diff --git a/lib/ansible/config/module_defaults.yml b/lib/ansible/config/module_defaults.yml
index 3d300d7b244..8ccd7f9aeb4 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/config/module_defaults.yml
+++ b/lib/ansible/config/module_defaults.yml
@@ -412,6 +412,8 @@ groupings:
   - aws
   iam_user:
   - aws
+  iam_user_info:
+  - aws
   kinesis_stream:
   - aws
   lambda:
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/iam_user_info.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/iam_user_info.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c7a25409b71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/iam_user_info.py
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright: (c) 2018, Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {
+    'metadata_version': '1.1',
+    'status': ['preview'],
+    'supported_by': 'community'
+}
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: iam_user_info
+short_description: Gather IAM user(s) facts in AWS
+description:
+  - This module can be used to gather IAM user(s) facts in AWS.
+version_added: "2.10"
+author:
+  - Constantin Bugneac (@Constantin07)
+  - Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)
+options:
+  name:
+    description:
+     - The name of the IAM user to look for.
+    required: false
+    type: str
+  group:
+    description:
+     - The group name name of the IAM user to look for. Mutually exclusive with C(path).
+    required: false
+    type: str
+  path:
+    description:
+     - The path to the IAM user. Mutually exclusive with C(group).
+     - If specified, then would get all user names whose path starts with user provided value.
+    required: false
+    default: '/'
+    type: str
+requirements:
+  - botocore
+  - boto3
+extends_documentation_fragment:
+  - aws
+  - ec2
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = r'''
+# Note: These examples do not set authentication details, see the AWS Guide for details.
+# Gather facts about "test" user.
+- name: Get IAM user facts
+  iam_user_info:
+    name: "test"
+
+# Gather facts about all users in the "dev" group.
+- name: Get IAM user facts
+  iam_user_info:
+    group: "dev"
+
+# Gather facts about all users with "/division_abc/subdivision_xyz/" path.
+- name: Get IAM user facts
+  iam_user_info:
+    path: "/division_abc/subdivision_xyz/"
+'''
+
+RETURN = r'''
+iam_users:
+    description: list of maching iam users
+    returned: success
+    type: complex
+    contains:
+        arn:
+            description: the ARN of the user
+            returned: if user exists
+            type: str
+            sample: "arn:aws:iam::156360693172:user/dev/test_user"
+        create_date:
+            description: the datetime user was created
+            returned: if user exists
+            type: str
+            sample: "2016-05-24T12:24:59+00:00"
+        password_last_used:
+            description: the last datetime the password was used by user
+            returned: if password was used at least once
+            type: str
+            sample: "2016-05-25T13:39:11+00:00"
+        path:
+            description: the path to user
+            returned: if user exists
+            type: str
+            sample: "/dev/"
+        user_id:
+            description: the unique user id
+            returned: if user exists
+            type: str
+            sample: "AIDUIOOCQKTUGI6QJLGH2"
+        user_name:
+            description: the user name
+            returned: if user exists
+            type: str
+            sample: "test_user"
+'''
+
+from ansible.module_utils.aws.core import AnsibleAWSModule
+from ansible.module_utils.ec2 import camel_dict_to_snake_dict, AWSRetry
+
+try:
+    import botocore
+    from botocore.exceptions import BotoCoreError, ClientError
+except ImportError:
+    pass  # caught by AnsibleAWSModule
+
+
+@AWSRetry.exponential_backoff()
+def list_iam_users_with_backoff(client, operation, **kwargs):
+    paginator = client.get_paginator(operation)
+    return paginator.paginate(**kwargs).build_full_result()
+
+
+def list_iam_users(connection, module):
+
+    name = module.params.get('name')
+    group = module.params.get('group')
+    path = module.params.get('path')
+
+    params = dict()
+    iam_users = []
+
+    if not group and not path:
+        if name:
+            params['UserName'] = name
+        try:
+            iam_users.append(connection.get_user(**params)['User'])
+        except (ClientError, BotoCoreError) as e:
+            module.fail_json_aws(e, msg="Couldn't get IAM user info for user %s" % name)
+
+    if group:
+        params['GroupName'] = group
+        try:
+            iam_users = list_iam_users_with_backoff(connection, 'get_group', **params)['Users']
+        except (ClientError, BotoCoreError) as e:
+            module.fail_json_aws(e, msg="Couldn't get IAM user info for group %s" % group)
