diff --git a/pkg/cmd/join/cmd.go b/pkg/cmd/join/cmd.go
index 92509385..21560bbe 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/join/cmd.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/join/cmd.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ var example = `
 %[1]s join --hub-token <tokenID.tokenSecret> --hub-apiserver <hub_apiserver_url> --cluster-name <cluster_name> --mode hosted --managed-cluster-kubeconfig <managed-cluster-kubeconfig-file>
 # join a cluster to the hub while the hub provided no valid CA data in kube-public namespace
 %[1]s join --hub-token <tokenID.tokenSecret> --hub-apiserver <hub_apiserver_url> --cluster-name <cluster_name> --ca-file <ca-file>
+%[1]s join --hub-token <tokenID.tokenSecret> --hub-apiserver <hub_apiserver_url> --cluster-name <cluster_name> --registration-auth awsirsa --hub-cluster-arn arn:aws:eks:us-west-2:123456789012:cluster/hub-cluster-1
 `
 
 // NewCmd ...
@@ -77,5 +78,7 @@ func NewCmd(clusteradmFlags *genericclioptionsclusteradm.ClusteradmFlags, stream
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&o.createNameSpace, "create-namespace", true, "If true, create the operator namespace(open-cluster-management) and the agent namespace(open-cluster-management-agent for Default mode, <klusterlet-name> for Hosted mode), otherwise use existing one")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&o.enableSyncLabels, "enable-sync-labels", false, "If true, sync the labels from klusterlet to all agent resources.")
 	cmd.Flags().Int32Var(&o.clientCertExpirationSeconds, "client-cert-expiration-seconds", 31536000, "clientCertExpirationSeconds represents the seconds of a client certificate to expire.")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&o.registrationAuth, "registration-auth", "", "The type of authentication to use for registering and authenticating with hub")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&o.hubClusterArn, "hub-cluster-arn", "", "The arn of the hub cluster(i.e. EKS cluster) to which managed-cluster will join")
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/join/exec.go b/pkg/cmd/join/exec.go
index 378d97cc..e571ad42 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/join/exec.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/join/exec.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"encoding/pem"
 	"fmt"
+	gherrors "github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
@@ -49,8 +50,9 @@ import (
 const (
 	AgentNamespacePrefix = "open-cluster-management-"
 
-	OperatorNamesapce   = "open-cluster-management"
-	DefaultOperatorName = "klusterlet"
+	OperatorNamesapce     = "open-cluster-management"
+	DefaultOperatorName   = "klusterlet"
+	AwsIrsaAuthentication = "awsirsa"
 )
 
 func format(s string) string {
@@ -148,6 +150,24 @@ func (o *Options) complete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 			genericclioptionsclusteradm.SpokeMutableFeatureGate, ocmfeature.DefaultSpokeRegistrationFeatureGates),
 		ClientCertExpirationSeconds: o.clientCertExpirationSeconds,
 	}
+
+	// set registration auth type
+	if o.registrationAuth == AwsIrsaAuthentication {
+		rawConfig, err := o.ClusteradmFlags.KubectlFactory.ToRawKubeConfigLoader().RawConfig()
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.Errorf("unable to load managedcluster kubeconfig: %v", err)
+			return err
+		}
+
+		o.klusterletChartConfig.Klusterlet.RegistrationConfiguration.RegistrationDriver = operatorv1.RegistrationDriver{
+			AuthType: o.registrationAuth,
+			AwsIrsa: &operatorv1.AwsIrsa{
+				HubClusterArn:     o.hubClusterArn,
+				ManagedClusterArn: rawConfig.Contexts[rawConfig.CurrentContext].Cluster,
+			},
+		}
+	}
+
 	o.klusterletChartConfig.Klusterlet.WorkConfiguration = operatorv1.WorkAgentConfiguration{
 		FeatureGates: genericclioptionsclusteradm.ConvertToFeatureGateAPI(
 			genericclioptionsclusteradm.SpokeMutableFeatureGate, ocmfeature.DefaultSpokeWorkFeatureGates),
@@ -293,6 +313,10 @@ func (o *Options) validate() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if (o.registrationAuth == AwsIrsaAuthentication) && (o.hubClusterArn == "") {
+		return gherrors.New("hubClusterArn cannot be empty if registrationAuth type is awsirsa")
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/join/options.go b/pkg/cmd/join/options.go
index 114460c2..f67a821b 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/join/options.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/join/options.go
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ type Options struct {
 	enableSyncLabels bool
 
 	clientCertExpirationSeconds int32
+
+	// The type of authentication to use for registering and authenticating with hub
+	registrationAuth string
+
+	// The arn of hub cluster(i.e. EKS) to which managed-cluster will join
+	hubClusterArn string
 }
 
 func newOptions(clusteradmFlags *genericclioptionsclusteradm.ClusteradmFlags, streams genericiooptions.IOStreams) *Options {