diff --git a/builder/amazon/common/block_device.go b/builder/amazon/common/block_device.go
index 55654de14..3f1a31cdf 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/common/block_device.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/common/block_device.go
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/packer-plugin-sdk/template/interpolate"
 )
 
+const (
+	minIops = 100
+	maxIops = 64000
+)
+
 // These will be attached when launching your instance. Your
 // options here may vary depending on the type of VM you use.
 //
@@ -154,6 +159,11 @@ func (blockDevice BlockDevice) BuildEC2BlockDeviceMapping() *ec2.BlockDeviceMapp
 	return mapping
 }
 
+var iopsRatios = map[string]int64{
+	"io1": 50,
+	"io2": 500,
+}
+
 func (b *BlockDevice) Prepare(ctx *interpolate.Context) error {
 	if b.DeviceName == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("The `device_name` must be specified " +
@@ -166,6 +176,18 @@ func (b *BlockDevice) Prepare(ctx *interpolate.Context) error {
 			"true` when setting a kms_key_id.", b.DeviceName)
 	}
 
+	if ratio, ok := iopsRatios[b.VolumeType]; b.VolumeSize != 0 && ok {
+		if b.IOPS/b.VolumeSize > ratio {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s: the maximum ratio of provisioned IOPS to requested volume size "+
+				"(in GiB) is %v:1 for %s volumes", b.DeviceName, ratio, b.VolumeType)
+		}
+
+		if b.IOPS < minIops || b.IOPS > maxIops {
+			return fmt.Errorf("IOPS must be between %d and %d for device %s",
+				minIops, maxIops, b.DeviceName)
+		}
+	}
+
 	_, err := interpolate.RenderInterface(&b, ctx)
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/builder/amazon/common/block_device_test.go b/builder/amazon/common/block_device_test.go
index 3d7e55fd7..c19d76b8e 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/common/block_device_test.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/common/block_device_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ec2"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/packer-plugin-sdk/template/config"
+  	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/packer-plugin-sdk/template/interpolate"
 )
 
 func TestBlockDevice(t *testing.T) {
@@ -182,3 +183,107 @@ func TestBlockDevice(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestIOPSValidation(t *testing.T) {
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		device BlockDevice
+		ok     bool
+		msg    string
+	}{
+		// volume size unknown
+		{
+			device: BlockDevice{
+				DeviceName: "/dev/sdb",
+				VolumeType: "io1",
+				IOPS:       1000,
+			},
+			ok: true,
+		},
+		{
+			device: BlockDevice{
+				DeviceName: "/dev/sdb",
+				VolumeType: "io2",
+				IOPS:       1000,
+			},
+			ok: true,
+		},
+		// ratio requirement satisfied
+		{
+			device: BlockDevice{
+				DeviceName: "/dev/sdb",
+				VolumeType: "io1",
+				VolumeSize: 50,
+				IOPS:       1000,
+			},
+			ok: true,
+		},
+		{
+			device: BlockDevice{
+				DeviceName: "/dev/sdb",
+				VolumeType: "io2",
+				VolumeSize: 100,
+				IOPS:       1000,
+			},
+			ok: true,
+		},
+		// ratio requirement not satisfied
+		{
+			device: BlockDevice{
+				DeviceName: "/dev/sdb",
+				VolumeType: "io1",
+				VolumeSize: 10,
+				IOPS:       2000,
+			},
+			ok:  false,
+			msg: "/dev/sdb: the maximum ratio of provisioned IOPS to requested volume size (in GiB) is 50:1 for io1 volumes",
+		},
+		{
+			device: BlockDevice{
+				DeviceName: "/dev/sdb",
+				VolumeType: "io2",
+				VolumeSize: 50,
+				IOPS:       30000,
+			},
+			ok:  false,
+			msg: "/dev/sdb: the maximum ratio of provisioned IOPS to requested volume size (in GiB) is 500:1 for io2 volumes",
+		},
+		// exceed max iops
+		{
+			device: BlockDevice{
+				DeviceName: "/dev/sdb",
+				VolumeType: "io2",
+				VolumeSize: 500,
+				IOPS:       99999,
+			},
+			ok:  false,
+			msg: "IOPS must be between 100 and 64000 for device /dev/sdb",
+		},
+		// lower than min iops
+		{
+			device: BlockDevice{
+				DeviceName: "/dev/sdb",
+				VolumeType: "io2",
+				VolumeSize: 50,
+				IOPS:       10,
+			},
+			ok:  false,
+			msg: "IOPS must be between 100 and 64000 for device /dev/sdb",
+		},
+	}
+
+	ctx := interpolate.Context{}
+	for _, testCase := range cases {
+		err := testCase.device.Prepare(&ctx)
+		if testCase.ok && err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("should not error, but: %v", err)
+		}
+		if !testCase.ok {
+			if err == nil {
+				t.Fatalf("should error")
+			} else if err.Error() != testCase.msg {
+				t.Fatalf("wrong error: expected %s, found: %v", testCase.msg, err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}