diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py
index cd6274b568f..e29e9d8944f 100755
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py
@@ -237,6 +237,13 @@ options:
     required: false
     default: null
     aliases: []
+  network_interfaces:
+    version_added: "2.0"
+    description:
+      - A list of existing network interfaces to attach to the instance at launch. When specifying existing network interfaces, none of the assign_public_ip, private_ip, vpc_subnet_id, group, or group_id parameters may be used. (Those parameters are for creating a new network interface at launch.)
+    required: false
+    default: null
+    aliases: []
 
 author:
     - "Tim Gerla (@tgerla)"
@@ -823,11 +830,21 @@ def create_instances(module, ec2, vpc, override_count=None):
     count_tag = module.params.get('count_tag')
     source_dest_check = module.boolean(module.params.get('source_dest_check'))
     termination_protection = module.boolean(module.params.get('termination_protection'))
+    network_interfaces = module.params.get('network_interfaces')
 
     # group_id and group_name are exclusive of each other
     if group_id and group_name:
         module.fail_json(msg = str("Use only one type of parameter (group_name) or (group_id)"))
 
+    if (network_interfaces and
+            (assign_public_ip or private_ip or vpc_subnet_id
+                or group_name or group_id)):
+        module.fail_json(
+            msg=str("network_interfaces must not be set when specifying " +
+                    "assign_public_ip, private_ip, vpc_subnet_id, group, " +
+                    "or group_id, which are used to create a new network " +
+                    "interface."))
+
     vpc_id = None
     if vpc_subnet_id:
         if not vpc:
@@ -923,11 +940,21 @@ def create_instances(module, ec2, vpc, override_count=None):
                     interfaces = boto.ec2.networkinterface.NetworkInterfaceCollection(interface)
                     params['network_interfaces'] = interfaces
             else:
-                params['subnet_id'] = vpc_subnet_id
-                if vpc_subnet_id:
-                    params['security_group_ids'] = group_id
+                if network_interfaces:
+                    interfaces = []
+                    for i, network_interface_id in enumerate(network_interfaces):
+                        interface = boto.ec2.networkinterface.NetworkInterfaceSpecification(
+                            network_interface_id=network_interface_id,
+                            device_index=i)
+                        interfaces.append(interface)
+                    params['network_interfaces'] = \
+                        boto.ec2.networkinterface.NetworkInterfaceCollection(*interfaces)
                 else:
-                    params['security_groups'] = group_name
+                    params['subnet_id'] = vpc_subnet_id
+                    if vpc_subnet_id:
+                        params['security_group_ids'] = group_id
+                    else:
+                        params['security_groups'] = group_name
 
             if volumes:
                 bdm = BlockDeviceMapping()
@@ -1281,6 +1308,7 @@ def main():
             volumes = dict(type='list'),
             ebs_optimized = dict(type='bool', default=False),
             tenancy = dict(default='default'),
+            network_interfaces = dict(type='list')
         )
     )