diff --git a/builder/amazon/common/run_config.go b/builder/amazon/common/run_config.go
index 321378cc9..74ca2207c 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/common/run_config.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/common/run_config.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 // AMI and details on how to access that launched image.
 type RunConfig struct {
 	SourceAmi       string `mapstructure:"source_ami"`
+	IamInstanceProfile string `mapstructure:"iam_instance_profile"`
 	InstanceType    string `mapstructure:"instance_type"`
 	RawSSHTimeout   string `mapstructure:"ssh_timeout"`
 	SSHUsername     string `mapstructure:"ssh_username"`
diff --git a/builder/amazon/common/step_run_source_instance.go b/builder/amazon/common/step_run_source_instance.go
index 85bc7bd70..de91a1446 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/common/step_run_source_instance.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/common/step_run_source_instance.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ type StepRunSourceInstance struct {
 	ExpectedRootDevice string
 	InstanceType       string
 	SourceAMI          string
+	IamInstanceProfile string
 	SubnetId           string
 
 	instance *ec2.Instance
@@ -24,13 +25,14 @@ func (s *StepRunSourceInstance) Run(state map[string]interface{}) multistep.Step
 	ui := state["ui"].(packer.Ui)
 
 	runOpts := &ec2.RunInstances{
-		KeyName:        keyName,
-		ImageId:        s.SourceAMI,
-		InstanceType:   s.InstanceType,
-		MinCount:       0,
-		MaxCount:       0,
-		SecurityGroups: []ec2.SecurityGroup{ec2.SecurityGroup{Id: securityGroupId}},
-		SubnetId:       s.SubnetId,
+		KeyName:            keyName,
+		ImageId:            s.SourceAMI,
+		InstanceType:       s.InstanceType,
+		MinCount:           0,
+		MaxCount:           0,
+		SecurityGroups:     []ec2.SecurityGroup{ec2.SecurityGroup{Id: securityGroupId}},
+		IamInstanceProfile: s.IamInstanceProfile,
+		SubnetId:           s.SubnetId,
 	}
 
 	ui.Say("Launching a source AWS instance...")
diff --git a/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go b/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
index 714c96afc..c9536c815 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			ExpectedRootDevice: "ebs",
 			InstanceType:       b.config.InstanceType,
 			SourceAMI:          b.config.SourceAmi,
+			IamInstanceProfile: b.config.IamInstanceProfile,
 			SubnetId:           b.config.SubnetId,
 		},
 		&common.StepConnectSSH{