diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/aws_tiny_prefix.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/aws_tiny_prefix.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e4dd6c26c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/aws_tiny_prefix.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+- ansible-test - aws creates and exposes a new tiny_prefix variable to provide a shorter prefix for the AWS tests. 
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/cloud/aws.py b/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/cloud/aws.py
index 190ef48817e..37598f4953b 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/cloud/aws.py
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/cloud/aws.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 import os
+import uuid
 
 from ..util import (
     ApplicationError,
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ class AwsCloudEnvironment(CloudEnvironment):
 
         ansible_vars = dict(
             resource_prefix=self.resource_prefix,
+            tiny_prefix=uuid.uuid4().hex[0:12]
         )
 
         ansible_vars.update(dict(parser.items('default')))