diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
index c40d06452ca..75ef6543d21 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@ func init() {
 			[]credentials.Provider{
 				&credentials.EnvProvider{},
 				&credentials.EC2RoleProvider{},
+				&credentials.SharedCredentialsProvider{},
 			})
 		aws := &awsSDKProvider{creds: creds}
 		return newAWSCloud(config, aws)