diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a2071aa..ad16714 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ No modules.
 | <a name="input_cluster_name"></a> [cluster\_name](#input\_cluster\_name) | EKS cluster name name component used through out the EKS cluster describing its purpose (ex: dice-dev) | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_istio_ingress_lb"></a> [istio\_ingress\_lb](#input\_istio\_ingress\_lb) | The istio ingress load balancer DNS. | `map(string)` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_os_username"></a> [os\_username](#input\_os\_username) | OS username from environment variable, ideally as $USER | `string` | `null` | no |
+| <a name="input_profile"></a> [profile](#input\_profile) | AWS config profile | `string` | `""` | no |
 | <a name="input_region"></a> [region](#input\_region) | AWS config region | `string` | `""` | no |
 | <a name="input_region_map"></a> [region\_map](#input\_region\_map) | AWS region map | `map(string)` | <pre>{<br>  "east": "us-gov-east-1",<br>  "west": "us-gov-west-1"<br>}</pre> | no |
 | <a name="input_route53_endpoints"></a> [route53\_endpoints](#input\_route53\_endpoints) | Map of target route53 endpoints (for inbound) central VPCs | `map(map(string))` | <pre>{<br>  "route53_main": {<br>    "account_id": "269244441389",<br>    "alias": "lab-gov-network-nonprod",<br>    "us-gov-east-1": "vpc-070595c5b133243dd",<br>    "us-gov-west-1": "vpc-08b7b4db6a5ddf9c1"<br>  }<br>}</pre> | no |
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 687eb25..a536f21 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ variable "tags" {
   default     = {}
 }
 
+variable "profile" {
+  description = "AWS config profile"
+  type        = string
+  default     = ""
+}
+
 variable "region" {
   description = "AWS config region"
   type        = string