diff --git a/bootstrap/pkg/apis/apps/configconverters/testdata/kfconfig_v1beta1.yaml b/bootstrap/pkg/apis/apps/configconverters/testdata/kfconfig_v1beta1.yaml
index adf0790117e..d77930418e4 100644
--- a/bootstrap/pkg/apis/apps/configconverters/testdata/kfconfig_v1beta1.yaml
+++ b/bootstrap/pkg/apis/apps/configconverters/testdata/kfconfig_v1beta1.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   project: foo-project
   email: foo@gmail.com
+  platform: gcp
   applications:
   - kustomizeConfig:
       parameters:
diff --git a/bootstrap/pkg/apis/apps/configconverters/v1beta1.go b/bootstrap/pkg/apis/apps/configconverters/v1beta1.go
index d23d99a6861..be7a1841780 100644
--- a/bootstrap/pkg/apis/apps/configconverters/v1beta1.go
+++ b/bootstrap/pkg/apis/apps/configconverters/v1beta1.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
 	kfapis "github.com/kubeflow/kubeflow/bootstrap/v3/pkg/apis"
+	kftypesv3 "github.com/kubeflow/kubeflow/bootstrap/v3/pkg/apis/apps"
 	kfconfig "github.com/kubeflow/kubeflow/bootstrap/v3/pkg/apis/apps/kfconfig"
 	kfdeftypes "github.com/kubeflow/kubeflow/bootstrap/v3/pkg/apis/apps/kfdef/v1beta1"
 )
@@ -12,6 +13,21 @@ import (
 type V1beta1 struct {
 }
 
+func maybeGetPlatform(pluginKind string) string {
+	platforms := map[string]string{
+		string(kfconfig.AWS_PLUGIN_KIND):              kftypesv3.AWS,
+		string(kfconfig.GCP_PLUGIN_KIND):              kftypesv3.GCP,
+		string(kfconfig.EXISTING_ARRIKTO_PLUGIN_KIND): kftypesv3.EXISTING_ARRIKTO,
+	}
+
+	p, ok := platforms[pluginKind]
+	if ok {
+		return p
+	} else {
+		return ""
+	}
+}
+
 func (v V1beta1) ToKfConfig(appdir string, kfdefBytes []byte) (*kfconfig.KfConfig, error) {
 	kfdef := &kfdeftypes.KfDef{}
 	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(kfdefBytes, kfdef); err != nil {
@@ -109,6 +125,9 @@ func (v V1beta1) ToKfConfig(appdir string, kfdefBytes []byte) (*kfconfig.KfConfi
 				config.Spec.Zone = z.(string)
 			}
 		}
+		if p := maybeGetPlatform(plugin.Kind); p != "" {
+			config.Spec.Platform = p
+		}
 	}
 
 	for _, secret := range kfdef.Spec.Secrets {
@@ -204,6 +223,7 @@ func (v V1beta1) ToKfDefSerialized(config kfconfig.KfConfig) ([]byte, error) {
 			Spec: plugin.Spec,
 		}
 		p.Name = plugin.Name
+		p.Kind = string(plugin.Kind)
 		kfdef.Spec.Plugins = append(kfdef.Spec.Plugins, p)
 	}