diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d2282fdb04..841163ba70 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.PHONY: all test yamls
+.PHONY: all test templates yamls
 .FORCE:
 
 GO_CMD ?= go
@@ -80,8 +80,17 @@ yamls: $(yaml_instances)
 	     -e s',^(\s*)image:.+$$,\1image: ${IMAGE_TAG},' \
 	     -e s',^(\s*)namespace:.+$$,\1namespace: ${K8S_NAMESPACE},' \
 	     -e s',^(\s*)mountPath: "/host-,\1mountPath: "${CONTAINER_HOSTMOUNT_PREFIX},' \
+	     -e '/nfd-worker.conf:/r nfd-worker.conf.tmp' \
 	     $< > $@
 
+templates: $(yaml_templates)
+	@# Need to prepend each line in the sample config with spaces in order to
+	@# fit correctly in the configmap spec.
+	@sed s'/^/    /' nfd-worker.conf.example > nfd-worker.conf.tmp
+	@# The quick-n-dirty sed below expects the configmap data to be at the very end of the file
+	@for f in $+; do sed -e '/nfd-worker\.conf/r nfd-worker.conf.tmp' -e '/nfd-worker\.conf/q' -i $$f; done
+	@rm nfd-worker.conf.tmp
+
 mock:
 	mockery --name=FeatureSource --dir=source --inpkg --note="Re-generate by running 'make mock'"
 	mockery --name=APIHelpers --dir=pkg/apihelper --inpkg --note="Re-generate by running 'make mock'"
diff --git a/docs/get-started/deployment-and-usage.md b/docs/get-started/deployment-and-usage.md
index 12019fd521..6c777810f6 100644
--- a/docs/get-started/deployment-and-usage.md
+++ b/docs/get-started/deployment-and-usage.md
@@ -174,39 +174,19 @@ possible.
 Worker configuration file is read inside the container, and thus, Volumes and
 VolumeMounts are needed to make your configuration available for NFD. The
 preferred method is to use a ConfigMap which provides easy deployment and
-re-configurability.  For example, create a config map using the example config
-as a template:
+re-configurability.
 
-```bash
-cp nfd-worker.conf.example nfd-worker.conf
-vim nfd-worker.conf  # edit the configuration
-kubectl create configmap nfd-worker-config --from-file=nfd-worker.conf
-```
+The provided nfd-worker deployment templates create an empty configmap and
+mount it inside the nfd-worker containers. Configuration can be edited with:
 
-Then, configure Volumes and VolumeMounts in the Pod spec (just the relevant
-snippets shown below):
-
-```yaml
-...
-  containers:
-      volumeMounts:
-        - name: nfd-worker-config
-          mountPath: "/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/"
-...
-  volumes:
-    - name: nfd-worker-config
-      configMap:
-        name: nfd-worker-config
-...
 ```
-
-You could also use other types of volumes, of course. That is, hostPath if
-different config for different nodes would be required, for example.
+kubectl -n ${NFD_NS} edit configmap nfd-worker-conf
+```
 
 The (empty-by-default)
 [example config](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/node-feature-discovery/blob/{{ site.release }}/nfd-worker.conf.example)
-is used as a config in the NFD Docker image. Thus, this can be used as a default
-configuration in custom-built images.
+contains all available configuration options and can be used as a reference
+for creating creating a configuration.
 
 Configuration options can also be specified via the `--options` command line
 flag, in which case no mounts need to be used. The same format as in the config
diff --git a/nfd-daemonset-combined.yaml.template b/nfd-daemonset-combined.yaml.template
index 11e3705310..31f469ec9e 100644
--- a/nfd-daemonset-combined.yaml.template
+++ b/nfd-daemonset-combined.yaml.template
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ spec:
             - name: features-d
               mountPath: "/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/features.d/"
               readOnly: true
+            - name: nfd-worker-conf
+              mountPath: "/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery"
+              readOnly: true
       volumes:
         - name: host-boot
           hostPath:
@@ -126,3 +129,99 @@ spec:
         - name: features-d
           hostPath:
             path: "/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/features.d/"
+        - name: nfd-worker-conf
+          configMap:
+            name: nfd-worker-conf
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: nfd-worker-conf
+  namespace: node-feature-discovery
+data:
+  nfd-worker.conf: |
+    #sources:
+    #  cpu:
+    #    cpuid:
+    ##     NOTE: whitelist has priority over blacklist
+    #      attributeBlacklist:
+    #        - "BMI1"
+    #        - "BMI2"
+    #        - "CLMUL"
+    #        - "CMOV"
+    #        - "CX16"
+    #        - "ERMS"
+    #        - "F16C"
+    #        - "HTT"
+    #        - "LZCNT"
+    #        - "MMX"
+    #        - "MMXEXT"
+    #        - "NX"
+    #        - "POPCNT"
+    #        - "RDRAND"
+    #        - "RDSEED"
+    #        - "RDTSCP"
