diff --git a/edbterraform/data/templates/aws/biganimal.tf.j2 b/edbterraform/data/templates/aws/biganimal.tf.j2
index 9b123548..a613af78 100644
--- a/edbterraform/data/templates/aws/biganimal.tf.j2
+++ b/edbterraform/data/templates/aws/biganimal.tf.j2
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ module "biganimal_{{ region_ }}" {
   name                      = each.value.name
   name_id                   = module.spec.hex_id
 
+  cloud_account             = each.value.spec.cloud_account
   cluster_name              = module.spec.base.tags.cluster_name
   cluster_type              = each.value.spec.type
   node_count                = each.value.spec.node_count
diff --git a/edbterraform/data/terraform/aws/modules/biganimal/variables.tf b/edbterraform/data/terraform/aws/modules/biganimal/variables.tf
index 5a659b1e..d389f698 100644
--- a/edbterraform/data/terraform/aws/modules/biganimal/variables.tf
+++ b/edbterraform/data/terraform/aws/modules/biganimal/variables.tf
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ variable "project" {
 
 variable "name" {}
 variable "name_id" {}
+variable "cloud_account" {
+  type = bool
+  description = "Option for selecting if biganimal should host the resources with your own cloud account instead of biganimal hosted resources"
+}
 variable "cluster_name" {}
 variable "cluster_type" {
   type = string
@@ -72,6 +76,6 @@ locals {
 
   volume_size = "${var.volume.size_gb} Gi"
 
-  cloud_provider = "aws"
+  cloud_provider = var.cloud_account ? "aws" : "bah:aws"
   cluster_name = format("%s-%s", var.name, var.name_id)
 }
diff --git a/edbterraform/data/terraform/aws/modules/specification/variables.tf b/edbterraform/data/terraform/aws/modules/specification/variables.tf
index 36e75997..8ee98244 100644
--- a/edbterraform/data/terraform/aws/modules/specification/variables.tf
+++ b/edbterraform/data/terraform/aws/modules/specification/variables.tf
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ variable "spec" {
       project        = object({
         id = optional(string)
       })
+      cloud_account = optional(bool, false)
       region         = string
       node_count     = number
       engine         = string
diff --git a/infrastructure-examples/aws/biganimal.yml b/infrastructure-examples/aws/biganimal.yml
index 9f5adf12..78e7be1f 100644
--- a/infrastructure-examples/aws/biganimal.yml
+++ b/infrastructure-examples/aws/biganimal.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ aws:
     mydb2:
       project:
         id: prj_ziJPLQw3XxpR7nxV
+      cloud_account: true
       region: us-east-1
       type: ha
       node_count: 3