diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9fbd137..78e5bb7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ sudo mv ./talos-bootstrap /usr/local/bin/talos-bootstrap
 - Create a directory for holding your cluster configuration.
 - Run `talos-bootstrap` command for every node in your cluster.
 
+# Customizations
+
+You can specify your customizations in one of the following files:
+
+- `patch.yaml` - common settings used for all nodes.
+- `patch-controlplane.yaml` - settings used for controlplane nodes only
+- `patch-worker.yaml` - settings used for worker nodes only
+
+Read the [Configuration Patches](https://www.talos.dev/latest/talos-guides/configuration/patching/) documentation for more details.
+
 # Copyright
 
 Andrei Kvapil <kvapss@gmail.com>  
diff --git a/talos-bootsrtap b/talos-bootsrtap
index b2794ad..c1c2c2b 100755
--- a/talos-bootsrtap
+++ b/talos-bootsrtap
@@ -194,7 +194,18 @@ node="$address"
   if [ ! -f secrets.yaml ]; then
     talosctl gen secrets >/dev/null 2>&1
   fi
-  talosctl gen config "$cluster_name" --with-secrets=secrets.yaml "$k8s_endpoint" --config-patch="$machine_config" --force >/dev/null 2>&1
+  patches=""
+  if [ -f patch.yaml ]; then
+    patches="$patches --config-patch=@patch.yaml"
+  fi
+  if [ -f patch-controlplane.yaml ]; then
+    patches="$patches --config-patch-control-plane=@patch-controlplane.yaml"
+  fi
+  if [ -f patch-worker.yaml ]; then
+    patches="$patches --config-patch-worker=@patch-worker.yaml"
+  fi
+  talosctl gen config "$cluster_name" --with-secrets=secrets.yaml "$k8s_endpoint" $patches --config-patch="$machine_config" --force >/dev/null 2>&1
+
   printf "%s\nXXX\n%s\n%s\nXXX\n" "1" "Applying configuration..."
   talosctl --talosconfig=talosconfig apply -e "$bootstrap_ip" -n "$bootstrap_ip" -f controlplane.yaml -i >/dev/null 2>&1