diff --git a/apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/strategy/EC2PopulateDefaultLoginCredentialsForImageStrategy.java b/apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/strategy/EC2PopulateDefaultLoginCredentialsForImageStrategy.java
index 69d0d2e99e..e20a2e0ad0 100644
--- a/apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/strategy/EC2PopulateDefaultLoginCredentialsForImageStrategy.java
+++ b/apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/strategy/EC2PopulateDefaultLoginCredentialsForImageStrategy.java
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ import org.jclouds.javax.annotation.Nullable;
  */
 @Singleton
 public class EC2PopulateDefaultLoginCredentialsForImageStrategy extends ReturnCredentialsBoundToImage {
+   public EC2PopulateDefaultLoginCredentialsForImageStrategy() {
+      this(null);
+   }
+
    @Inject
    public EC2PopulateDefaultLoginCredentialsForImageStrategy(@Nullable @Named("image") Credentials creds) {
       super(creds);