diff --git a/lib/vagrant-aws/action/run_instance.rb b/lib/vagrant-aws/action/run_instance.rb
index b37e4c64..81afe55d 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-aws/action/run_instance.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-aws/action/run_instance.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ def call(env)
           region_config         = env[:machine].provider_config.get_region_config(region)
           ami                   = region_config.ami
           availability_zone     = region_config.availability_zone
+          placement_group       = region_config.placement_group
           instance_type         = region_config.instance_type
           keypair               = region_config.keypair_name
           private_ip_address    = region_config.private_ip_address
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ def call(env)
           env[:ui].info(" -- AMI: #{ami}")
           env[:ui].info(" -- Region: #{region}")
           env[:ui].info(" -- Availability Zone: #{availability_zone}") if availability_zone
+          env[:ui].info(" -- Placement Group: #{placement_group}") if placement_group
           env[:ui].info(" -- Keypair: #{keypair}") if keypair
           env[:ui].info(" -- Subnet ID: #{subnet_id}") if subnet_id
           env[:ui].info(" -- IAM Instance Profile ARN: #{iam_instance_profile_arn}") if iam_instance_profile_arn
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ def call(env)
 
           options = {
             :availability_zone         => availability_zone,
+            :placement_group           => placement_group,
             :flavor_id                 => instance_type,
             :image_id                  => ami,
             :key_name                  => keypair,
diff --git a/lib/vagrant-aws/config.rb b/lib/vagrant-aws/config.rb
index 30a19cb4..ffea15d8 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-aws/config.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-aws/config.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ class Config < Vagrant.plugin("2", :config)
       # @return [String]
       attr_accessor :availability_zone
 
+      # The placement group to launch the instance into. If nil, it will
+      # not use a placement group
+      #
+      # @return [String]
+      attr_accessor :placement_group
+
       # The timeout to wait for an instance to become ready.
       #
       # @return [Fixnum]
@@ -201,6 +207,7 @@ def initialize(region_specific=false)
         @ami                       = UNSET_VALUE
         @availability_zone         = UNSET_VALUE
         @instance_check_interval   = UNSET_VALUE
+        @placement_group           = UNSET_VALUE
         @instance_ready_timeout    = UNSET_VALUE
         @instance_package_timeout  = UNSET_VALUE
         @instance_type             = UNSET_VALUE
@@ -361,6 +368,7 @@ def finalize!
         # generally defaults to this as well.
         @region = "us-east-1" if @region == UNSET_VALUE
         @availability_zone = nil if @availability_zone == UNSET_VALUE
+        @placement_group = nil if @placement_group == UNSET_VALUE
         @endpoint = nil if @endpoint == UNSET_VALUE
         @version = nil if @version == UNSET_VALUE