diff --git a/elements/puppet-stack-config/install.d/02-puppet-stack-config b/elements/puppet-stack-config/install.d/02-puppet-stack-config
index b3a2c78b2..b6a89c6ec 100755
--- a/elements/puppet-stack-config/install.d/02-puppet-stack-config
+++ b/elements/puppet-stack-config/install.d/02-puppet-stack-config
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ context = {
     'UNDERCLOUD_DEBUG': os.environ.get('UNDERCLOUD_DEBUG', 'true'),
     'INSPECTION_IPRANGE': os.environ.get('INSPECTION_IPRANGE', '192.0.2.100,192.0.2.120'),
     'INSPECTION_INTERFACE': os.environ.get('INSPECTION_INTERFACE', 'br-ctlplane'),
+    'INSPECTION_COLLECTORS': os.environ.get('INSPECTION_COLLECTORS', 'default,logs'),
+    'INSPECTION_KERNEL_ARGS': os.environ.get('INSPECTION_KERNEL_ARGS', ''),
     'ENABLE_TEMPEST': os.environ.get('ENABLE_TEMPEST', 'true'),
     'IPXE_DEPLOY': os.environ.get('IPXE_DEPLOY', 'true'),
     'UNDERCLOUD_ADMIN_VIP': os.environ.get('UNDERCLOUD_ADMIN_VIP', ''),
diff --git a/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.yaml.template b/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.yaml.template
index a3e7e3506..5da6f6c95 100644
--- a/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.yaml.template
+++ b/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.yaml.template
@@ -316,7 +316,9 @@ ironic::inspector::swift_auth_url: "http://{{LOCAL_IP}}:5000/v2.0"
 ironic::inspector::dnsmasq_local_ip: {{LOCAL_IP}}
 ironic::inspector::dnsmasq_ip_range: {{INSPECTION_IPRANGE}}
 ironic::inspector::dnsmasq_interface: {{INSPECTION_INTERFACE}}
-ironic::inspector::ramdisk_collectors: 'default,logs'
+ironic::inspector::ramdisk_collectors: {{INSPECTION_COLLECTORS}}
+ironic::inspector::additional_processing_hooks: 'extra_hardware'
+ironic::inspector::ramdisk_kernel_args: {{INSPECTION_KERNEL_ARGS}}
 
 # Rabbit
 rabbit_cookie: {{UNDERCLOUD_RABBIT_COOKIE}}
diff --git a/instack_undercloud/tests/test_undercloud.py b/instack_undercloud/tests/test_undercloud.py
index b15fffd05..5bf5ddc42 100644
--- a/instack_undercloud/tests/test_undercloud.py
+++ b/instack_undercloud/tests/test_undercloud.py
@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ class TestGenerateEnvironment(BaseTestCase):
     def test_opts_in_env(self):
         env = undercloud._generate_environment('.')
         # Just spot check, we don't want to replicate the entire opt list here
-        self.assertEqual(env['INSPECTION_RUNBENCH'], '0')
+        self.assertEqual(env['INSPECTION_COLLECTORS'],
+                         'default,logs')
         self.assertEqual('192.0.2.1/24', env['PUBLIC_INTERFACE_IP'])
         self.assertEqual('192.0.2.1', env['LOCAL_IP'])
 
diff --git a/instack_undercloud/undercloud.py b/instack_undercloud/undercloud.py
index 14a3b28aa..19c0e8bfb 100644
--- a/instack_undercloud/undercloud.py
+++ b/instack_undercloud/undercloud.py
@@ -162,10 +162,17 @@ _opts = [
                      'range defined by dhcp_start and dhcp_end, but should '
                      'be in the same network.')
                ),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('inspection_extras',
+                default=False,
+                help=('Whether to enable extra hardware collection during '
+                      'the inspection process. Requires python-hardware or '
+                      'python-hardware-detect package on the introspection '
+                      'image.')),
     cfg.BoolOpt('inspection_runbench',
                 default=False,
                 deprecated_name='discovery_runbench',
-                help='Whether to run benchmarks when inspecting nodes.'
+                help=('Whether to run benchmarks when inspecting nodes. '
+                      'Requires inspection_extras set to True.')
                 ),
     cfg.BoolOpt('undercloud_debug',
                 default=True,
@@ -640,9 +647,18 @@ def _generate_environment(instack_root):
         else:
             instack_env[env_name] = six.text_type(CONF[opt.name])
     # Opts that needs extra processing
-    if instack_env.get('INSPECTION_RUNBENCH') not in ['0', '1']:
-        instack_env['INSPECTION_RUNBENCH'] = ('1' if CONF.inspection_runbench
-                                              else '0')
+    if CONF.inspection_runbench and not CONF.inspection_extras:
+        raise RuntimeError('inspection_extras must be enabled for '
+                           'inspection_runbench to work')
+    if CONF.inspection_extras:
+        instack_env['INSPECTION_COLLECTORS'] = 'default,extra-hardware,logs'
+    else:
+        instack_env['INSPECTION_COLLECTORS'] = 'default,logs'
+
+    if CONF.inspection_runbench:
+        instack_env['INSPECTION_KERNEL_ARGS'] = (
+            'ipa-inspection-benchmarks=cpu,mem,disk')
+
     instack_env['PUBLIC_INTERFACE_IP'] = instack_env['LOCAL_IP']
     instack_env['LOCAL_IP'] = instack_env['LOCAL_IP'].split('/')[0]
     if instack_env['UNDERCLOUD_SERVICE_CERTIFICATE']:
diff --git a/undercloud.conf.sample b/undercloud.conf.sample
index 4835d2a8c..a3c46d380 100644
--- a/undercloud.conf.sample
+++ b/undercloud.conf.sample
@@ -68,7 +68,13 @@
 # Deprecated group/name - [DEFAULT]/discovery_iprange
 #inspection_iprange = 192.0.2.100,192.0.2.120
 
-# Whether to run benchmarks when inspecting nodes. (boolean value)
+# Whether to enable extra hardware collection during the inspection
+# process. Requires python-hardware or python-hardware-detect package
+# on the introspection image. (boolean value)
+#inspection_extras = false
+
+# Whether to run benchmarks when inspecting nodes. Requires
+# inspection_extras set to True. (boolean value)
 # Deprecated group/name - [DEFAULT]/discovery_runbench
 #inspection_runbench = false