diff --git a/cloud/amazon/route53.py b/cloud/amazon/route53.py
index b1c8591b25c..30557a2212a 100644
--- a/cloud/amazon/route53.py
+++ b/cloud/amazon/route53.py
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ options:
     required: true
     default: null
     aliases: []
+  hosted_zone_id:
+    description:
+      - The Hosted Zone ID of the DNS zone to modify
+    required: false
+    default: null
+    aliases: []
   record:
     description:
       - The full DNS record to create or delete
@@ -195,6 +201,17 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
       alias=True
       alias_hosted_zone_id="{{ elb_zone_id }}"
 
+# Add an AAAA record with Hosted Zone ID.  Note that because there are colons in the value
+# that the entire parameter list must be quoted:
+- route53:
+      command: "create"
+      zone: "foo.com"
+      hostes_zone_id: "Z2AABBCCDDEEFF"
+      record: "localhost.foo.com"
+      type: "AAAA"
+      ttl: "7200"
+      value: "::1"
+      
 # Use a routing policy to distribute traffic:
 - route53:
       command: "create"
@@ -252,6 +269,7 @@ def main():
     argument_spec.update(dict(
             command              = dict(choices=['get', 'create', 'delete'], required=True),
             zone                 = dict(required=True),
+            hosted_zone_id       = dict(required=False),
             record               = dict(required=True),
             ttl                  = dict(required=False, type='int', default=3600),
             type                 = dict(choices=['A', 'CNAME', 'MX', 'AAAA', 'TXT', 'PTR', 'SRV', 'SPF', 'NS'], required=True),
@@ -275,6 +293,7 @@ def main():
 
     command_in              = module.params.get('command')
     zone_in                 = module.params.get('zone').lower()
+    hosted_zone_id_in       = module.params.get('hosted_zone_id')
     ttl_in                  = module.params.get('ttl')
     record_in               = module.params.get('record').lower()
     type_in                 = module.params.get('type')
@@ -360,6 +379,8 @@ def main():
             record['region'] = rset.region
             record['failover'] = rset.failover
             record['health_check'] = rset.health_check
+            if hosted_zone_id_in:
+                record['hosted_zone_id'] = hosted_zone_id_in
             if rset.alias_dns_name:
               record['alias'] = True
               record['value'] = rset.alias_dns_name