diff --git a/plugins/inventory/ec2.py b/plugins/inventory/ec2.py
index 4ec4abd36d7..84841d3f09a 100755
--- a/plugins/inventory/ec2.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/ec2.py
@@ -510,6 +510,8 @@ class Ec2Inventory(object):
                 instance_vars[key] = ''
             elif key == 'ec2_region':
                 instance_vars[key] = value.name
+            elif key == 'ec2__placement':
+                instance_vars['ec2_placement'] = value.zone
             elif key == 'ec2_tags':
                 for k, v in value.iteritems():
                     key = self.to_safe('ec2_tag_' + k)