diff --git a/terraform/vsphere/cloud-init.tpl b/terraform/vsphere/cloud-init.tpl
index 6bc6066e..3473ba64 100644
--- a/terraform/vsphere/cloud-init.tpl
+++ b/terraform/vsphere/cloud-init.tpl
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ write_files:
     content: ${tpl_priv_key}
     path: /tmp/id_rsa
     permissions: '0600'
+  - content: |
+     [default]
+     aws_access_key_id = ${tpl_aws_access_key_id}
+     aws_secret_access_key = ${tpl_aws_secret_access_key}
+    path: /tmp/credentials
+    permissions: '0600'
   
 runcmd:
 - while [ ! -f "/tmp/env.sh" ]; do sleep 5; done
diff --git a/terraform/vsphere/main.tf b/terraform/vsphere/main.tf
index 7a9afa3e..8757443c 100644
--- a/terraform/vsphere/main.tf
+++ b/terraform/vsphere/main.tf
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ resource "local_file" "cloud-init" {
   {
 	  tpl_priv_key = base64encode(tls_private_key.ssh.private_key_openssh),
     tpl_pub_key = tls_private_key.ssh.public_key_openssh,
+    tpl_aws_access_key_id = var.aws_access_key_id
+		tpl_aws_secret_access_key = var.aws_secret_access_key
 	  tpl_name = each.value.instance_name,
 	  tpl_cluster = each.value.cluster
 	})
diff --git a/terraform/vsphere/variables.tf b/terraform/vsphere/variables.tf
index c7b109f7..3ead0c8d 100644
--- a/terraform/vsphere/variables.tf
+++ b/terraform/vsphere/variables.tf
@@ -95,4 +95,14 @@ variable "vsphere_dns" {
 	description = "vSphere VM DNS"
 	type = string
 	default = ""
+}
+
+variable "aws_access_key_id" {
+	description ="AWS Access Key"
+	type		= string
+}
+
+variable "aws_secret_access_key" {
+	description ="AWS Secret Access Key"
+	type		= string
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vsphere.go b/vsphere.go
index d8be50b2..237d71d5 100644
--- a/vsphere.go
+++ b/vsphere.go
@@ -237,6 +237,8 @@ func vsphere_create_variables(config *Config) []string {
 	tf_variables = append(tf_variables, "vsphere_network = \""+config.Vsphere_Network+"\"")
 	tf_variables = append(tf_variables, "vsphere_memory = \""+config.Vsphere_Memory+"\"")
 	tf_variables = append(tf_variables, "vsphere_cpu = \""+config.Vsphere_Cpu+"\"")
+	tf_variables = append(tf_variables, "aws_access_key_id = \""+config.Aws_Access_Key_Id+"\"")
+	tf_variables = append(tf_variables, "aws_secret_access_key = \""+config.Aws_Secret_Access_Key+"\"")
 
 	if (config.Vsphere_Dns != "") && (config.Vsphere_Gw != "") && (config.Vsphere_Node_Ip != "") {
 		tf_variables = append(tf_variables, "vsphere_dns = \""+config.Vsphere_Dns+"\"")