diff --git a/builder/amazonebs/artifact.go b/builder/amazonebs/artifact.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9041f928f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builder/amazonebs/artifact.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package amazonebs
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type artifact struct{
+	// A map of regions to AMI IDs.
+	amis map[string]string
+}
+
+func (*artifact) BuilderId() string {
+	return BuilderId
+}
+
+func (*artifact) Files() []string {
+	// We have no files
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (*artifact) Id() string {
+	// TODO(mitchellh): Id
+	return "TODO"
+}
+
+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)
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("AMIs were created:\n\n%s", strings.Join(amiStrings, "\n"))
+}
diff --git a/builder/amazonebs/artifact_test.go b/builder/amazonebs/artifact_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..992e19aea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builder/amazonebs/artifact_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package amazonebs
+
+import (
+	"cgl.tideland.biz/asserts"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestArtifact_Impl(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := asserts.NewTestingAsserts(t, true)
+
+	var actual packer.Artifact
+	assert.Implementor(&artifact{}, &actual, "should be an Artifact")
+}
+
+func TestArtifactString(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := asserts.NewTestingAsserts(t, true)
+
+	expected := `AMIs were created:
+
+east: foo
+west: bar`
+
+	amis := make(map[string]string)
+	amis["east"] = "foo"
+	amis["west"] = "bar"
+
+	a := &artifact{amis}
+	result := a.String()
+	assert.Equal(result, expected, "should match output")
+}
diff --git a/builder/amazonebs/builder.go b/builder/amazonebs/builder.go
index ddfb5d628..0af6a84ad 100644
--- a/builder/amazonebs/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazonebs/builder.go
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ import (
 	"log"
 )
 
+// The unique ID for this builder
+const BuilderId = "mitchellh.amazonebs"
+
 type config struct {
 	// Access information
 	AccessKey string `mapstructure:"access_key"`
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Prepare(raw interface{}) (err error) {
 	return
 }
 
-func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook) {
+func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook) packer.Artifact {
 	auth := aws.Auth{b.config.AccessKey, b.config.SecretKey}
 	region := aws.Regions[b.config.Region]
 	ec2conn := ec2.New(auth, region)
@@ -67,4 +70,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook) {
 
 	// Run!
 	RunSteps(state, steps)
+
+	// Build the artifact and return it
+	return &artifact{state["amis"].(map[string]string)}
 }
diff --git a/builder/amazonebs/step_create_ami.go b/builder/amazonebs/step_create_ami.go
index 7838335f0..e0a187911 100644
--- a/builder/amazonebs/step_create_ami.go
+++ b/builder/amazonebs/step_create_ami.go
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ func (s *stepCreateAMI) Run(state map[string]interface{}) StepAction {
 		return StepHalt
 	}
 
+	// Set the AMI ID in the state
 	ui.Say("AMI: %s", createResp.ImageId)
+	amis := make(map[string]string)
+	amis[config.Region] = createResp.ImageId
+	state["amis"] = amis
 
 	// Wait for the image to become ready
 	ui.Say("Waiting for AMI to become ready...")