diff --git a/apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/domain/EC2HardwareBuilder.java b/apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/domain/EC2HardwareBuilder.java
index e35bf7e54c..f0ef03532d 100644
--- a/apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/domain/EC2HardwareBuilder.java
+++ b/apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/domain/EC2HardwareBuilder.java
@@ -368,6 +368,19 @@ public class EC2HardwareBuilder extends HardwareBuilder {
             .virtualizationType(VirtualizationType.HVM);
    }
 
+   /**
+    * @see InstanceType#G2_2XLARGE
+    */
+   public static EC2HardwareBuilder g2_2xlarge() {
+      return new EC2HardwareBuilder(InstanceType.G2_2XLARGE)
+	    .ram(15*1024)
+            .processors(ImmutableList.of(new Processor(8.0, 3.25)))
+            .volumes(
+                  ImmutableList.<Volume> of(new VolumeImpl(10.0f, "/dev/sda1", true, false), new VolumeImpl(60.0f,
+                        "/dev/sdb", false, false)))
+            .virtualizationType(VirtualizationType.HVM);
+   }
+
    public static EC2HardwareBuilder hi1_4xlarge() {
       return new EC2HardwareBuilder(InstanceType.HI1_4XLARGE)
             .ram(60 * 1024 + 512)
diff --git a/apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/domain/InstanceType.java b/apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/domain/InstanceType.java
index f15be10a7a..4fb9392068 100644
--- a/apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/domain/InstanceType.java
+++ b/apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/domain/InstanceType.java
@@ -229,4 +229,17 @@ public class InstanceType {
     * </ul>
     */
    public static final String HS1_8XLARGE = "hs1.8xlarge";
+
+   /**
+    * GPU Instance Double Extra Large
+    * <ul>
+    * <li>15 GiB of memory</li>
+    * <li>26 EC2 Compute Units (8 virtual cores*), 1xNVIDIA GRID GPU (Kepler GK104)</li>
+    * <li>60 GB instance storage</li>
+    * <li>64-bit platform</li>
+    * <li>I/O Performance: High</li>
+    * </ul>
+    */
+   public static final String G2_2XLARGE = "g2.2xlarge";
+
 }
diff --git a/apis/ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/EC2TemplateBuilderTest.java b/apis/ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/EC2TemplateBuilderTest.java
index bfeec2a39c..06fcf8560c 100644
--- a/apis/ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/EC2TemplateBuilderTest.java
+++ b/apis/ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/EC2TemplateBuilderTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import static org.easymock.EasyMock.replay;
 import static org.jclouds.ec2.compute.domain.EC2HardwareBuilder.c1_medium;
 import static org.jclouds.ec2.compute.domain.EC2HardwareBuilder.c1_xlarge;
 import static org.jclouds.ec2.compute.domain.EC2HardwareBuilder.cc1_4xlarge;
+import static org.jclouds.ec2.compute.domain.EC2HardwareBuilder.g2_2xlarge;
 import static org.jclouds.ec2.compute.domain.EC2HardwareBuilder.m1_large;
 import static org.jclouds.ec2.compute.domain.EC2HardwareBuilder.m1_small;
 import static org.jclouds.ec2.compute.domain.EC2HardwareBuilder.m1_xlarge;
@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ public class EC2TemplateBuilderTest {
       Supplier<Set<? extends Hardware>> sizes = Suppliers.<Set<? extends Hardware>> ofInstance(ImmutableSet
                .<Hardware> of(t1_micro().build(), c1_medium().build(), c1_xlarge().build(), m1_large().build(),
                         m1_small().build(), m1_xlarge().build(), m2_xlarge().build(), m2_2xlarge().build(),
-                        m2_4xlarge().build(), CC1_4XLARGE));
+			      m2_4xlarge().build(),g2_2xlarge().build(),CC1_4XLARGE));
 
       return new EC2TemplateBuilderImpl(locations, images, sizes, Suppliers.ofInstance(location), optionsProvider,
                templateBuilderProvider, imageCache) {
diff --git a/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/suppliers/AWSEC2HardwareSupplier.java b/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/suppliers/AWSEC2HardwareSupplier.java
index 8f9a001f5a..e49fff4d94 100644
--- a/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/suppliers/AWSEC2HardwareSupplier.java
+++ b/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/suppliers/AWSEC2HardwareSupplier.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import static org.jclouds.ec2.compute.domain.EC2HardwareBuilder.c1_xlarge;
 import static org.jclouds.ec2.compute.domain.EC2HardwareBuilder.cc1_4xlarge;
 import static org.jclouds.ec2.compute.domain.EC2HardwareBuilder.cc2_8xlarge;
 import static org.jclouds.ec2.compute.domain.EC2HardwareBuilder.cg1_4xlarge;
+import static org.jclouds.ec2.compute.domain.EC2HardwareBuilder.g2_2xlarge;
 import static org.jclouds.ec2.compute.domain.EC2HardwareBuilder.hi1_4xlarge;
 import static org.jclouds.ec2.compute.domain.EC2HardwareBuilder.hs1_8xlarge;
 import static org.jclouds.ec2.compute.domain.EC2HardwareBuilder.m1_large;
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ public class AWSEC2HardwareSupplier extends EC2HardwareSupplier {
       sizes.add(cc2_8xlarge().supportsImageIds(ccAmis).build());
       sizes.add(hi1_4xlarge().supportsImageIds(ccAmis).build());
       sizes.add(hs1_8xlarge().supportsImageIds(ccAmis).build());
+      sizes.add(g2_2xlarge().supportsImageIds(ccAmis).build());
       sizes.addAll(ImmutableSet.<Hardware> of(t1_micro().build(), c1_medium().build(), c1_xlarge().build(), m1_large()
                .build(), m1_small().build(), m1_medium().build(), m1_xlarge().build(), m2_xlarge().build(), 
                m2_2xlarge().build(), m2_4xlarge().build(), m3_xlarge().build(), m3_2xlarge().build()));