diff --git a/files/jenkins/master/config.xml b/files/jenkins/master/config.xml
index 8f1c34c087..7bb4de8d52 100644
--- a/files/jenkins/master/config.xml
+++ b/files/jenkins/master/config.xml
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ class="jenkins.model.ProjectNamingStrategy$DefaultProjectNamingStrategy"/>
       plugin="ssh-slaves@0.21">
         <host>172.16.5.12</host>
         <port>22</port>
-        <username>jenkins_slave</username>
-        <privatekey>/var/tmp/jenkins_master_id_rsa</privatekey>
+        <credentialsId>d844d352-af1d-466b-9fc9-cbb19348103a</credentialsId>
       </launcher>
       <label></label>
       <nodeProperties/>
@@ -58,8 +57,7 @@ class="jenkins.model.ProjectNamingStrategy$DefaultProjectNamingStrategy"/>
       plugin="ssh-slaves@0.21">
         <host>172.16.5.10</host>
         <port>22</port>
-        <username>jenkins_slave</username>
-        <privatekey>/var/tmp/jenkins_master_id_rsa</privatekey>
+        <credentialsId>950d5dd7-acb2-402a-8670-21f152d04928</credentialsId>
       </launcher>
       <label></label>
       <nodeProperties/>
diff --git a/files/jenkins/master/credentials.xml b/files/jenkins/master/credentials.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d28a49bd83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/jenkins/master/credentials.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<com.cloudbees.plugins.credentials.SystemCredentialsProvider plugin="credentials@1.4">
+  <credentials>
+    <com.cloudbees.jenkins.plugins.sshcredentials.impl.BasicSSHUserPrivateKey plugin="ssh-credentials@0.3">
+      <scope>SYSTEM</scope>
+      <id>d844d352-af1d-466b-9fc9-cbb19348103a</id>
+      <description>172.16.5.12</description>
+      <username>jenkins_slave</username>
+      <passphrase>bEcypl4niEJMODrtoQ7iCw==</passphrase>
+      <privateKeySource class="com.cloudbees.jenkins.plugins.sshcredentials.impl.BasicSSHUserPrivateKey$FileOnMasterPrivateKeySource">
+        <privateKeyFile>/var/tmp/jenkins_master_id_rsa</privateKeyFile>
+      </privateKeySource>
+    </com.cloudbees.jenkins.plugins.sshcredentials.impl.BasicSSHUserPrivateKey>
+    <com.cloudbees.jenkins.plugins.sshcredentials.impl.BasicSSHUserPrivateKey plugin="ssh-credentials@0.3">
+      <scope>SYSTEM</scope>
+      <id>950d5dd7-acb2-402a-8670-21f152d04928</id>
+      <description>172.16.5.10</description>
+      <username>jenkins_slave</username>
+      <passphrase>bEcypl4niEJMODrtoQ7iCw==</passphrase>
+      <privateKeySource class="com.cloudbees.jenkins.plugins.sshcredentials.impl.BasicSSHUserPrivateKey$FileOnMasterPrivateKeySource">
+        <privateKeyFile>/var/tmp/jenkins_master_id_rsa</privateKeyFile>
+      </privateKeySource>
+    </com.cloudbees.jenkins.plugins.sshcredentials.impl.BasicSSHUserPrivateKey>
+  </credentials>
+</com.cloudbees.plugins.credentials.SystemCredentialsProvider>