diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
index aadfc5add350..20d48add7129 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ in
     services.openssh.enable = true;
     services.openssh.permitRootLogin = "prohibit-password";
 
+    # Creates symlinks for block device names.
+    services.udev.packages = [ pkgs.ec2-utils ];
+
     # Force getting the hostname from EC2.
     networking.hostName = mkDefault "";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/virtualization/ec2-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/virtualization/ec2-utils/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ea088b486fc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/virtualization/ec2-utils/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, rpmextract, fetchurl, python2, tree }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "ec2-utils";
+  version = "0.5.1";
+
+  # The url can be determined by booting an "Amazon Linux 2" and running:
+  # > yumdownloader --urls ec2-utils
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://amazonlinux.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/blobstore/a3b4d2c35c2300518fe10381a05b3bd7936ff5cdd3d351143a11bf84073d9e00/ec2-utils-0.5-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch.rpm";
+    sha256 = "004y7l3q9gqi78a53lykrpsnz4yp7dds1083w67m2013bk1x5d53";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ rpmextract ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ python2 ];
+
+  unpackPhase = ''
+    mkdir source
+    cd source
+    rpmextract "$src"
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir $out
+
+    mv --target-directory $out \
+      etc sbin usr/bin usr/lib
+  '';
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    for i in $out/etc/udev/rules.d/*.rules; do
+      substituteInPlace "$i" \
+        --replace '/sbin' "$out/bin"
+    done
+
+    substituteInPlace "$out/etc/udev/rules.d/70-ec2-nvme-devices.rules" \
+      --replace 'ec2nvme-nsid' "$out/lib/udev/ec2nvme-nsid"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A set of tools for running in EC2";
+    homepage = https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/;
+    license = lib.licenses.apsl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ thefloweringash ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 865644a5719e..764333fd1224 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -722,6 +722,8 @@ in
 
   ec2_ami_tools = callPackage ../tools/virtualization/ec2-ami-tools { };
 
+  ec2-utils = callPackage ../tools/virtualization/ec2-utils { };
+
   altermime = callPackage ../tools/networking/altermime {};
 
   alttab = callPackage ../tools/X11/alttab { };