diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/iam.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/iam.py
index d844bbc7b1c..cb8e68100cc 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/iam.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/iam.py
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ import sys
 try:
     import boto
     import boto.iam
+    import boto.ec2
     HAS_BOTO = True
 except ImportError:
    HAS_BOTO = False