diff --git a/ec2_create_node.patch b/ec2_create_node.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f333252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ec2_create_node.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Index: apache-libcloud-2.3.0/libcloud/compute/drivers/ec2.py
+===================================================================
+--- apache-libcloud-2.3.0.orig/libcloud/compute/drivers/ec2.py
++++ apache-libcloud-2.3.0/libcloud/compute/drivers/ec2.py
+@@ -3907,12 +3907,18 @@ class BaseEC2NodeDriver(NodeDriver):
+         """
+         image = kwargs["image"]
+         size = kwargs["size"]
++
++        try:
++            instance_type = size.id
++        except AttributeError:
++            instance_type = size
++
+         params = {
+             'Action': 'RunInstances',
+             'ImageId': image.id,
+             'MinCount': str(kwargs.get('ex_mincount', '1')),
+             'MaxCount': str(kwargs.get('ex_maxcount', '1')),
+-            'InstanceType': size.id
++            'InstanceType': instance_type
+         }
+ 
+         if kwargs.get("ex_terminate_on_shutdown", False):
diff --git a/python-apache-libcloud.changes b/python-apache-libcloud.changes
index 84e27a0..a5040e1 100644
--- a/python-apache-libcloud.changes
+++ b/python-apache-libcloud.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 28 20:00:44 UTC 2018 - Sean Marlow <sean.marlow@suse.com>
+
+- Add ec2_create_node.patch to allow for instance type strings
+  in create_node method.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug 14 17:57:22 UTC 2018 - sean.marlow@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-apache-libcloud.spec b/python-apache-libcloud.spec
index 9f7be81..9f9aa82 100644
--- a/python-apache-libcloud.spec
+++ b/python-apache-libcloud.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
 
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Group:          System/Monitoring
 URL:            https://libcloud.apache.org
 Source0:        https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/a/apache-libcloud/apache-libcloud-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch1:         image_projects.patch
+Patch2:         ec2_create_node.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module lxml}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module xml}
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ differences among multiple cloud provider APIs.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n apache-libcloud-%{version}
 %patch1 -p1
+%patch2 -p1
 
 %build
 %python_build