diff --git a/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/AWSEC2TemplateOptions.java b/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/AWSEC2TemplateOptions.java
index 943a612980..760a0aa9b5 100644
--- a/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/AWSEC2TemplateOptions.java
+++ b/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/AWSEC2TemplateOptions.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;
 import static com.google.common.base.Strings.emptyToNull;
 
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -217,7 +219,10 @@ public class AWSEC2TemplateOptions extends EC2TemplateOptions implements Cloneab
     * Options for starting spot instances
     */
    public AWSEC2TemplateOptions spotOptions(RequestSpotInstancesOptions spotOptions) {
-      this.spotOptions = spotOptions != null ? spotOptions : RequestSpotInstancesOptions.NONE;
+      Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
+      cal.setTime(new Date());
+      cal.add(Calendar.MINUTE, 30);
+      this.spotOptions = spotOptions != null ? spotOptions : RequestSpotInstancesOptions.Builder.validUntil(cal.getTime());
       return this;
    }
 
diff --git a/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/domain/SpotInstanceRequest.java b/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/domain/SpotInstanceRequest.java
index 58f5819cab..6ccf36ff96 100644
--- a/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/domain/SpotInstanceRequest.java
+++ b/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/domain/SpotInstanceRequest.java
@@ -21,12 +21,11 @@ import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.jclouds.javax.annotation.Nullable;
-
 import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import org.jclouds.javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 public class SpotInstanceRequest implements Comparable<SpotInstanceRequest> {
    public static Builder builder() {
@@ -51,6 +50,9 @@ public class SpotInstanceRequest implements Comparable<SpotInstanceRequest> {
       private Type type;
       private Date validFrom;
       private Date validUntil;
+      private String statusCode;
+      private String statusMessage;
+      private Date statusUpdateTime;
       private Map<String, String> tags = Maps.newLinkedHashMap();
 
       public Builder clear() {
@@ -71,6 +73,9 @@ public class SpotInstanceRequest implements Comparable<SpotInstanceRequest> {
          this.type = null;
          this.validFrom = null;
          this.validUntil = null;
+         this.statusCode = null;
+         this.statusMessage = null;
+         this.statusUpdateTime = null;
          tags = Maps.newLinkedHashMap();
          return this;
       }
@@ -170,10 +175,25 @@ public class SpotInstanceRequest implements Comparable<SpotInstanceRequest> {
          return this;
       }
 
+      public Builder statusCode(String statusCode) {
+         this.statusCode = statusCode;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder statusMessage(String statusMessage) {
+         this.statusMessage = statusMessage;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder statusUpdateTime(Date statusUpdateTime) {
+         this.statusUpdateTime = statusUpdateTime;
+         return this;
+      }
+
       public SpotInstanceRequest build() {
          return new SpotInstanceRequest(region, availabilityZoneGroup, launchedAvailabilityZone, createTime, faultCode,
                   faultMessage, instanceId, launchGroup, launchSpecification, productDescription, id, spotPrice, state,
-                  rawState, type, validFrom, validUntil, tags);
+                  rawState, type, validFrom, validUntil, statusCode, statusMessage, statusUpdateTime, tags);
       }
    }
 
@@ -236,12 +256,16 @@ public class SpotInstanceRequest implements Comparable<SpotInstanceRequest> {
    private final Type type;
    private final Date validFrom;
    private final Date validUntil;
+   private final String statusCode;
+   private final String statusMessage;
+   private final Date statusUpdateTime;
    private final Map<String, String> tags;
 
    public SpotInstanceRequest(String region, String availabilityZoneGroup, @Nullable String launchedAvailabilityZone,
             Date createTime, String faultCode, String faultMessage, String instanceId, String launchGroup,
             LaunchSpecification launchSpecification, String productDescription, String id, float spotPrice,
-            State state, String rawState, Type type, Date validFrom, Date validUntil, Map<String, String> tags) {
+            State state, String rawState, Type type, Date validFrom, Date validUntil, String statusCode,
+            String statusMessage, Date statusUpdateTime, Map<String, String> tags) {
       this.region = checkNotNull(region, "region");
       this.availabilityZoneGroup = availabilityZoneGroup;
       this.launchedAvailabilityZone = launchedAvailabilityZone;
@@ -259,6 +283,9 @@ public class SpotInstanceRequest implements Comparable<SpotInstanceRequest> {
       this.type = checkNotNull(type, "type");
       this.validFrom = validFrom;
       this.validUntil = validUntil;
+      this.statusCode = statusCode;
+      this.statusMessage = statusMessage;
+      this.statusUpdateTime = statusUpdateTime;
       this.tags = ImmutableMap.<String, String> copyOf(checkNotNull(tags, "tags"));
    }
 
@@ -333,6 +360,18 @@ public class SpotInstanceRequest implements Comparable<SpotInstanceRequest> {
       return validUntil;
    }
 
