diff --git a/app/deploy/compose/deploy_docker.py b/app/deploy/compose/deploy_docker.py
index 6a70f318..e8ee4b9f 100644
--- a/app/deploy/compose/deploy_docker.py
+++ b/app/deploy/compose/deploy_docker.py
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http:#www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+from pathlib import Path
 from python_on_whales import DockerClient, DockerException
-from app.deploy.deployer import Deployer, DeployerException
+from app.deploy.deployer import Deployer, DeployerException, DeployerConfigGenerator
 
 
 class DockerDeployer(Deployer):
@@ -65,3 +66,14 @@ class DockerDeployer(Deployer):
             return self.docker.run(image=image, command=command, user=user, volumes=volumes, entrypoint=entrypoint)
         except DockerException as e:
             raise DeployerException(e)
+
+
+class DockerDeployerConfigGenerator(DeployerConfigGenerator):
+    config_file_name: str = "kind-config.yml"
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+
+    # Nothing needed at present for the docker deployer
+    def generate(self, deployment_dir: Path):
+        pass
diff --git a/app/deploy/deployer.py b/app/deploy/deployer.py
index 51b6010d..68b0088a 100644
--- a/app/deploy/deployer.py
+++ b/app/deploy/deployer.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http:#www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from pathlib import Path
 
 
 class Deployer(ABC):
@@ -50,3 +51,10 @@ class Deployer(ABC):
 class DeployerException(Exception):
     def __init__(self, *args: object) -> None:
         super().__init__(*args)
+
+
+class DeployerConfigGenerator(ABC):
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def generate(self, deployment_dir: Path):
+        pass
diff --git a/app/deploy/deployer_factory.py b/app/deploy/deployer_factory.py
index de89b72c..0c0ef69d 100644
--- a/app/deploy/deployer_factory.py
+++ b/app/deploy/deployer_factory.py
@@ -13,11 +13,20 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http:#www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-from app.deploy.k8s.deploy_k8s import K8sDeployer
-from app.deploy.compose.deploy_docker import DockerDeployer
+from app.deploy.k8s.deploy_k8s import K8sDeployer, K8sDeployerConfigGenerator
+from app.deploy.compose.deploy_docker import DockerDeployer, DockerDeployerConfigGenerator
 
 
-def getDeployer(type, compose_files, compose_project_name, compose_env_file):
+def getDeployerConfigGenerator(type: str):
+    if type == "compose" or type is None:
+        return DockerDeployerConfigGenerator()
+    elif type == "k8s":
+        return K8sDeployerConfigGenerator()
+    else:
+        print(f"ERROR: deploy-to {type} is not valid")
+
+
+def getDeployer(type: str, compose_files, compose_project_name, compose_env_file):
     if type == "compose" or type is None:
         return DockerDeployer(compose_files, compose_project_name, compose_env_file)
     elif type == "k8s":
diff --git a/app/deploy/deployment_create.py b/app/deploy/deployment_create.py
index 04fdde4a..67893890 100644
--- a/app/deploy/deployment_create.py
+++ b/app/deploy/deployment_create.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import sys
 from app.util import (get_stack_file_path, get_parsed_deployment_spec, get_parsed_stack_config, global_options, get_yaml,
                       get_pod_list, get_pod_file_path, pod_has_scripts, get_pod_script_paths, get_plugin_code_paths)
 from app.deploy.deploy_types import DeploymentContext, DeployCommandContext, LaconicStackSetupCommand
+from app.deploy.deployer_factory import getDeployerConfigGenerator
 
 
 def _make_default_deployment_dir():
@@ -366,6 +367,9 @@ def create(ctx, spec_file, deployment_dir, network_dir, initial_peers):
     deployment_command_context = ctx.obj
     deployment_command_context.stack = stack_name
     deployment_context = DeploymentContext(Path(deployment_dir), deployment_command_context)
+    # Call the deployer to generate any deployer-specific files (e.g. for kind)
+    deployer_config_generator = getDeployerConfigGenerator(parsed_spec["deploy-to"])
+    deployer_config_generator.generate(deployment_dir)
     call_stack_deploy_create(deployment_context, [network_dir, initial_peers])
 
 
diff --git a/app/deploy/k8s/deploy_k8s.py b/app/deploy/k8s/deploy_k8s.py
index 25e0f485..06f893df 100644
--- a/app/deploy/k8s/deploy_k8s.py
+++ b/app/deploy/k8s/deploy_k8s.py
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http:#www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+from pathlib import Path
 from kubernetes import client, config
 
-from app.deploy.deployer import Deployer
+from app.deploy.deployer import Deployer, DeployerConfigGenerator
 from app.deploy.k8s.helpers import create_cluster, destroy_cluster, load_images_into_kind
-from app.deploy.k8s.helpers import pods_in_deployment, log_stream_from_string
+from app.deploy.k8s.helpers import pods_in_deployment, log_stream_from_string, generate_kind_config
 from app.deploy.k8s.cluster_info import ClusterInfo
 from app.opts import opts
 
@@ -108,3 +109,18 @@ class K8sDeployer(Deployer):
     def run(self, image, command, user, volumes, entrypoint=None):
         # We need to figure out how to do this -- check why we're being called first
         pass
+
+
+class K8sDeployerConfigGenerator(DeployerConfigGenerator):
+    config_file_name: str = "kind-config.yml"
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+
+    def generate(self, deployment_dir: Path):
+        # Check the file isn't already there
+        # Get the config file contents
+        content = generate_kind_config()
+        # Write the file
+        with open(deployment_dir, "w") as output_file:
+            output_file.write(content)
diff --git a/app/deploy/k8s/helpers.py b/app/deploy/k8s/helpers.py
index 3ff5e2b7..d6bca156 100644
--- a/app/deploy/k8s/helpers.py
+++ b/app/deploy/k8s/helpers.py
@@ -102,3 +102,13 @@ def volumes_for_pod_files(parsed_pod_files):
                 volume = client.V1Volume(name=volume_name, persistent_volume_claim=claim)
                 result.append(volume)
     return result
+
+
+def generate_kind_config():
+    return (
+        '''kind: Cluster
+apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
+nodes:
+- role: control-plane
+'''
+    )