diff --git a/builder/amazon/common/step_key_pair.go b/builder/amazon/common/step_key_pair.go
index 927101fcf..55f5aace7 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/common/step_key_pair.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/common/step_key_pair.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ec2"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/multistep"
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ func (s *StepKeyPair) Run(_ context.Context, state multistep.StateBag) multistep
 		}
 
 		state.Put("keyPair", s.KeyPairName)
-		state.Put("privateKey", string(privateKeyBytes))
+		state.Put("privateKey", strings.TrimSpace(string(privateKeyBytes)))
 
 		return multistep.ActionContinue
 	}
diff --git a/builder/oracle/classic/builder.go b/builder/oracle/classic/builder.go
index 4501456d2..b7773ee19 100644
--- a/builder/oracle/classic/builder.go
+++ b/builder/oracle/classic/builder.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package classic
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-oracle-terraform/compute"
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 		&ocommon.StepKeyPair{
 			Debug:          b.config.PackerDebug,
 			DebugKeyPath:   fmt.Sprintf("oci_classic_%s.pem", b.config.PackerBuildName),
-			PrivateKeyFile: b.config.Comm.SSHPrivateKey,
+			PrivateKeyFile: strings.TrimSpace(b.config.Comm.SSHPrivateKey),
 		},
 		&stepCreateIPReservation{},
 		&stepCreateInstance{},
diff --git a/builder/oracle/classic/step_create_instance.go b/builder/oracle/classic/step_create_instance.go
index c13338928..fd91ea930 100644
--- a/builder/oracle/classic/step_create_instance.go
+++ b/builder/oracle/classic/step_create_instance.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package classic
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-oracle-terraform/compute"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/packer"
@@ -16,18 +17,44 @@ func (s *stepCreateInstance) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction
 	ui.Say("Creating Instance...")
 	config := state.Get("config").(*Config)
 	client := state.Get("client").(*compute.ComputeClient)
-	sshPublicKey := state.Get("publicKey").(string)
+	sshPublicKey := strings.TrimSpace(state.Get("publicKey").(string))
+
+	// Load the dynamically-generated SSH key into the Oracle Compute cloud.
+	sshKeyName := fmt.Sprintf("/Compute-%s/%s/packer_dynamic_key", config.IdentityDomain, config.Username)
+
+	sshKeysClient := client.SSHKeys()
+	sshKeysInput := compute.CreateSSHKeyInput{
+		Name:    sshKeyName,
+		Key:     sshPublicKey,
+		Enabled: true,
+	}
+	keyInfo, err := sshKeysClient.CreateSSHKey(&sshKeysInput)
+	if err != nil {
+		// Key already exists; update key instead
+		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "packer_dynamic_key already exists") {
+			updateKeysInput := compute.UpdateSSHKeyInput{
+				Name:    sshKeyName,
+				Key:     sshPublicKey,
+				Enabled: true,
+			}
+			keyInfo, err = sshKeysClient.UpdateSSHKey(&updateKeysInput)
+		} else {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("Problem adding Public SSH key through Oracle's API: %s", err)
+			ui.Error(err.Error())
+			state.Put("error", err)
+			return multistep.ActionHalt
+		}
+	}
 
 	// get instances client
 	instanceClient := client.Instances()
 
 	// Instances Input
 	input := &compute.CreateInstanceInput{
-		Name:       config.ImageName,
-		Shape:      config.Shape,
-		ImageList:  config.ImageList,
-		SSHKeys:    []string{sshPublicKey},
-		Attributes: map[string]interface{}{},
+		Name:      config.ImageName,
+		Shape:     config.Shape,
+		ImageList: config.ImageList,
+		SSHKeys:   []string{keyInfo.Name},
 	}
 
 	instanceInfo, err := instanceClient.CreateInstance(input)
diff --git a/vendor/vendor.json b/vendor/vendor.json
index fe36fe283..256c2e1d2 100644
--- a/vendor/vendor.json
+++ b/vendor/vendor.json
@@ -785,6 +785,12 @@
 			"path": "github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp",
 			"revision": "875fb671b3ddc66f8e2f0acc33829c8cb989a38d"
 		},
+		{
+			"checksumSHA1": "1hPCerVn1bWA+9vaAGqnIkRtSFc=",
+			"path": "github.com/hashicorp/go-getter",
+			"revision": "cb2c2774e9771bd9568d843be4e59298786550fd",
+			"revisionTime": "2017-12-20T21:10:09Z"
+		},
 		{
 			"checksumSHA1": "lrSl49G23l6NhfilxPM0XFs5rZo=",
 			"path": "github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror",