diff --git a/packages/core/installer/Makefile b/packages/core/installer/Makefile
index 71369889..422b2564 100644
--- a/packages/core/installer/Makefile
+++ b/packages/core/installer/Makefile
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ image-matchbox:
 		--load=$(LOAD)
 	echo "$(REGISTRY)/matchbox:$(TALOS_VERSION)" > images/matchbox.tag
 
-assets: talos-iso
+assets: talos-iso talos-nocloud
 
-talos-initramfs talos-kernel talos-installer talos-iso:
+talos-initramfs talos-kernel talos-installer talos-iso talos-nocloud:
 	mkdir -p ../../../_out/assets
 	cat images/talos/profiles/$(subst talos-,,$@).yaml | \
 		docker run --rm -i -v /dev:/dev --privileged "ghcr.io/siderolabs/imager:$(TALOS_VERSION)" --tar-to-stdout - | \
diff --git a/packages/core/installer/hack/gen-profiles.sh b/packages/core/installer/hack/gen-profiles.sh
index 409e0f28..43e4db6d 100755
--- a/packages/core/installer/hack/gen-profiles.sh
+++ b/packages/core/installer/hack/gen-profiles.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 set -u
 
-PROFILES="initramfs kernel iso installer"
+PROFILES="initramfs kernel iso installer nocloud"
 FIRMWARES="amd-ucode amdgpu-firmware bnx2-bnx2x i915-ucode intel-ice-firmware intel-ucode qlogic-firmware"
 EXTENSIONS="drbd zfs"
 
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ done
 
 for profile in $PROFILES; do
   echo "writing profile images/talos/profiles/$profile.yaml"
+  if [ "$profile" = "nocloud" ]; then
+    image_options="{ diskSize: 1306525696, diskFormat: raw }"
+    out_format=".xz"
+  else
+    image_options="{}"
+    out_format="raw"
+  fi
+
   cat > images/talos/profiles/$profile.yaml <<EOT
 # this file generated by hack/gen-profiles.sh
 # do not edit it
@@ -58,6 +66,7 @@ input:
     - imageRef: ghcr.io/siderolabs/zfs:${ZFS_VERSION}
 output:
   kind: ${profile}
-  outFormat: raw
+  imageOptions: ${image_options}
+  outFormat: ${out_format}
 EOT
 done
diff --git a/packages/core/installer/images/talos/profiles/nocloud.yaml b/packages/core/installer/images/talos/profiles/nocloud.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..099b1199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/installer/images/talos/profiles/nocloud.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# this file generated by hack/gen-profiles.sh
+# do not edit it
+arch: amd64
+platform: metal
+secureboot: false
+version: v1.6.4
+input:
+  kernel:
+    path: /usr/install/amd64/vmlinuz
+  initramfs:
+    path: /usr/install/amd64/initramfs.xz
+  baseInstaller:
+    imageRef: ghcr.io/siderolabs/installer:v1.6.4
+  systemExtensions:
+    - imageRef: ghcr.io/siderolabs/amd-ucode:20240115
+    - imageRef: ghcr.io/siderolabs/amdgpu-firmware:20240115
+    - imageRef: ghcr.io/siderolabs/bnx2-bnx2x:20240115
+    - imageRef: ghcr.io/siderolabs/i915-ucode:20240115
+    - imageRef: ghcr.io/siderolabs/intel-ice-firmware:20240115
+    - imageRef: ghcr.io/siderolabs/intel-ucode:20231114
+    - imageRef: ghcr.io/siderolabs/qlogic-firmware:20240115
+    - imageRef: ghcr.io/siderolabs/drbd:9.2.6-v1.6.4
+    - imageRef: ghcr.io/siderolabs/zfs:2.1.14-v1.6.4
+output:
+  kind: image
+  imageOptions: { diskSize: 1306525696, diskFormat: raw }
+  outFormat: .xz