diff --git a/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.hcl2spec.go b/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.hcl2spec.go
index e0556b568..231368838 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.hcl2spec.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.hcl2spec.go
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ type FlatConfig struct {
 	AMIMappings                               []common.FlatBlockDevice               `mapstructure:"ami_block_device_mappings" required:"false" cty:"ami_block_device_mappings"`
 	LaunchMappings                            []common.FlatBlockDevice               `mapstructure:"launch_block_device_mappings" required:"false" cty:"launch_block_device_mappings"`
 	VolumeRunTags                             common.TagMap                          `mapstructure:"run_volume_tags" cty:"run_volume_tags"`
+	NoEphemeral                               *bool                                  `mapstructure:"no_ephemeral" required:"false" cty:"no_ephemeral"`
 }
 
 // FlatMapstructure returns a new FlatConfig.
@@ -241,6 +242,7 @@ func (*FlatConfig) HCL2Spec() map[string]hcldec.Spec {
 		"ami_block_device_mappings":             &hcldec.BlockListSpec{TypeName: "ami_block_device_mappings", Nested: &hcldec.BlockSpec{TypeName: "ami_block_device_mappings", Nested: hcldec.ObjectSpec((*common.FlatBlockDevice)(nil).HCL2Spec())}},
 		"launch_block_device_mappings":          &hcldec.BlockListSpec{TypeName: "launch_block_device_mappings", Nested: &hcldec.BlockSpec{TypeName: "launch_block_device_mappings", Nested: hcldec.ObjectSpec((*common.FlatBlockDevice)(nil).HCL2Spec())}},
 		"run_volume_tags":                       &hcldec.BlockAttrsSpec{TypeName: "common.TagMap", ElementType: cty.String, Required: false},
+		"no_ephemeral":                          &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "no_ephemeral", Type: cty.Bool, Required: false},
 	}
 	return s
 }
diff --git a/website/source/partials/builder/amazon/ebs/_Config-not-required.html.md b/website/source/partials/builder/amazon/ebs/_Config-not-required.html.md
index d49d105c5..63e1edafb 100644
--- a/website/source/partials/builder/amazon/ebs/_Config-not-required.html.md
+++ b/website/source/partials/builder/amazon/ebs/_Config-not-required.html.md
@@ -21,4 +21,10 @@
     duplicated in `tags`. This is a [template
     engine](/docs/templates/engine.html), see [Build template
     data](#build-template-data) for more information.
+    
+-   `no_ephemeral` (bool) - If you set this flag, we'll add clauses to the
+    launch_block_device_mappings that make sure ephemeral drives don't show
+    up in the EC2 console. If you launched from the EC2 console, you'd get
+    this automatically, but the SDK does not provide this service.
+    This only applies when you are not running spot instances.
     
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