diff --git a/command/build/command.go b/command/build/command.go
index 664ab553d..24f127afb 100644
--- a/command/build/command.go
+++ b/command/build/command.go
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ func (Command) Run(env packer.Environment, args []string) int {
 		builds = append(builds, build)
 	}
 
+	// Prepare all the builds
+	for _, b := range builds {
+		log.Printf("Preparing build: %s\n", b.Name())
+		b.Prepare()
+	}
+
 	env.Ui().Say("YAY!\n")
 	return 0
 }
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index d7faeae1e..494686202 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import (
 // This is the default, built-in configuration that ships with
 // Packer.
 const defaultConfig = `
+[builders]
+amazon-ebs = "packer-builder-amazon-ebs"
+
 [commands]
 build = "packer-command-build"
 `
diff --git a/packer/build.go b/packer/build.go
index 3f1720766..ea8ada0fa 100644
--- a/packer/build.go
+++ b/packer/build.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package packer
 // A Build represents a single job within Packer that is responsible for
 // building some machine image artifact. Builds are meant to be parallelized.
 type Build interface {
+	Name() string
 	Prepare() error
 	Run(ui Ui)
 }
@@ -33,6 +34,11 @@ type Builder interface {
 	Run(build Build, ui Ui)
 }
 
+// Returns the name of the build.
+func (b *coreBuild) Name() string {
+	return b.name
+}
+
 // Prepare prepares the build by doing some initialization for the builder
 // and any hooks. This _must_ be called prior to Run.
 func (b *coreBuild) Prepare() error {
diff --git a/packer/build_test.go b/packer/build_test.go
index ee68b0e88..d26edfcc4 100644
--- a/packer/build_test.go
+++ b/packer/build_test.go
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ func testBuilder() *TestBuilder {
 	return &TestBuilder{}
 }
 
+func TestBuild_Name(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := asserts.NewTestingAsserts(t, true)
+
+	build := testBuild()
+	assert.Equal(build.Name(), "test", "should have a name")
+}
+
 func TestBuild_Prepare(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := asserts.NewTestingAsserts(t, true)
 
diff --git a/packer/rpc/build.go b/packer/rpc/build.go
index d522a6215..73930a4fa 100644
--- a/packer/rpc/build.go
+++ b/packer/rpc/build.go
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ type BuildRunArgs struct {
 	UiRPCAddress string
 }
 
+func (b *Build) Name() (result string) {
+	b.client.Call("Build.Name", new(interface{}), &result)
+	return
+}
+
 func (b *Build) Prepare() (err error) {
 	b.client.Call("Build.Prepare", new(interface{}), &err)
 	return
@@ -37,6 +42,11 @@ func (b *Build) Run(ui packer.Ui) {
 	b.client.Call("Build.Run", args, new(interface{}))
 }
 
+func (b *BuildServer) Name(args *interface{}, reply*string) error {
+	*reply = b.build.Name()
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (b *BuildServer) Prepare(args *BuildPrepareArgs, reply *error) error {
 	*reply = b.build.Prepare()
 	return nil
diff --git a/packer/rpc/build_test.go b/packer/rpc/build_test.go
index 849268433..3720f128b 100644
--- a/packer/rpc/build_test.go
+++ b/packer/rpc/build_test.go
@@ -8,11 +8,17 @@ import (
 )
 
 type testBuild struct {
+	nameCalled bool
 	prepareCalled bool
 	runCalled bool
 	runUi packer.Ui
 }
 
+func (b *testBuild) Name() string {
+	b.nameCalled = true
+	return "name"
+}
+
 func (b *testBuild) Prepare() error {
 	b.prepareCalled = true
 	return nil
@@ -43,8 +49,13 @@ func TestBuildRPC(t *testing.T) {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	// Test Prepare
 	bClient := &Build{client}
+
+	// Test Name
+	bClient.Name()
+	assert.True(b.nameCalled, "name should be called")
+
+	// Test Prepare
 	bClient.Prepare()
 	assert.True(b.prepareCalled, "prepare should be called")
 
diff --git a/packer/rpc/builder_test.go b/packer/rpc/builder_test.go
index 27ff96bea..030b85513 100644
--- a/packer/rpc/builder_test.go
+++ b/packer/rpc/builder_test.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func TestBuilderRPC(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestBuilder_ImplementsBuild(t *testing.T) {
+func TestBuilder_ImplementsBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := asserts.NewTestingAsserts(t, true)
 
 	var realBuilder packer.Builder