+   public String getStatusCode() {
+      return statusCode;
+   }
+
+   public String getStatusMessage() {
+      return statusMessage;
+   }
+
+   public Date getStatusUpdateTime() {
+      return statusUpdateTime;
+   }
+
    /**
     * tags that are present in the instance
     */
@@ -360,6 +399,9 @@ public class SpotInstanceRequest implements Comparable<SpotInstanceRequest> {
       result = prime * result + ((type == null) ? 0 : type.hashCode());
       result = prime * result + ((validFrom == null) ? 0 : validFrom.hashCode());
       result = prime * result + ((validUntil == null) ? 0 : validUntil.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((statusCode == null) ? 0 : statusCode.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((statusMessage == null) ? 0 : statusMessage.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((statusUpdateTime == null) ? 0 : statusUpdateTime.hashCode());
       result = prime * result + ((tags == null) ? 0 : tags.hashCode());
       return result;
    }
@@ -444,6 +486,21 @@ public class SpotInstanceRequest implements Comparable<SpotInstanceRequest> {
             return false;
       } else if (!validUntil.equals(other.validUntil))
          return false;
+      if (statusCode == null) {
+         if (other.statusCode != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!statusCode.equals(other.statusCode))
+         return false;
+      if (statusMessage == null) {
+         if (other.statusMessage != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!statusMessage.equals(other.statusMessage))
+         return false;
+      if (statusUpdateTime == null) {
+         if (other.statusUpdateTime != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!statusUpdateTime.equals(other.statusUpdateTime))
+         return false;
       if (tags == null) {
          if (other.tags != null)
             return false;
@@ -459,7 +516,8 @@ public class SpotInstanceRequest implements Comparable<SpotInstanceRequest> {
             + faultMessage + ", instanceId=" + instanceId + ", launchGroup=" + launchGroup + ", launchSpecification="
             + launchSpecification + ", productDescription=" + productDescription + ", id=" + id + ", spotPrice="
             + spotPrice + ", state=" + rawState + ", type=" + type + ", validFrom=" + validFrom + ", validUntil="
-            + validUntil + ", tags=" + tags + "]";
+            + validUntil + ", statusCode=" + statusCode + ", statusMessage=" + statusMessage + ", statusUpdateTime="
+            + statusUpdateTime + ", tags=" + tags + "]";
    }
 
    @Override
diff --git a/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/SpotInstanceHandler.java b/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/SpotInstanceHandler.java
index 2c940ec438..87ad3706d1 100644
--- a/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/SpotInstanceHandler.java
+++ b/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/SpotInstanceHandler.java
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ public class SpotInstanceHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerForGeneratedRequestWith
    protected final DateCodec dateCodec;
    protected final Supplier<String> defaultRegion;
    protected final Builder builder;
+   protected boolean inFault;
+   protected boolean inStatus;
    protected boolean inLaunchSpecification;
    protected final LaunchSpecificationHandler launchSpecificationHandler;
    protected boolean inTagSet;
@@ -73,6 +75,10 @@ public class SpotInstanceHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerForGeneratedRequestWith
          inLaunchSpecification = true;
       } else if (equalsOrSuffix(qName, "tagSet")) {
          inTagSet = true;
+      } else if (equalsOrSuffix(qName, "fault")) {
+         inFault = true;
+      } else if (equalsOrSuffix(qName, "status")) {
+         inStatus = true;
       }
       if (inLaunchSpecification) {
           launchSpecificationHandler.startElement(uri, name, qName, attrs);
@@ -97,6 +103,14 @@ public class SpotInstanceHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerForGeneratedRequestWith
          launchSpecificationHandler.endElement(uri, name, qName);
       }
 
