diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 7526b66540..d38efd094f 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@ Options:
  - `--amazonec2-access-key`: **required** Your access key id for the Amazon Web Services API.
  - `--amazonec2-ami`: The AMI ID of the instance to use  Default: `ami-4ae27e22`
  - `--amazonec2-instance-type`: The instance type to run.  Default: `t2.micro`
+ - `--amazonec2-iam-instance-profile`: The AWS IAM role name to be used as the instance profile
  - `--amazonec2-region`: The region to use when launching the instance.  Default: `us-east-1`
  - `--amazonec2-root-size`: The root disk size of the instance (in GB).  Default: `16`
  - `--amazonec2-secret-key`: **required** Your secret access key for the Amazon Web Services API.
diff --git a/drivers/amazonec2/amazonec2.go b/drivers/amazonec2/amazonec2.go
index a24b2aee43..f220283e96 100644
--- a/drivers/amazonec2/amazonec2.go
+++ b/drivers/amazonec2/amazonec2.go
@@ -33,43 +33,45 @@ const (
 )
 
 type Driver struct {
-	Id                string
-	AccessKey         string
-	SecretKey         string
-	SessionToken      string
-	Region            string
-	AMI               string
-	SSHKeyID          int
-	KeyName           string
-	InstanceId        string
-	InstanceType      string
-	IPAddress         string
-	PrivateIPAddress  string
-	MachineName       string
-	SecurityGroupId   string
-	SecurityGroupName string
-	ReservationId     string
-	RootSize          int64
-	VpcId             string
-	SubnetId          string
-	Zone              string
-	CaCertPath        string
-	PrivateKeyPath    string
-	SwarmMaster       bool
-	SwarmHost         string
-	SwarmDiscovery    string
-	storePath         string
-	keyPath           string
+	Id                 string
+	AccessKey          string
+	SecretKey          string
+	SessionToken       string
+	Region             string
+	AMI                string
+	SSHKeyID           int
+	KeyName            string
+	InstanceId         string
+	InstanceType       string
+	IPAddress          string
+	PrivateIPAddress   string
+	MachineName        string
+	SecurityGroupId    string
+	SecurityGroupName  string
+	ReservationId      string
+	RootSize           int64
+	IamInstanceProfile string
+	VpcId              string
+	SubnetId           string
+	Zone               string
+	CaCertPath         string
+	PrivateKeyPath     string
+	SwarmMaster        bool
+	SwarmHost          string
+	SwarmDiscovery     string
+	storePath          string
+	keyPath            string
 }
 
 type CreateFlags struct {
-	AccessKey    *string
-	SecretKey    *string
-	Region       *string
-	AMI          *string
-	InstanceType *string
-	SubnetId     *string
-	RootSize     *int64
+	AccessKey          *string
+	SecretKey          *string
+	Region             *string
+	AMI                *string
+	InstanceType       *string
+	SubnetId           *string
+	RootSize           *int64
+	IamInstanceProfile *string
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -146,6 +148,10 @@ func GetCreateFlags() []cli.Flag {
 			Value:  defaultRootSize,
 			EnvVar: "AWS_ROOT_SIZE",
 		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "amazonec2-iam-instance-profile",
+			Usage: "AWS IAM Instance Profile",
+		},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -177,6 +183,7 @@ func (d *Driver) SetConfigFromFlags(flags drivers.DriverOptions) error {
 	zone := flags.String("amazonec2-zone")
 	d.Zone = zone[:]
 	d.RootSize = int64(flags.Int("amazonec2-root-size"))
+	d.IamInstanceProfile = flags.String("amazonec2-iam-instance-profile")
 	d.SwarmMaster = flags.Bool("swarm-master")
 	d.SwarmHost = flags.String("swarm-host")
 	d.SwarmDiscovery = flags.String("swarm-discovery")
@@ -276,7 +283,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Create() error {
 	}
 
 	log.Debugf("launching instance in subnet %s", d.SubnetId)
-	instance, err := d.getClient().RunInstance(d.AMI, d.InstanceType, d.Zone, 1, 1, d.SecurityGroupId, d.KeyName, d.SubnetId, bdm)
+	instance, err := d.getClient().RunInstance(d.AMI, d.InstanceType, d.Zone, 1, 1, d.SecurityGroupId, d.KeyName, d.SubnetId, bdm, d.IamInstanceProfile)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error launching instance: %s", err)
diff --git a/drivers/amazonec2/amz/ec2.go b/drivers/amazonec2/amz/ec2.go
index ea8af3c44b..e3e6802050 100644
--- a/drivers/amazonec2/amz/ec2.go
+++ b/drivers/amazonec2/amz/ec2.go
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func (e *EC2) awsApiCall(v url.Values) (*http.Response, error) {
 	return resp, nil
 }
 
-func (e *EC2) RunInstance(amiId string, instanceType string, zone string, minCount int, maxCount int, securityGroup string, keyName string, subnetId string, bdm *BlockDeviceMapping) (EC2Instance, error) {
+func (e *EC2) RunInstance(amiId string, instanceType string, zone string, minCount int, maxCount int, securityGroup string, keyName string, subnetId string, bdm *BlockDeviceMapping, role string) (EC2Instance, error) {
 	instance := Instance{}
 	v := url.Values{}
 	v.Set("Action", "RunInstances")
@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ func (e *EC2) RunInstance(amiId string, instanceType string, zone string, minCou
 	v.Set("NetworkInterface.0.SubnetId", subnetId)
 	v.Set("NetworkInterface.0.AssociatePublicIpAddress", "1")
 
+	if len(role) > 0 {
+		v.Set("IamInstanceProfile.Name", role)
+	}
+
 	if bdm != nil {
 		v.Set("BlockDeviceMapping.0.DeviceName", bdm.DeviceName)
 		v.Set("BlockDeviceMapping.0.VirtualName", bdm.VirtualName)