diff --git a/library/cloud/ec2_lc b/library/cloud/ec2_lc
index 38234fe311b..e7ffb3d65cf 100755
--- a/library/cloud/ec2_lc
+++ b/library/cloud/ec2_lc
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ options:
     required: false
     default: null
     aliases: []
+  instance_profile_name:
+    description:
+      - The name or the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the instance profile associated with the IAM role for the instances.
+    required: false
+    default: null
+    aliases: []
 extends_documentation_fragment: aws
 """
 
@@ -153,6 +159,7 @@ def create_launch_config(connection, module):
     instance_monitoring = module.params.get('instance_monitoring')
     kernel_id = module.params.get('kernel_id')
     ramdisk_id = module.params.get('ramdisk_id')
+    instance_profile_name = module.params.get('instance_profile_name')
     bdm = BlockDeviceMapping()
 
     if volumes:
@@ -175,7 +182,8 @@ def create_launch_config(connection, module):
         instance_monitoring=instance_monitoring,
         kernel_id=kernel_id,
         spot_price=spot_price,
-        ramdisk_id=ramdisk_id)
+        ramdisk_id=ramdisk_id,
+        instance_profile_name=instance_profile_name)
 
     launch_configs = connection.get_all_launch_configurations(names=[name])
     changed = False
@@ -219,6 +227,7 @@ def main():
             spot_price=dict(type='float'),
             instance_monitoring=dict(default=False, type='bool'),
             ramdisk_id=dict(type='str'),
+            instance_profile_name=dict(type='str'),
         )
     )