diff --git a/lib/linecook/builder/lxc.rb b/lib/linecook/builder/lxc.rb
index 10c2265..d86efa5 100644
--- a/lib/linecook/builder/lxc.rb
+++ b/lib/linecook/builder/lxc.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 require 'linecook/util/executor'
 require 'tempfile'
 require 'ipaddress'
+require 'linecook/packager/ebs'
 
 module Linecook
   module Lxc
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ def initialize(name: 'linecook', home: '/u/lxc', image: nil, remote: :local, bri
         @root = File.join(@home, @name, 'rootfs')
         config = { utsname: name, rootfs: @root }
         @config = Linecook::Lxc::Config.generate(config) # FIXME read link from config
+        @ebs_config = Linecook.config[:packager][:ebs]
         @source_image = image || :base_image
       end
 
@@ -133,6 +135,10 @@ def write_config
                  file.close
                  file.path
         end
+        if @ebs_config[:src_ami] && @remote
+          @src_ami_attached_volume = Linecook::Packager::EBS.new(@ebs_config).mount_src_ami if @ebs_config[:src_ami]
+          execute("lxc-device add #{container_str} #{@src_ami_attached_volume}1") if @ebs_config[:src_ami]
+        end
         execute("mv #{path} #{File.join(@home, @name, 'config')}")
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/linecook/packager/ebs.rb b/lib/linecook/packager/ebs.rb
index fd6c3de..d70f5e8 100644
--- a/lib/linecook/packager/ebs.rb
+++ b/lib/linecook/packager/ebs.rb
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ module Packager
     class EBS
       include Executor
 
-      def initialize(hvm: true, size: 10, region: nil, copy_regions: [], account_ids: [])
+      def initialize(hvm: true, size: 10, region: nil, copy_regions: [], account_ids: [], src_ami: nil)
         @hvm = hvm
         @size = size
         @region = region
         @copy_regions = copy_regions
         @account_ids = account_ids
+        @src_ami = src_ami
       end
 
       def package(image, type: nil, ami: nil)
@@ -37,6 +38,10 @@ def package(image, type: nil, ami: nil)
         create_ami if ami
       end
 
+      def mount_src_ami
+        create_volume(volume_type: 'gp2')
+      end
+
     private
 
       def prepare
@@ -100,16 +105,28 @@ def client(region: nil)
         @client ||= begin
           region ||= @region
           puts "Using AWS region #{region} for following request"
-          credentials = Aws::Credentials.new(Linecook.config[:aws][:access_key], Linecook.config[:aws][:secret_key])
+          if Linecook.config[:aws][:access_key]
+            credentials = Aws::Credentials.new(Linecook.config[:aws][:access_key], Linecook.config[:aws][:secret_key])
+          else
+            credentials = Aws::InstanceProfileCredentials.new
+          end
           Aws::EC2::Client.new(region: region, credentials: credentials)
         end
       end
 
-      def create_volume
+      def get_snapshot_id
+        @snapshot_id = client.describe_images({
+          image_ids: [@src_ami]
+        }).images[0].block_device_mappings[0].ebs.snapshot_id
+      end
+
+      def create_volume(snapshot_id: nil, volume_type: 'standard')
+        snapshot_id = get_snapshot_id if @src_ami
         resp = client.create_volume({
           size: @size,
           availability_zone: availability_zone, # required
-          volume_type: "standard", # accepts standard, io1, gp2
+          volume_type: volume_type, # accepts standard, io1, gp2
+          snapshot_id: snapshot_id
         })
 
         @volume_id = resp.volume_id