': ['make', 'sudo', 'tar'],
     'eurolinux': ['python3-tox'],
+    'miraclelinux': ['python3-tox'],
     'redhat': ['python3-tox'],
     'centos': ['python3-tox'],
     'ubuntu': ['devscripts', 'python3-dev', 'libssl-dev', 'tox', 'sbuild'],
diff --git a/tools/render-cloudcfg b/tools/render-cloudcfg
index 186d61b7479..6642bd5897c 100755
--- a/tools/render-cloudcfg
+++ b/tools/render-cloudcfg
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 
 VARIANTS = ["almalinux", "alpine", "amazon", "arch", "centos", "cloudlinux", "debian",
-            "eurolinux", "fedora", "freebsd", "netbsd", "openbsd", "openEuler", "photon",
+            "eurolinux", "fedora", "freebsd", "miraclelinux", "netbsd", "openbsd", "openEuler", "photon",
             "rhel", "suse","rocky", "ubuntu", "unknown", "virtuozzo"]