diff --git a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-hvm-config.nix b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-hvm-config.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d0c7f3a6a6c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-hvm-config.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ...}:
+{
+  imports = [ ./amazon-base-config.nix ];
+  ec2.hvm = true;
+}
diff --git a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-hvm-install-config.nix b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-hvm-install-config.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d9feba164a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-hvm-install-config.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ config, pkgs, lib, ...}:
+let
+  cloudUtils = pkgs.fetchurl {
+    url = "https://launchpad.net/cloud-utils/trunk/0.27/+download/cloud-utils-0.27.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "16shlmg36lidp614km41y6qk3xccil02f5n3r4wf6d1zr5n4v8vd";
+  };
+  growpart = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "growpart";
+    src = cloudUtils;
+    buildPhase = ''
+      cp bin/growpart $out
+      sed -i 's|awk|gawk|' $out
+      sed -i 's|sed|gnused|' $out
+    '';
+    dontInstall = true;
+    dontPatchShebangs = true;
+  };
+in
+{
+  imports = [ ./amazon-base-config.nix ];
+  ec2.hvm = true;
+  boot.loader.grub.device = lib.mkOverride 0 "nodev";
+
+  boot.initrd.extraUtilsCommands = ''
+    cp -v ${pkgs.gawk}/bin/gawk $out/bin/gawk
+    cp -v ${pkgs.gnused}/bin/sed $out/bin/gnused
+    cp -v ${pkgs.utillinux}/sbin/sfdisk $out/bin/sfdisk
+    cp -v ${growpart} $out/bin/growpart
+  '';
+  boot.initrd.postDeviceCommands = ''
+    [ -e /dev/xvda ] && [ -e /dev/xvda1 ] && TMPDIR=/run sh $(type -P growpart) /dev/xvda 1
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/create-ebs-amis.py b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/create-ebs-amis.py
index 4e1aea659803..14607b9a3678 100755
--- a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/create-ebs-amis.py
+++ b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/create-ebs-amis.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ parser.add_argument('--hvm', dest='hvm', action='store_true', help='Create HVM i
 parser.add_argument('--key', dest='key_name', action='store_true', help='Keypair used for HVM instance creation', default="rob")
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
-instance_type = "m3.xlarge" if args.hvm else "m1.small"
+instance_type = "m3.medium" if args.hvm else "m1.small"
 ebs_size = 8 if args.hvm else 20
 
 
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ depl.deploy(allow_reboot=True)
 
 m = depl.machines['machine']
 
-
 # Do the installation.
 device="/dev/xvdg"
 if args.hvm:
@@ -66,24 +65,27 @@ m.run_command("mkdir -p /mnt")
 m.run_command("mount {0} /mnt".format(device))
 m.run_command("touch /mnt/.ebs")
 m.run_command("mkdir -p /mnt/etc/nixos")
+
 m.run_command("nix-channel --add http://nixos.org/channels/nixos-{} nixos".format(args.channel))
 m.run_command("nix-channel --update")
-m.run_command("nixos-rebuild switch")
-version = m.run_command("nixos-version", capture_stdout=True).split(' ')[0]
+
+version = m.run_command("nix-instantiate --eval-only -A lib.nixpkgsVersion '<nixpkgs>'", capture_stdout=True).split(' ')[0].replace('"','').strip()
 print >> sys.stderr, "NixOS version is {0}".format(version)
-m.upload_file("./amazon-base-config.nix", "/mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix")
-m.run_command("nixos-install")
 if args.hvm:
+    m.upload_file("./amazon-base-config.nix", "/mnt/etc/nixos/amazon-base-config.nix")
+    m.upload_file("./amazon-hvm-config.nix", "/mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix")
+    m.upload_file("./amazon-hvm-install-config.nix", "/mnt/etc/nixos/amazon-hvm-install-config.nix")
+    m.run_command("NIXOS_CONFIG=/etc/nixos/amazon-hvm-install-config.nix nixos-install")
     m.run_command('nix-env -iA nixos.pkgs.grub')
     m.run_command('cp /nix/store/*-grub-0.97*/lib/grub/i386-pc/* /mnt/boot/grub')
-    m.run_command('sed -i "s|hd0|hd0,0|" /mnt/boot/grub/menu.lst')
     m.run_command('echo "(hd1) /dev/xvdg" > device.map')
     m.run_command('echo -e "root (hd1,0)\nsetup (hd1)" | grub --device-map=device.map --batch')
-
+else:
+    m.upload_file("./amazon-base-config.nix", "/mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix")
+    m.run_command("nixos-install")
 
 m.run_command("umount /mnt")
 
-
 if args.hvm:
     ami_name = "nixos-{0}-x86_64-ebs-hvm".format(version)
     description = "NixOS {0} (x86_64; EBS root; hvm)".format(version)
diff --git a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/ebs-creator.nix b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/ebs-creator.nix
index 5a5c57c72eb5..37795d5d5b4a 100644
--- a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/ebs-creator.nix
+++ b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/ebs-creator.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
       deployment.ec2.securityGroups = [ "admin" ];
       deployment.ec2.ebsBoot = false;
       deployment.ec2.keyPair = resources.ec2KeyPairs.keypair.name;
+      deployment.ec2.zone = "us-east-1e";
       environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.parted ];
     };
 }