diff --git a/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cloud/CloudPlatform.java b/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cloud/CloudPlatform.java
index 00f50904635f..5cc8a07e0351 100644
--- a/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cloud/CloudPlatform.java
+++ b/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cloud/CloudPlatform.java
@@ -164,6 +164,20 @@ public boolean isDetected(Environment environment) {
 			return this.azureEnvVariables.stream().allMatch(environment::containsProperty);
 		}
 
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Container Service (ECS) platform.
+	 * @since 4.0.0
+	 */
+	AWS_ECS {
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean isDetected(Environment environment) {
+			String awsExecutionEnv = environment.getProperty("AWS_EXECUTION_ENV");
+			return (awsExecutionEnv != null) && awsExecutionEnv.startsWith("AWS_ECS");
+		}
+
 	};
 
 	private static final String PROPERTY_NAME = "spring.main.cloud-platform";
diff --git a/core/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cloud/CloudPlatformTests.java b/core/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cloud/CloudPlatformTests.java
index 4b53df2b28bb..9223f513971b 100644
--- a/core/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cloud/CloudPlatformTests.java
+++ b/core/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cloud/CloudPlatformTests.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.source.MockConfigurationPropertySource;
@@ -205,6 +207,24 @@ void getActiveWhenHasMissingWebsiteSkuShouldNotReturnAzureAppService() {
 		assertThat(platform).isNull();
 	}
 
+	@ParameterizedTest
+	@ValueSource(strings = { "AWS_ECS_FARGATE", "AWS_ECS_EC2" })
+	void getActiveWhenHasAwsExecutionEnvEcsShouldReturnAwsEcs(String awsExecutionEnv) {
+		Map<String, Object> envVars = Map.of("AWS_EXECUTION_ENV", awsExecutionEnv);
+		Environment environment = getEnvironmentWithEnvVariables(envVars);
+		CloudPlatform platform = CloudPlatform.getActive(environment);
+		assertThat(platform).isNotNull().isEqualTo(CloudPlatform.AWS_ECS);
+		assertThat(platform.isActive(environment)).isTrue();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void getActiveWhenHasAwsExecutionEnvLambdaShouldNotReturnAwsEcs() {
+		Map<String, Object> envVars = Map.of("AWS_EXECUTION_ENV", "AWS_Lambda_java8");
+		Environment environment = getEnvironmentWithEnvVariables(envVars);
+		CloudPlatform platform = CloudPlatform.getActive(environment);
+		assertThat(platform).isNull();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void getActiveWhenHasEnforcedCloudPlatform() {
 		Environment environment = getEnvironmentWithEnvVariables(