+        if name:
+            iam_users = [user for user in iam_users if user['UserName'] == name]
+
+    if path and not group:
+        params['PathPrefix'] = path
+        try:
+            iam_users = list_iam_users_with_backoff(connection, 'list_users', **params)['Users']
+        except (ClientError, BotoCoreError) as e:
+            module.fail_json_aws(e, msg="Couldn't get IAM user info for path %s" % path)
+        if name:
+            iam_users = [user for user in iam_users if user['UserName'] == name]
+
+    module.exit_json(iam_users=[camel_dict_to_snake_dict(user) for user in iam_users])
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_spec = dict(
+        name=dict(),
+        group=dict(),
+        path=dict(default='/')
+    )
+
+    module = AnsibleAWSModule(
+        argument_spec=argument_spec,
+        mutually_exclusive=[
+            ['group', 'path']
+        ],
+        supports_check_mode=True
+    )
+
+    connection = module.client('iam')
+
+    list_iam_users(connection, module)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/iam_user/aliases b/test/integration/targets/iam_user/aliases
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c7a4b8abe0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/iam_user/aliases
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+cloud/aws
+iam_user_info
+unsupported
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/iam_user/defaults/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/iam_user/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8a69ca0931c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/iam_user/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+test_group: '{{ resource_prefix }}-group'
+test_path: '/'
+test_user:  '{{ test_users[0] }}'
+test_users:
+  - '{{ resource_prefix }}-user-a'
+  - '{{ resource_prefix }}-user-b'
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/iam_user/meta/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/iam_user/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f64f1169a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/iam_user/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+dependencies:
+  - prepare_tests
+  - setup_ec2
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/iam_user/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/iam_user/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..87359b761fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/iam_user/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+---
+- name: set up aws connection info
+  module_defaults:
+    group/aws:
+      aws_access_key: "{{ aws_access_key }}"
+      aws_secret_key: "{{ aws_secret_key }}"
+      security_token: "{{ security_token | default(omit) }}"
+      region: "{{ aws_region }}"
+  block:
+
+  - name: ensure improper usage of parameters fails gracefully
+    iam_user_info:
+      path: '{{ test_path }}'
+      group: '{{ test_group }}'
+    ignore_errors: yes
+    register: iam_user_info_path_group
+  - assert:
+      that:
+        - iam_user_info_path_group is failed
+        - 'iam_user_info_path_group.msg == "parameters are mutually exclusive: group|path"'
+
+  - name: ensure exception handling fails as expected
+    iam_user_info:
+      region: 'bogus'
+      path: ''
+    ignore_errors: yes
+    register: iam_user_info
+  - assert:
+      that:
+        - iam_user_info is failed
+        - '"user" in iam_user_info.msg'
+
+  - name: ensure exception handling fails as expected with group
+    iam_user_info:
+      region: 'bogus'
+      group: '{{ test_group }}'
+    ignore_errors: yes
+    register: iam_user_info
+  - assert:
+      that:
+        - iam_user_info is failed
+        - '"group" in iam_user_info.msg'
+
+  - name: ensure exception handling fails as expected with default path
+    iam_user_info:
+      region: 'bogus'
+    ignore_errors: yes
+    register: iam_user_info
+  - assert:
+      that:
+        - iam_user_info is failed
+        - '"path" in iam_user_info.msg'
+
+  - name: ensure ansible user exists
+    iam_user:
+      name: '{{ test_user }}'
+      state: present
+    register: iam_user
+
+  - name: ensure the info used to validate other tests is valid
+    set_fact:
+        test_iam_user: '{{ iam_user.iam_user.user }}'
+  - assert:
+      that:
+        - 'test_iam_user.arn.startswith("arn:aws:iam")'
+        - 'test_iam_user.arn.endswith("user/" + test_user )'
+        - test_iam_user.create_date is not none
+        - test_iam_user.path == '{{ test_path }}'
+        - test_iam_user.user_id is not none
+        - test_iam_user.user_name == '{{ test_user }}'
+
+  - name: get info on IAM user(s)
+    iam_user_info:
+    register: iam_user_info
+  - assert:
+      that:
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users | length != 0
+
+  - name: get info on IAM user(s) with name
+    iam_user_info:
