diff --git a/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go b/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
index a900aef9b..38a68d0a4 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 		&awscommon.StepSourceAMIInfo{
 			SourceAmi:          b.config.SourceAmi,
 			EnhancedNetworking: b.config.AMIEnhancedNetworking,
+			AmiFilters:         b.config.SourceAmiFilter,
 		},
 		&awscommon.StepKeyPair{
 			Debug:                b.config.PackerDebug,