diff --git a/post-processor/amazon-import/post-processor.go b/post-processor/amazon-import/post-processor.go
index 36a8f5844..6d7e357bb 100644
--- a/post-processor/amazon-import/post-processor.go
+++ b/post-processor/amazon-import/post-processor.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Description string            `mapstructure:"ami_description"`
 	Users       []string          `mapstructure:"ami_users"`
 	Groups      []string          `mapstructure:"ami_groups"`
+	LicenseType string            `mapstructure:"license_type"`
 
 	ctx interpolate.Context
 }
@@ -63,6 +64,10 @@ func (p *PostProcessor) Configure(raws ...interface{}) error {
 		p.config.S3Key = "packer-import-{{timestamp}}.ova"
 	}
 
+	if p.config.LicenseType == "" {
+		p.config.LicenseType = "BYOL"
+	}
+
 	errs := new(packer.MultiError)
 
 	// Check and render s3_key_name
@@ -158,7 +163,7 @@ func (p *PostProcessor) PostProcess(ui packer.Ui, artifact packer.Artifact) (pac
 	ui.Message(fmt.Sprintf("Completed upload of %s to s3://%s/%s", source, p.config.S3Bucket, p.config.S3Key))
 
 	// Call EC2 image import process
-	log.Printf("Calling EC2 to import from s3://%s/%s", p.config.S3Bucket, p.config.S3Key)
+	log.Printf("Calling EC2 to import from s3://%s/%s with license type '%s'", p.config.S3Bucket, p.config.S3Key, p.config.LicenseType)
 
 	ec2conn := ec2.New(session)
 	import_start, err := ec2conn.ImportImage(&ec2.ImportImageInput{
@@ -170,13 +175,14 @@ func (p *PostProcessor) PostProcess(ui packer.Ui, artifact packer.Artifact) (pac
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		LicenseType: &p.config.LicenseType,
 	})
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("Failed to start import from s3://%s/%s: %s", p.config.S3Bucket, p.config.S3Key, err)
 	}
 
-	ui.Message(fmt.Sprintf("Started import of s3://%s/%s, task id %s", p.config.S3Bucket, p.config.S3Key, *import_start.ImportTaskId))
+	ui.Message(fmt.Sprintf("Started import of s3://%s/%s with license type %s, task id %s", p.config.S3Bucket, p.config.S3Key, p.config.LicenseType, *import_start.ImportTaskId))
 
 	// Wait for import process to complete, this takes a while
 	ui.Message(fmt.Sprintf("Waiting for task %s to complete (may take a while)", *import_start.ImportTaskId))