diff --git a/builder/amazon/ebs/artifact.go b/builder/amazon/common/artifact.go
similarity index 54%
rename from builder/amazon/ebs/artifact.go
rename to builder/amazon/common/artifact.go
index 4d25d4595..af6d1f2d4 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/ebs/artifact.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/common/artifact.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package ebs
+package common
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -8,35 +8,39 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-type artifact struct {
+// Artifact is an artifact implementation that contains built AMIs.
+type Artifact struct {
 	// A map of regions to AMI IDs.
-	amis map[string]string
+	Amis map[string]string
+
+	// BuilderId is the unique ID for the builder that created this AMI
+	BuilderIdValue string
 
 	// EC2 connection for performing API stuff.
-	conn *ec2.EC2
+	Conn *ec2.EC2
 }
 
-func (*artifact) BuilderId() string {
-	return BuilderId
+func (a *Artifact) BuilderId() string {
+	return a.BuilderIdValue
 }
 
-func (*artifact) Files() []string {
+func (*Artifact) Files() []string {
 	// We have no files
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (a *artifact) Id() string {
-	parts := make([]string, 0, len(a.amis))
-	for region, amiId := range a.amis {
+func (a *Artifact) Id() string {
+	parts := make([]string, 0, len(a.Amis))
+	for region, amiId := range a.Amis {
 		parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", region, amiId))
 	}
 
 	return strings.Join(parts, ",")
 }
 
-func (a *artifact) String() string {
-	amiStrings := make([]string, 0, len(a.amis))
-	for region, id := range a.amis {
+func (a *Artifact) String() string {
+	amiStrings := make([]string, 0, len(a.Amis))
+	for region, id := range a.Amis {
 		single := fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", region, id)
 		amiStrings = append(amiStrings, single)
 	}
@@ -44,12 +48,12 @@ func (a *artifact) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("AMIs were created:\n\n%s", strings.Join(amiStrings, "\n"))
 }
 
-func (a *artifact) Destroy() error {
+func (a *Artifact) Destroy() error {
 	errors := make([]error, 0)
 
-	for _, imageId := range a.amis {
+	for _, imageId := range a.Amis {
 		log.Printf("Deregistering image ID: %s", imageId)
-		if _, err := a.conn.DeregisterImage(imageId); err != nil {
+		if _, err := a.Conn.DeregisterImage(imageId); err != nil {
 			errors = append(errors, err)
 		}
 
diff --git a/builder/amazon/ebs/artifact_test.go b/builder/amazon/common/artifact_test.go
similarity index 85%
rename from builder/amazon/ebs/artifact_test.go
rename to builder/amazon/common/artifact_test.go
index dd8ccba9b..be8121074 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/ebs/artifact_test.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/common/artifact_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package ebs
+package common
 
 import (
 	"cgl.tideland.biz/asserts"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ func TestArtifact_Impl(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := asserts.NewTestingAsserts(t, true)
 
 	var actual packer.Artifact
-	assert.Implementor(&artifact{}, &actual, "should be an Artifact")
+	assert.Implementor(&Artifact{}, &actual, "should be an Artifact")
 }
 
 func TestArtifactId(t *testing.T) {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func TestArtifactId(t *testing.T) {
 	amis["east"] = "foo"
 	amis["west"] = "bar"
 
-	a := &artifact{amis, nil}
+	a := &Artifact{amis, nil}
 	result := a.Id()
 	assert.Equal(result, expected, "should match output")
 }
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ west: bar`
 	amis["east"] = "foo"
 	amis["west"] = "bar"
 
-	a := &artifact{amis, nil}
+	a := &Artifact{amis, nil}
 	result := a.String()
 	assert.Equal(result, expected, "should match output")
 }
diff --git a/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go b/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
index 48658f636..da11e68b9 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
@@ -131,9 +131,10 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 	}
 
 	// Build the artifact and return it
-	artifact := &artifact{
-		amis: state["amis"].(map[string]string),
-		conn: ec2conn,
+	artifact := &awscommon.Artifact{
+		Amis: state["amis"].(map[string]string),
+		BuilderIdValue: BuilderId,
+		Conn: ec2conn,
 	}
 
 	return artifact, nil