diff --git a/cloudbridge/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/core/ec2/EC2InstanceFilterSet.java b/cloudbridge/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/core/ec2/EC2InstanceFilterSet.java
index f6fd7db763b..8cd697c9b6f 100644
--- a/cloudbridge/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/core/ec2/EC2InstanceFilterSet.java
+++ b/cloudbridge/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/core/ec2/EC2InstanceFilterSet.java
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ public class EC2InstanceFilterSet {
 		filterTypes.put( "instance-state-name",  "string"  );
 		filterTypes.put( "ip-address",           "string"  );	
 		filterTypes.put( "owner-id",             "string"  );	
-		filterTypes.put( "root-device-name",     "string"  );	
+		filterTypes.put( "root-device-name",     "string"  );
+		filterTypes.put( "private-ip-address",   "string"  );
 	}