diff --git a/cluster/aws/jessie/util.sh b/cluster/aws/jessie/util.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f7434d6c11e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/aws/jessie/util.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2015 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+# A library of helper functions for Jessie.
+
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/aws/ubuntu/common.sh"
+
+SSH_USER=admin
+
+# Detects the AMI to use for jessie (considering the region)
+# Source: https://wiki.debian.org/Cloud/AmazonEC2Image/Jessie
+#
+# Vars set:
+#   AWS_IMAGE
+function detect-jessie-image () {
+  if [[ -z "${AWS_IMAGE-}" ]]; then
+    case "${AWS_REGION}" in
+      ap-northeast-1)
+        AWS_IMAGE=ami-e624fbe6
+        ;;
+
+      ap-southeast-1)
+        AWS_IMAGE=ami-ac360cfe
+        ;;
+
+      ap-southeast-2)
+        AWS_IMAGE=ami-bbc5bd81
+        ;;
+
+      eu-central-1)
+        AWS_IMAGE=ami-02b78e1f
+        ;;
+
+      eu-west-1)
+        AWS_IMAGE=ami-e31a6594
+        ;;
+
+      sa-east-1)
+        AWS_IMAGE=ami-0972f214
+        ;;
+
+      us-east-1)
+        AWS_IMAGE=ami-116d857a
+        ;;
+
+      us-west-1)
+        AWS_IMAGE=ami-05cf2541
+        ;;
+
+      us-west-2)
+        AWS_IMAGE=ami-818eb7b1
+        ;;
+
+      cn-north-1)
+        AWS_IMAGE=ami-888815b1
+        ;;
+
+      us-gov-west-1)
+        AWS_IMAGE=ami-35b5d516
+        ;;
+
+      *)
+        echo "Please specify AWS_IMAGE directly (region not recognized)"
+        exit 1
+    esac
+  fi
+}
diff --git a/cluster/aws/util.sh b/cluster/aws/util.sh
index e42c5911c36..ef3615a8ebe 100644
--- a/cluster/aws/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/util.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ASG_NAME="${NODE_INSTANCE_PREFIX}-group"
 MASTER_DISK_ID=
 
 case "${KUBE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" in
-  ubuntu|wheezy|coreos)
+  ubuntu|wheezy|jessie|coreos)
     source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/aws/${KUBE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}/util.sh"
     ;;
   *)
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ case "${KUBE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" in
   wheezy)
     detect-wheezy-image
     ;;
+  jessie)
+    detect-jessie-image
+    ;;
   *)
     echo "Please specify AWS_IMAGE directly (distro not recognized)"
     exit 2