+      if (qName.equals("fault")) {
+         inFault = false;
+      }
+
+      if (qName.equals("status")) {
+         inStatus = false;
+      }
+
       if (qName.equals("spotInstanceRequestId")) {
          builder.id(currentOrNull(currentText));
       } else if (qName.equals("instanceId")) {
@@ -107,10 +121,6 @@ public class SpotInstanceHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerForGeneratedRequestWith
          builder.availabilityZoneGroup(currentOrNull(currentText));
       } else if (qName.equals("launchGroup")) {
          builder.launchGroup(currentOrNull(currentText));
-      } else if (qName.equals("code")) {
-         builder.faultCode(currentOrNull(currentText));
-      } else if (qName.equals("message")) {
-         builder.faultMessage(currentOrNull(currentText));
       } else if (qName.equals("spotPrice")) {
          String price = currentOrNull(currentText);
          if (price != null)
@@ -131,6 +141,30 @@ public class SpotInstanceHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerForGeneratedRequestWith
             builder.createTime(dateCodec.toDate(createTime));
       } else if (qName.equals("productDescription")) {
          builder.productDescription(currentOrNull(currentText));
+      } else if (inFault) {
+         if (qName.equals("code")) {
+            builder.faultCode(currentOrNull(currentText));
+         } else if (qName.equals("message")) {
+            builder.faultMessage(currentOrNull(currentText));
+         }
+      } else if (inStatus) {
+         if (qName.equals("code")) {
+            builder.statusCode(currentOrNull(currentText));
+         } else if (qName.equals("message")) {
+            builder.statusMessage(currentOrNull(currentText));
+         } else if (qName.equals("updateTime")) {
+            String updateTime = currentOrNull(currentText);
+            if (updateTime != null)
+               builder.statusUpdateTime(dateCodec.toDate(updateTime));
+         }
+      } else if (qName.equals("validFrom")) {
+         String validFrom = currentOrNull(currentText);
+         if (validFrom != null)
+            builder.validFrom(dateCodec.toDate(validFrom));
+      } else if (qName.equals("validUntil")) {
+         String validUntil = currentOrNull(currentText);
+         if (validUntil != null)
+            builder.validUntil(dateCodec.toDate(validUntil));
       }
       currentText.setLength(0);
    }
diff --git a/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/SpotInstanceHandlerTest.java b/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/SpotInstanceHandlerTest.java
index ff5f230c12..757b9f4a25 100644
--- a/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/SpotInstanceHandlerTest.java
+++ b/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/SpotInstanceHandlerTest.java
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ public class SpotInstanceHandlerTest extends BaseEC2HandlerTest {
             .type(Type.ONE_TIME)
             .state(State.OPEN)
             .rawState("open")
+            .statusCode("pending-fulfillment")
+            .statusMessage("Pending fulfillment")
+            .statusUpdateTime(new SimpleDateFormatDateService().iso8601DateParse("2011-03-08T03:30:36.000Z"))
+            .validFrom(new SimpleDateFormatDateService().iso8601DateParse("2011-03-08T03:30:36.000Z"))
+            .validUntil(new SimpleDateFormatDateService().iso8601DateParse("2011-03-08T03:30:36.000Z"))
             .launchSpecification(
                   LaunchSpecification.builder().imageId("ami-595a0a1c").securityGroupIdToName("sg-83e1c4ea", "default")
                         .instanceType("m1.large").mapNewVolumeToDevice("/dev/sda1", 1, true)
@@ -110,6 +115,9 @@ public class SpotInstanceHandlerTest extends BaseEC2HandlerTest {
             .type(Type.ONE_TIME)
             .state(State.ACTIVE)
             .rawState("active")
+            .statusCode("fulfilled")
+            .statusMessage("Fulfilled")
+            .statusUpdateTime(new SimpleDateFormatDateService().iso8601DateParse("2011-07-29T05:27:39.000Z"))
             .launchedAvailabilityZone("us-east-1b")
             .launchSpecification(
                   LaunchSpecification.builder().imageId("ami-8e1fece7")
@@ -117,6 +125,8 @@ public class SpotInstanceHandlerTest extends BaseEC2HandlerTest {
                         .instanceType("t1.micro").monitoringEnabled(false).keyName("jclouds#adriancole-ec2unssh")
                         .build())
             .createTime(new SimpleDateFormatDateService().iso8601DateParse("2011-07-29T05:27:39.000Z"))
+            .validFrom(new SimpleDateFormatDateService().iso8601DateParse("2011-07-29T05:27:39.000Z"))
+            .validUntil(new SimpleDateFormatDateService().iso8601DateParse("2011-07-29T05:27:39.000Z"))
             .productDescription("Linux/UNIX")
             .tag("Name", "ec2-o")
             .tag("Spot", "spot-value")
diff --git a/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/resources/describe_spot_instance.xml b/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/resources/describe_spot_instance.xml
index 964b246b81..c97f5657ab 100644
--- a/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/resources/describe_spot_instance.xml
+++ b/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/resources/describe_spot_instance.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,14 @@
                 </monitoring>
             </launchSpecification>
             <instanceId>i-ef308e8e</instanceId>
+            <status>
+                <code>fulfilled</code>
+                <message>Fulfilled</message>
+                <updateTime>2011-07-29T05:27:39.000Z</updateTime>
+            </status>
             <createTime>2011-07-29T05:27:39.000Z</createTime>
+            <validFrom>2011-07-29T05:27:39.000Z</validFrom>
+            <validUntil>2011-07-29T05:27:39.000Z</validUntil>
             <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
             <tagSet>
                 <item>
diff --git a/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/resources/request_spot_instances-ebs.xml b/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/resources/request_spot_instances-ebs.xml
index 7f64608823..5569f67c76 100644
--- a/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/resources/request_spot_instances-ebs.xml
+++ b/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/resources/request_spot_instances-ebs.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,14 @@
                      <name>Webserver</name>
                 </iamInstanceProfile>
             </launchSpecification>
+            <status>
+                <code>pending-fulfillment</code>
+                <message>Pending fulfillment</message>
+                <updateTime>2011-03-08T03:30:36.000Z</updateTime>
+            </status>
             <createTime>2011-03-08T03:30:36.000Z</createTime>
+            <validFrom>2011-03-08T03:30:36.000Z</validFrom>
+            <validUntil>2011-03-08T03:30:36.000Z</validUntil>
             <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
         </item>
     </spotInstanceRequestSet>