diff --git a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-ci-version-dual-stack.yaml b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-ci-version-dual-stack.yaml
index 0a3d54c620f..3b3721a0764 100644
--- a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-ci-version-dual-stack.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-ci-version-dual-stack.yaml
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
+      additionalTags:
+        monitoring: virtualmachine
       enableIPForwarding: true
       identity: UserAssigned
       image:
diff --git a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-ci-version-ipv6.yaml b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-ci-version-ipv6.yaml
index cbf94be6a1b..d2b6e221fe2 100644
--- a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-ci-version-ipv6.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-ci-version-ipv6.yaml
@@ -312,6 +312,8 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
+      additionalTags:
+        monitoring: virtualmachine
       enableIPForwarding: true
       identity: UserAssigned
       image:
diff --git a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-ci-version.yaml b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-ci-version.yaml
index 8b64532ba96..7a3de2f490a 100644
--- a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-ci-version.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-ci-version.yaml
@@ -283,6 +283,8 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
+      additionalTags:
+        monitoring: virtualmachine
       identity: UserAssigned
       image:
         marketplace:
diff --git a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow.yaml b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow.yaml
index d65a2895f7c..e781db017f6 100644
--- a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow.yaml
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
+      additionalTags:
+        monitoring: virtualmachine
       identity: UserAssigned
       osDisk:
         diskSizeGB: 128
diff --git a/templates/test/ci/patches/azuremachinetemplate-monitoring.yaml b/templates/test/ci/patches/azuremachinetemplate-monitoring.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..127709de575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/test/ci/patches/azuremachinetemplate-monitoring.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+apiVersion: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: AzureMachineTemplate
+metadata:
+  name: ${CLUSTER_NAME}-md-0
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      additionalTags:
+        monitoring: virtualmachine
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/test/ci/prow/kustomization.yaml b/templates/test/ci/prow/kustomization.yaml
index 37621a2333b..8dbf5019f38 100644
--- a/templates/test/ci/prow/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/ci/prow/kustomization.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ patches:
 - path: ../patches/windows-machine-deployment-replicas.yaml
 - path: ../../../azure-cluster-identity/azurecluster-identity-ref.yaml
 - path: ../patches/azuremachinetemplate-vmextension.yaml
+- path: ../patches/azuremachinetemplate-monitoring.yaml
 - path: ../patches/windows-feature-gates.yaml
 - path: ../patches/windows-containerd-labels.yaml
 - path: ../patches/windows-server-version.yaml
diff --git a/templates/test/dev/cluster-template-custom-builds-load.yaml b/templates/test/dev/cluster-template-custom-builds-load.yaml
index da053139731..d37d16069a2 100644
--- a/templates/test/dev/cluster-template-custom-builds-load.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/dev/cluster-template-custom-builds-load.yaml
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
+      additionalTags:
+        monitoring: virtualmachine
       identity: UserAssigned
       image:
         marketplace:
diff --git a/templates/test/dev/cluster-template-custom-builds.yaml b/templates/test/dev/cluster-template-custom-builds.yaml
index 7c07739985e..d23fb6a1a50 100644
--- a/templates/test/dev/cluster-template-custom-builds.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/dev/cluster-template-custom-builds.yaml
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
+      additionalTags:
+        monitoring: virtualmachine
       identity: UserAssigned
       image:
         marketplace: