diff --git a/builder/amazon/common/ami_config.go b/builder/amazon/common/ami_config.go
index c261cca77..524f01eb2 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/common/ami_config.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/common/ami_config.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ type AMIConfig struct {
 	AMIUsers        []string `mapstructure:"ami_users"`
 	AMIGroups       []string `mapstructure:"ami_groups"`
 	AMIProductCodes []string `mapstructure:"ami_product_codes"`
+	AMIRegions      []string `mapstructure:"ami_regions"`
 }
 
 func (c *AMIConfig) Prepare(t *packer.ConfigTemplate) []error {
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ func (c *AMIConfig) Prepare(t *packer.ConfigTemplate) []error {
 		"ami_users":         c.AMIUsers,
 		"ami_groups":        c.AMIGroups,
 		"ami_product_codes": c.AMIProductCodes,
+		"ami_regions":       c.AMIRegions,
 	}
 
 	for n, slice := range sliceTemplates {
diff --git a/builder/amazon/common/step_ami_region_copy.go b/builder/amazon/common/step_ami_region_copy.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..652982135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builder/amazon/common/step_ami_region_copy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package common
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/goamz/aws"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/goamz/ec2"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+)
+
+type StepAMIRegionCopyAttributes struct {
+	Regions []string
+	Tags    map[string]string
+}
+
+func (s *StepAMIRegionCopyAttributes) Run(state map[string]interface{}) multistep.StepAction {
+	ec2conn := state["ec2"].(*ec2.EC2)
+	ui := state["ui"].(packer.Ui)
+	amis := state["amis"].(map[string]string)
+	ami := amis[ec2conn.Region.Name]
+
+	if len(s.Regions) == 0 {
+		return multistep.ActionContinue
+	}
+
+	for _, region := range s.Regions {
+		ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Copying AMI (%s) to region (%s)...", ami, region))
+
+		// Connect to the region where the AMI will be copied to
+		regionconn := ec2.New(ec2conn.Auth, aws.Regions[region])
+		resp, err := regionconn.CopyImage(&ec2.CopyImage{
+			SourceRegion:  ec2conn.Region.Name,
+			SourceImageId: ami,
+		})
+
+		if err != nil {
+			err := fmt.Errorf("Error Copying AMI (%s) to region (%s): %s", ami, region, err)
+			state["error"] = err
+			ui.Error(err.Error())
+			return multistep.ActionHalt
+		}
+
+		ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Waiting for AMI (%s) in region (%s) to become ready...", resp.ImageId, region))
+		if err := WaitForAMI(regionconn, resp.ImageId); err != nil {
+			err := fmt.Errorf("Error waiting for AMI (%s) in region (%s): %s", resp.ImageId, region, err)
+			state["error"] = err
+			ui.Error(err.Error())
+			return multistep.ActionHalt
+		}
+
+		// Need to re-apply Tags since they are not copied with the AMI
+		if len(s.Tags) > 0 {
+			ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Adding tags to AMI (%s)...", resp.ImageId))
+
+			var ec2Tags []ec2.Tag
+			for key, value := range s.Tags {
+				ui.Message(fmt.Sprintf("Adding tag: \"%s\": \"%s\"", key, value))
+				ec2Tags = append(ec2Tags, ec2.Tag{key, value})
+			}
+
+			_, err := regionconn.CreateTags([]string{resp.ImageId}, ec2Tags)
+			if err != nil {
+				err := fmt.Errorf("Error adding tags to AMI (%s): %s", resp.ImageId, err)
+				state["error"] = err
+				ui.Error(err.Error())
+				return multistep.ActionHalt
+			}
+		}
+
+		amis[region] = resp.ImageId
+	}
+
+	state["amis"] = amis
+	return multistep.ActionContinue
+}
+
+func (s *StepAMIRegionCopyAttributes) Cleanup(state map[string]interface{}) {
+	// No cleanup...
+}
diff --git a/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go b/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
index d358005b2..37ac4c13f 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			Users:       b.config.AMIUsers,
 			Groups:      b.config.AMIGroups,
 		},
+		&awscommon.StepAMIRegionCopyAttributes{
+			Regions: b.config.AMIRegions,
+			Tags:    b.config.Tags,
+		},
 	}
 
 	// Run!
diff --git a/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go b/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
index ad88e6d97..8d36d2eeb 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			Groups:       b.config.AMIGroups,
 			ProductCodes: b.config.AMIProductCodes,
 		},
+		&awscommon.StepAMIRegionCopyAttributes{
+			Regions: b.config.AMIRegions,
+			Tags:    b.config.Tags,
+		},
 	}
 
 	// Run!