+      name: '{{ test_user }}'
+    register: iam_user_info
+  - debug: var=iam_user_info
+  - assert:
+      that:
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users | length == 1
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users[0].arn == test_iam_user.arn
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users[0].create_date == test_iam_user.create_date
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users[0].path == test_iam_user.path
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users[0].user_id == test_iam_user.user_id
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users[0].user_name == test_iam_user.user_name
+
+  - name: get info on IAM user(s) on path
+    iam_user_info:
+      path: '{{ test_path }}'
+      name: '{{ test_user }}'
+    register: iam_user_info
+  - assert:
+      that:
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users | length == 1
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users[0].arn == test_iam_user.arn
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users[0].create_date == test_iam_user.create_date
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users[0].path == test_iam_user.path
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users[0].user_id == test_iam_user.user_id
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users[0].user_name == test_iam_user.user_name
+
+  - name: ensure group exists
+    iam_group:
+      name: '{{ test_group }}'
+      users:
+        - '{{ test_user }}'
+      state: present
+    register: iam_group
+
+  - name: get info on IAM user(s) in group
+    iam_user_info:
+      group: '{{ test_group }}'
+      name: '{{ test_user }}'
+    register: iam_user_info
+  - assert:
+      that:
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users | length == 1
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users[0].arn == test_iam_user.arn
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users[0].create_date == test_iam_user.create_date
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users[0].path == test_iam_user.path
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users[0].user_id == test_iam_user.user_id
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users[0].user_name == test_iam_user.user_name
+
+  - name: remove user from group
+    iam_group:
+      name: '{{ test_group }}'
+      purge_users: True
+      users: []
+      state: present
+    register: iam_group
+
+  - name: get info on IAM user(s) after removing from group
+    iam_user_info:
+      group: '{{ test_group }}'
+      name: '{{ test_user }}'
+    register: iam_user_info
+
+  - name: assert empty list of users for group are returned
+    assert:
+      that:
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users | length == 0
+
+  - name: ensure ansible users exist
+    iam_user:
+      name: '{{ item }}'
+      state: present
+    with_items: '{{ test_users }}'
+
+  - name: get info on multiple IAM user(s)
+    iam_user_info:
+    register: iam_user_info
+  - assert:
+      that:
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users | length != 0
+
+  - name: ensure multiple user group exists with single user
+    iam_group:
+      name: '{{ test_group }}'
+      users:
+        - '{{ test_user }}'
+      state: present
+    register: iam_group
+
+  - name: get info on IAM user(s) in group
+    iam_user_info:
+      group: '{{ test_group }}'
+    register: iam_user_info
+  - assert:
+      that:
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users | length == 1
+
+  - name: add all users to group
+    iam_group:
+      name: '{{ test_group }}'
+      users: '{{ test_users }}'
+      state: present
+    register: iam_group
+
+  - name: get info on multiple IAM user(s) in group
+    iam_user_info:
+      group: '{{ test_group }}'
+    register: iam_user_info
+  - assert:
+      that:
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users | length == test_users | length
+
+  - name: purge users from group
+    iam_group:
+      name: '{{ test_group }}'
+      purge_users: True
+      users: []
+      state: present
+    register: iam_group
+
+  - name: ensure info is empty for empty group
+    iam_user_info:
+      group: '{{ test_group }}'
+    register: iam_user_info
+  - assert:
+      that:
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users | length == 0
+
+  - name: get info on IAM user(s) after removing from group
+    iam_user_info:
+      group: '{{ test_group }}'
+    register: iam_user_info
+
+  - name: assert empty list of users for group are returned
+    assert:
+      that:
+        - iam_user_info.iam_users | length == 0
+
+  always:
+  - name: remove group
+    iam_group:
+      name: '{{ test_group }}'
+      state: absent
+
+  - name: remove ansible users
+    iam_user:
+      name: '{{ item }}'
+      state: absent
+    with_items: '{{ test_users }}'