diff --git a/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go b/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
index 85f576415..5a6809756 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			AssociatePublicIpAddress:          b.config.AssociatePublicIpAddress,
 			AvailabilityZone:                  b.config.AvailabilityZone,
 			BlockDevices:                      b.config.BlockDevices,
+			Comm:                              &b.config.RunConfig.Comm,
 			Ctx:                               b.config.ctx,
 			Debug:                             b.config.PackerDebug,
 			EbsOptimized:                      b.config.EbsOptimized,
diff --git a/builder/amazon/ebssurrogate/builder.go b/builder/amazon/ebssurrogate/builder.go
index b6d91fdfa..7fb678149 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/ebssurrogate/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/ebssurrogate/builder.go
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			AssociatePublicIpAddress:          b.config.AssociatePublicIpAddress,
 			AvailabilityZone:                  b.config.AvailabilityZone,
 			BlockDevices:                      b.config.BlockDevices,
+			Comm:                              &b.config.RunConfig.Comm,
 			Ctx:                               b.config.ctx,
 			Debug:                             b.config.PackerDebug,
 			EbsOptimized:                      b.config.EbsOptimized,
diff --git a/builder/amazon/ebsvolume/builder.go b/builder/amazon/ebsvolume/builder.go
index fb0a26def..c6fca7c79 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/ebsvolume/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/ebsvolume/builder.go
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			AssociatePublicIpAddress:          b.config.AssociatePublicIpAddress,
 			AvailabilityZone:                  b.config.AvailabilityZone,
 			BlockDevices:                      b.config.launchBlockDevices,
+			Comm:                              &b.config.RunConfig.Comm,
 			Ctx:                               b.config.ctx,
 			Debug:                             b.config.PackerDebug,
 			EbsOptimized:                      b.config.EbsOptimized,
diff --git a/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go b/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
index c7c8a578f..612212373 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			AssociatePublicIpAddress: b.config.AssociatePublicIpAddress,
 			AvailabilityZone:         b.config.AvailabilityZone,
 			BlockDevices:             b.config.BlockDevices,
+			Comm:                     &b.config.RunConfig.Comm,
 			Ctx:                      b.config.ctx,
 			Debug:                    b.config.PackerDebug,
 			EbsOptimized:             b.config.EbsOptimized,