diff --git a/awsapi/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/core/ec2/EC2InstanceFilterSet.java b/awsapi/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/core/ec2/EC2InstanceFilterSet.java
index e0aae7364d9..b5b7c7840df 100644
--- a/awsapi/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/core/ec2/EC2InstanceFilterSet.java
+++ b/awsapi/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/core/ec2/EC2InstanceFilterSet.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public class EC2InstanceFilterSet {
         filterTypes.put( "group-id",             "string"  );
         filterTypes.put( "tag-key",              "string"  );
         filterTypes.put( "tag-value",            "string"  );
+        filterTypes.put( "dns-name",             "string"  );
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -184,6 +185,8 @@ public class EC2InstanceFilterSet {
                 }
             }
             return false;
+        }else if (filterName.equalsIgnoreCase( "dns-name" )){
+            return containsString( vm.getName(), valueSet );
         }
 	    else return false;
 	}