diff --git a/app/portainer/views/endpoints/create/createEndpointController.js b/app/portainer/views/endpoints/create/createEndpointController.js
index 13fc1ad16..c682bee1b 100644
--- a/app/portainer/views/endpoints/create/createEndpointController.js
+++ b/app/portainer/views/endpoints/create/createEndpointController.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 angular.module('portainer.app')
-.controller('CreateEndpointController', ['$q', '$scope', '$state', '$filter', 'EndpointService', 'GroupService', 'TagService', 'Notifications',
-function ($q, $scope, $state, $filter, EndpointService, GroupService, TagService, Notifications) {
+.controller('CreateEndpointController', ['$q', '$scope', '$state', '$filter', 'clipboard', 'EndpointService', 'GroupService', 'TagService', 'Notifications',
+function ($q, $scope, $state, $filter, clipboard, EndpointService, GroupService, TagService, Notifications) {
 
   $scope.state = {
     EnvironmentType: 'docker',
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ function ($q, $scope, $state, $filter, EndpointService, GroupService, TagService
     Tags: []
   };
 
+  $scope.copyAgentCommand = function() {
+    clipboard.copyText('curl -L https://portainer.io/download/agent-stack.yml -o agent-stack.yml && docker stack deploy --compose-file=agent-stack.yml portainer-agent');
+    $('#copyNotification').show();
+    $('#copyNotification').fadeOut(2000);
+  };
+
   $scope.addDockerEndpoint = function() {
     var name = $scope.formValues.Name;
     var URL = $filter('stripprotocol')($scope.formValues.URL);
diff --git a/app/portainer/views/endpoints/create/createendpoint.html b/app/portainer/views/endpoints/create/createendpoint.html
index ff8e7c232..4b7a762bd 100644
--- a/app/portainer/views/endpoints/create/createendpoint.html
+++ b/app/portainer/views/endpoints/create/createendpoint.html
@@ -64,8 +64,16 @@
             </div>
             <div class="form-group">
               <span class="col-sm-12 text-muted small">
-                If you have started Portainer in the same overlay network as the agent, you can use <code>tasks.AGENT_SERVICE_NAME:AGENT_SERVICE_PORT</code> as the
-                endpoint URL format.
+                Ensure that you have deployed the Portainer agent in your cluster first. You can use execute the following command on any manager node to deploy it.
+                <div style="margin-top: 10px;">
+                  <code>
+                    curl -L https://portainer.io/download/agent-stack.yml -o agent-stack.yml && docker stack deploy --compose-file=agent-stack.yml portainer-agent
+                  </code>
+                  <span class="btn btn-primary btn-sm space-left" ng-click="copyAgentCommand()"><i class="fa fa-copy space-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>Copy</span>
+                  <span>
+                    <i id="copyNotification" class="fa fa-check green-icon" aria-hidden="true" style="margin-left: 7px; display: none;"></i>
+                  </span>
+                </div>
               </span>
             </div>
           </div>