+    #        - "SGX"
+    #        - "SSE"
+    #        - "SSE2"
+    #        - "SSE3"
+    #        - "SSE4.1"
+    #        - "SSE4.2"
+    #        - "SSSE3"
+    #      attributeWhitelist:
+    #  kernel:
+    #    kconfigFile: "/path/to/kconfig"
+    #    configOpts:
+    #      - "NO_HZ"
+    #      - "X86"
+    #      - "DMI"
+    #  pci:
+    #    deviceClassWhitelist:
+    #      - "0200"
+    #      - "03"
+    #      - "12"
+    #    deviceLabelFields:
+    #      - "class"
+    #      - "vendor"
+    #      - "device"
+    #      - "subsystem_vendor"
+    #      - "subsystem_device"
+    #  usb:
+    #    deviceClassWhitelist:
+    #      - "0e"
+    #      - "ef"
+    #      - "fe"
+    #      - "ff"
+    #    deviceLabelFields:
+    #      - "class"
+    #      - "vendor"
+    #      - "device"
+    #  custom:
+    #    - name: "my.kernel.feature"
+    #      matchOn:
+    #        - loadedKMod: ["example_kmod1", "example_kmod2"]
+    #    - name: "my.pci.feature"
+    #      matchOn:
+    #        - pciId:
+    #            class: ["0200"]
+    #            vendor: ["15b3"]
+    #            device: ["1014", "1017"]
+    #        - pciId :
+    #            vendor: ["8086"]
+    #            device: ["1000", "1100"]
+    #    - name: "my.usb.feature"
+    #      matchOn:
+    #        - usbId:
+    #          class: ["ff"]
+    #          vendor: ["03e7"]
+    #          device: ["2485"]
+    #        - usbId:
+    #          class: ["fe"]
+    #          vendor: ["1a6e"]
+    #          device: ["089a"]
+    #    - name: "my.combined.feature"
+    #      matchOn:
+    #        - pciId:
+    #            vendor: ["15b3"]
+    #            device: ["1014", "1017"]
+    #          loadedKMod : ["vendor_kmod1", "vendor_kmod2"]
diff --git a/nfd-worker-daemonset.yaml.template b/nfd-worker-daemonset.yaml.template
index 38dc2fb166..3427d7f037 100644
--- a/nfd-worker-daemonset.yaml.template
+++ b/nfd-worker-daemonset.yaml.template
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ spec:
             - name: features-d
               mountPath: "/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/features.d/"
               readOnly: true
+            - name: nfd-worker-conf
+              mountPath: "/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery"
+              readOnly: true
 ## Enable TLS authentication (2/3)
 #            - name: nfd-ca-cert
 #              mountPath: "/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/trust"
@@ -80,6 +83,9 @@ spec:
         - name: features-d
           hostPath:
             path: "/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/features.d/"
+        - name: nfd-worker-conf
+          configMap:
+            name: nfd-worker-conf
 ## Enable TLS authentication (3/3)
 #        - name: nfd-ca-cert
 #          configMap:
@@ -87,3 +93,96 @@ spec:
 #        - name: nfd-worker-cert
 #          secret:
 #            secretName: nfd-worker-cert
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: nfd-worker-conf
+  namespace: node-feature-discovery
+data:
+  nfd-worker.conf: |
+    #sources:
+    #  cpu:
+    #    cpuid:
+    ##     NOTE: whitelist has priority over blacklist
+    #      attributeBlacklist:
+    #        - "BMI1"
+    #        - "BMI2"
+    #        - "CLMUL"
+    #        - "CMOV"
+    #        - "CX16"
+    #        - "ERMS"
+    #        - "F16C"
+    #        - "HTT"
+    #        - "LZCNT"
+    #        - "MMX"
+    #        - "MMXEXT"
+    #        - "NX"
+    #        - "POPCNT"
+    #        - "RDRAND"
+    #        - "RDSEED"
+    #        - "RDTSCP"
+    #        - "SGX"
+    #        - "SSE"
+    #        - "SSE2"
+    #        - "SSE3"
+    #        - "SSE4.1"
+    #        - "SSE4.2"
+    #        - "SSSE3"
+    #      attributeWhitelist:
+    #  kernel:
+    #    kconfigFile: "/path/to/kconfig"
+    #    configOpts:
+    #      - "NO_HZ"
+    #      - "X86"
+    #      - "DMI"
+    #  pci:
+    #    deviceClassWhitelist:
+    #      - "0200"
+    #      - "03"
+    #      - "12"
+    #    deviceLabelFields:
+    #      - "class"
+    #      - "vendor"
+    #      - "device"
+    #      - "subsystem_vendor"
+    #      - "subsystem_device"
+    #  usb:
+    #    deviceClassWhitelist:
+    #      - "0e"
+    #      - "ef"
+    #      - "fe"
+    #      - "ff"
+    #    deviceLabelFields:
+    #      - "class"
+    #      - "vendor"
+    #      - "device"
+    #  custom:
+    #    - name: "my.kernel.feature"
+    #      matchOn:
+    #        - loadedKMod: ["example_kmod1", "example_kmod2"]
+    #    - name: "my.pci.feature"
+    #      matchOn:
+    #        - pciId:
+    #            class: ["0200"]
+    #            vendor: ["15b3"]
+    #            device: ["1014", "1017"]
+    #        - pciId :
+    #            vendor: ["8086"]
+    #            device: ["1000", "1100"]
+    #    - name: "my.usb.feature"
+    #      matchOn:
+    #        - usbId:
+    #          class: ["ff"]
+    #          vendor: ["03e7"]
+    #          device: ["2485"]
+    #        - usbId:
+    #          class: ["fe"]
+    #          vendor: ["1a6e"]
+    #          device: ["089a"]
+    #    - name: "my.combined.feature"
+    #      matchOn:
+    #        - pciId:
+    #            vendor: ["15b3"]
+    #            device: ["1014", "1017"]
+    #          loadedKMod : ["vendor_kmod1", "vendor_kmod2"]
diff --git a/nfd-worker-job.yaml.template b/nfd-worker-job.yaml.template
index 3f4ace13b8..1002397abb 100644
--- a/nfd-worker-job.yaml.template
+++ b/nfd-worker-job.yaml.template
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ spec:
             - name: features-d
               mountPath: "/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/features.d/"
               readOnly: true
+            - name: nfd-worker-conf
+              mountPath: "/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery"
+              readOnly: true
 ## Enable TLS authentication (2/3)
 #            - name: nfd-ca-cert
 #              mountPath: "/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/trust"
@@ -90,6 +93,9 @@ spec:
         - name: features-d
           hostPath:
             path: "/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/features.d/"
+        - name: nfd-worker-conf
+          configMap:
+            name: nfd-worker-conf
 ## Enable TLS authentication (3/3)
 #        - name: nfd-ca-cert
 #          configMap:
@@ -97,3 +103,96 @@ spec:
 #        - name: nfd-worker-cert
 #          secret:
 #            secretName: nfd-worker-cert
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: nfd-worker-conf
+  namespace: node-feature-discovery
+data:
+  nfd-worker.conf: |
+    #sources:
+    #  cpu:
+    #    cpuid:
+    ##     NOTE: whitelist has priority over blacklist
+    #      attributeBlacklist:
+    #        - "BMI1"
+    #        - "BMI2"
+    #        - "CLMUL"
+    #        - "CMOV"
+    #        - "CX16"
+    #        - "ERMS"
+    #        - "F16C"
+    #        - "HTT"
+    #        - "LZCNT"
+    #        - "MMX"
+    #        - "MMXEXT"
+    #        - "NX"
+    #        - "POPCNT"
+    #        - "RDRAND"
+    #        - "RDSEED"
+    #        - "RDTSCP"
+    #        - "SGX"
+    #        - "SSE"
+    #        - "SSE2"
+    #        - "SSE3"
+    #        - "SSE4.1"
+    #        - "SSE4.2"
+    #        - "SSSE3"
+    #      attributeWhitelist:
+    #  kernel:
+    #    kconfigFile: "/path/to/kconfig"
+    #    configOpts:
+    #      - "NO_HZ"
+    #      - "X86"
+    #      - "DMI"
+    #  pci:
+    #    deviceClassWhitelist:
+    #      - "0200"
+    #      - "03"
+    #      - "12"
+    #    deviceLabelFields:
+    #      - "class"
+    #      - "vendor"
+    #      - "device"
+    #      - "subsystem_vendor"
+    #      - "subsystem_device"
+    #  usb:
+    #    deviceClassWhitelist:
+    #      - "0e"
+    #      - "ef"
+    #      - "fe"
+    #      - "ff"
+    #    deviceLabelFields:
+    #      - "class"
+    #      - "vendor"
+    #      - "device"
+    #  custom:
+    #    - name: "my.kernel.feature"
+    #      matchOn:
+    #        - loadedKMod: ["example_kmod1", "example_kmod2"]
+    #    - name: "my.pci.feature"
+    #      matchOn:
+    #        - pciId:
+    #            class: ["0200"]
+    #            vendor: ["15b3"]
+    #            device: ["1014", "1017"]
+    #        - pciId :
+    #            vendor: ["8086"]
+    #            device: ["1000", "1100"]
+    #    - name: "my.usb.feature"
+    #      matchOn:
+    #        - usbId:
+    #          class: ["ff"]
+    #          vendor: ["03e7"]
+    #          device: ["2485"]
+    #        - usbId:
+    #          class: ["fe"]
+    #          vendor: ["1a6e"]
+    #          device: ["089a"]
+    #    - name: "my.combined.feature"
+    #      matchOn:
+    #        - pciId:
+    #            vendor: ["15b3"]
+    #            device: ["1014", "1017"]
+    #          loadedKMod : ["vendor_kmod1", "vendor_kmod2"]
diff --git a/scripts/test-infra/verify.sh b/scripts/test-infra/verify.sh
index efd721e48e..17cc17b333 100755
--- a/scripts/test-infra/verify.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-infra/verify.sh
@@ -7,3 +7,16 @@ export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin
 # Run verify steps
 make gofmt-verify
 make ci-lint
+
+# Check that repo is clean
+if ! git diff --quiet; then
+    echo "Repository is dirty!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check that templates are up-to-date
+make templates
+if ! git diff --quiet; then
+    echo "Deployment templates are not up-to-date. Run 'make templates' to update"
+    exit 1
+fi