diff --git a/flags/flags.go b/flags/flags.go
index ec3eb68..4ddb293 100644
--- a/flags/flags.go
+++ b/flags/flags.go
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ var (
 	externalNetworksWhitelist = kingpin.Flag("track-public-network", "Allow track connections to the specified IP networks, all private networks are allowed by default (e.g., Y.Y.Y.Y/mask)").Strings()
 	ExternalNetworksWhitelist []netaddr.IPPrefix
 
-	Provider         = kingpin.Flag("provider", "`provider` label for `node_cloud_info` metric").String()
-	Region           = kingpin.Flag("region", "`region` label for `node_cloud_info` metric").String()
-	AvailabilityZone = kingpin.Flag("availability-zone", "`availability_zone` label for `node_cloud_info` metric").String()
+	Provider          = kingpin.Flag("provider", "`provider` label for `node_cloud_info` metric").Envar("PROVIDER").String()
+	Region            = kingpin.Flag("region", "`region` label for `node_cloud_info` metric").Envar("REGION").String()
+	AvailabilityZone  = kingpin.Flag("availability-zone", "`availability_zone` label for `node_cloud_info` metric").Envar("AVAILABILITY_ZONE").String()
+	InstanceType      = kingpin.Flag("instance-type", "`instance_type` label for `node_cloud_info` metric").Envar("INSTANCE_TYPE").String()
+	InstanceLifeCycle = kingpin.Flag("instance-life-cycle", "`instance_life_cycle` label for `node_cloud_info` metric").Envar("INSTANCE_LIFE_CYCLE").String()
 )
 
 func GetString(fl *string) string {
diff --git a/node/collector.go b/node/collector.go
index 498ae16..a6f0873 100644
--- a/node/collector.go
+++ b/node/collector.go
@@ -232,18 +232,29 @@ func (c *Collector) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	im := metadata.CloudMetadata{}
 	if c.instanceMetadata != nil {
-		im := c.instanceMetadata
-		ch <- gauge(cloudInfoDesc, 1,
-			string(im.Provider), im.AccountId, im.InstanceId, im.InstanceType, im.LifeCycle,
-			im.Region, im.AvailabilityZone, im.AvailabilityZoneId, im.LocalIPv4, im.PublicIPv4,
-		)
-	} else if flags.Provider != nil || flags.Region != nil || flags.AvailabilityZone != nil {
-		ch <- gauge(cloudInfoDesc, 1,
-			flags.GetString(flags.Provider), "", "", "", "",
-			flags.GetString(flags.Region), flags.GetString(flags.AvailabilityZone), "", "", "",
-		)
+		im = *c.instanceMetadata
 	}
+	if flags.Provider != nil {
+		im.Provider = metadata.CloudProvider(flags.GetString(flags.Provider))
+	}
+	if flags.Region != nil {
+		im.Region = flags.GetString(flags.Region)
+	}
+	if flags.AvailabilityZone != nil {
+		im.AvailabilityZone = flags.GetString(flags.AvailabilityZone)
+	}
+	if flags.InstanceType != nil {
+		im.InstanceType = flags.GetString(flags.InstanceType)
+	}
+	if flags.InstanceLifeCycle != nil {
+		im.LifeCycle = flags.GetString(flags.InstanceLifeCycle)
+	}
+	ch <- gauge(cloudInfoDesc, 1,
+		string(im.Provider), im.AccountId, im.InstanceId, im.InstanceType, im.LifeCycle,
+		im.Region, im.AvailabilityZone, im.AvailabilityZoneId, im.LocalIPv4, im.PublicIPv4,
+	)
 }
 
 func (c *Collector) Describe(ch chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {