diff --git a/hack/machine_types/BUILD.bazel b/hack/machine_types/BUILD.bazel
index 8c93f7bceb..7cac3d58e1 100644
--- a/hack/machine_types/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/hack/machine_types/BUILD.bazel
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ go_library(
     visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
     deps = [
         "//upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/awsup:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/pkg/awsutils:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/awserr:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session:go_default_library",
diff --git a/hack/machine_types/machine_types.go b/hack/machine_types/machine_types.go
index 93fafef09b..5aa3e48679 100644
--- a/hack/machine_types/machine_types.go
+++ b/hack/machine_types/machine_types.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/pkg/awsutils"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/awserr"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
@@ -195,6 +196,14 @@ func run() error {
 					machine.ECU = stringToFloat32(attributes["ecu"])
 				}
 
+				// AWS VPC CNI plugin-specific maximum pod calculation based on:
+				// https://github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/blob/f52ad45/README.md
+				enisPerInstance, enisOK := awsutils.InstanceENIsAvailable[attributes["instanceType"]]
+				ipsPerENI, ipsOK := awsutils.InstanceIPsAvailable[attributes["instanceType"]]
+				if enisOK && ipsOK {
+					machine.MaxPods = enisPerInstance*(int(ipsPerENI)-1) + 2
+				}
+
 				machines = append(machines, machine)
 
 				family := strings.Split(attributes["instanceType"], ".")[0]
@@ -254,7 +263,8 @@ func run() error {
 		MemoryGB: %v,
 		ECU: %v,
 		Cores: %v,
-	`, m.Name, m.MemoryGB, ecu, m.Cores)
+		MaxPods: %v,
+	`, m.Name, m.MemoryGB, ecu, m.Cores, m.MaxPods)
 				output = output + body
 
 				// Avoid awkward []int(nil) syntax
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/awsup/machine_types.go b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/awsup/machine_types.go
index 4ff4546029..c32ff3b3fc 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/awsup/machine_types.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/awsup/machine_types.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ type AWSMachineTypeInfo struct {
 	EphemeralDisks []int
 	Burstable      bool
 	GPU            bool
+	MaxPods        int
 }
 
 type EphemeralDevice struct {