diff --git a/doc/source/configuration.rst b/doc/source/configuration.rst
index 691b05c09..e0babd759 100644
--- a/doc/source/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/source/configuration.rst
@@ -1800,6 +1800,14 @@ section of the configuration.
               configured entry from the ``cloud-images`` section of the
               provider. See :attr:`providers.[aws].cloud-images`.
 
+           .. attr:: ebs-optimized
+              :type: bool
+              :default: False
+
+              Indicates whether EBS optimization
+              (additional, dedicated throughput between Amazon EC2 and Amazon EBS,)
+              has been enabled for the instance.
+
            .. attr:: instance-type
               :type: str
               :required:
diff --git a/nodepool/driver/aws/config.py b/nodepool/driver/aws/config.py
index e9cc21ce2..d1c4fe5f2 100644
--- a/nodepool/driver/aws/config.py
+++ b/nodepool/driver/aws/config.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class ProviderLabel(ConfigValue):
     def __init__(self):
         self.name = None
         self.cloud_image = None
+        self.ebs_optimized = None
         self.instance_type = None
         self.key_name = None
         self.volume_size = None
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ class ProviderLabel(ConfigValue):
             # since this causes recursive checks with ProviderPool.
             return (other.name == self.name
                     and other.cloud_image == self.cloud_image
+                    and other.ebs_optimized == self.ebs_optimized
                     and other.instance_type == self.instance_type
                     and other.key_name == self.key_name
                     and other.volume_size == self.volume_size
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@ class ProviderPool(ConfigPool):
             else:
                 cloud_image = None
             pl.cloud_image = cloud_image
+            pl.ebs_optimized = bool(label.get('ebs-optimized', False))
             pl.instance_type = label['instance-type']
             pl.key_name = label['key-name']
             pl.volume_type = label.get('volume-type')
@@ -236,6 +239,7 @@ class AwsProviderConfig(ProviderConfig):
             v.Exclusive('cloud-image', 'label-image'): str,
             v.Required('instance-type'): str,
             v.Required('key-name'): str,
+            'ebs-optimized': bool,
             'volume-type': str,
             'volume-size': int,
             'userdata': str,
diff --git a/nodepool/driver/aws/provider.py b/nodepool/driver/aws/provider.py
index 387341031..170b01840 100644
--- a/nodepool/driver/aws/provider.py
+++ b/nodepool/driver/aws/provider.py
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ class AwsProvider(Provider):
             MinCount=1,
             MaxCount=1,
             KeyName=label.key_name,
+            EbsOptimized=label.ebs_optimized,
             InstanceType=label.instance_type,
             NetworkInterfaces=[{
                 'AssociatePublicIpAddress': label.pool.public_ip,
diff --git a/nodepool/tests/fixtures/aws.yaml b/nodepool/tests/fixtures/aws.yaml
index 8caebe34f..0e5a7ac9c 100644
--- a/nodepool/tests/fixtures/aws.yaml
+++ b/nodepool/tests/fixtures/aws.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ labels:
   - name: ubuntu1404-by-filters
   - name: ubuntu1404-by-capitalized-filters
   - name: ubuntu1404-bad-config
+  - name: ubuntu1404-ebs-optimized
   - name: ubuntu1404-non-host-key-checking
   - name: ubuntu1404-private-ip
   - name: ubuntu1404-userdata
@@ -45,6 +46,16 @@ providers:
               - ubuntu*
         username: ubuntu
     pools:
+      - name: ebs-optimized
+        max-servers: 1
+        subnet-id: null
+        security-group-id: null
+        labels:
+          - name: ubuntu1404-ebs-optimized
+            cloud-image: ubuntu1404
+            ebs-optimized: True
+            instance-type: t3.medium
+            key-name: zuul
       - name: main
         max-servers: 1
         subnet-id: null
@@ -105,4 +116,4 @@ providers:
             instance-type: t3.medium
             key-name: zuul
             tags:
-              has-tags: true
+              has-tags: true
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diff --git a/nodepool/tests/unit/test_driver_aws.py b/nodepool/tests/unit/test_driver_aws.py
index f6805fae2..5e51cb0a2 100644
--- a/nodepool/tests/unit/test_driver_aws.py
+++ b/nodepool/tests/unit/test_driver_aws.py
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ class TestDriverAws(tests.DBTestCase):
         raw_config['providers'][0]['pools'][2]['security-group-id'] = sg_id
         raw_config['providers'][0]['pools'][3]['subnet-id'] = subnet_id
         raw_config['providers'][0]['pools'][3]['security-group-id'] = sg_id
+        raw_config['providers'][0]['pools'][4]['subnet-id'] = subnet_id
+        raw_config['providers'][0]['pools'][4]['security-group-id'] = sg_id
 
         with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as tf:
             tf.write(yaml.safe_dump(
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/aws-ec2-ebs-optimized-03258a047edb272d.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/aws-ec2-ebs-optimized-03258a047edb272d.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9015a2105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/aws-ec2-ebs-optimized-03258a047edb272d.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Add optional ebs-optimized on ec2 instances.
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