diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
index d9e1599a05..ee29d89b18 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
@@ -834,6 +834,7 @@ FETCH_EXPORT_VARS = ['HOME', 'PATH',
                      'DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS',
                      'P4CONFIG',
                      'SSL_CERT_FILE',
+                     'AWS_PROFILE',
                      'AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID',
                      'AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY',
                      'AWS_DEFAULT_REGION']