diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
index 67a5636923c..62e6392ca3a 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
@@ -1111,7 +1111,16 @@ func (c *Cloud) InstanceID(nodeName types.NodeName) (string, error) {
 // This method will not be called from the node that is requesting this ID. i.e. metadata service
 // and other local methods cannot be used here
 func (c *Cloud) InstanceTypeByProviderID(providerID string) (string, error) {
-	return "", errors.New("unimplemented")
+	// In AWS, we're using the instanceID as the providerID.
+	instanceID := providerID
+
+	instance, error := c.describeInstanceByInstanceID(instanceID)
+
+	if error != nil {
+		return "", error
+	}
+
+	return aws.StringValue(instance.InstanceType), nil
 }
 
 // InstanceType returns the type of the node with the specified nodeName.
@@ -3397,6 +3406,20 @@ func (c *Cloud) describeInstancesByInstanceID(instanceID string) ([]*ec2.Instanc
 	return c.describeInstances(filters)
 }
 
+func (c *Cloud) describeInstanceByInstanceID(instanceID string) (*ec2.Instance, error) {
+	filters := []*ec2.Filter{newEc2Filter("instance-id", instanceID)}
+	instances, err := c.describeInstances(filters)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if len(instances) != 1 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected 1 instance, found %d for instanceID %s", len(instances), instanceID)
+	}
+
+	return instances[0], nil
+}
+
 func (c *Cloud) describeInstances(filters []*ec2.Filter) ([]*ec2.Instance, error) {
 	filters = c.tagging.addFilters(filters)
 	request := &ec2.DescribeInstancesInput{