diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/resalloc.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/resalloc.yml
index 3b0605aad2..edad112ca4 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/resalloc.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/resalloc.yml
@@ -53,9 +53,13 @@
   tags:
   - provision_config
 
-- name: resalloc, spawner script
-  template: src="resalloc/vm-aarch64-new" dest="/var/lib/resallocserver/resalloc_provision/"
+- name: resalloc, scripts
+  template: src="resalloc/{{ item }}" dest="/var/lib/resallocserver/resalloc_provision/"
             mode=755
+  with_items:
+  - vm-aarch64-new
+  - vm-aws-new
+  - vm-aws-delete
   tags:
   - provision_config
 
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/pools.yaml b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/pools.yaml
index 75d99801d3..aa56089b19 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/pools.yaml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/pools.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,18 @@ aarch64_02_prod:
     tags:
     - aarch64
 {% elif devel %}
+
+aws_x86_64_normal:
+    max: 15
+    max_starting: 5
+    max_prealloc: 2
+    tags:
+    - copr_builder
+    - arch_x86_64
+    - arch_x86_64_native
+    cmd_new: "/var/lib/resallocserver/resalloc_provision/aws-new --arch=x86_64"
+    cmd_delete: "/var/lib/resallocserver/resalloc_provision/aws-delete"
+
 # Development configuration.  On each aarch64 host we have
 # 2 guests vms of
 # -  2 VCPUs   (default)
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/vm-aws-delete b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/vm-aws-delete
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c3e981a383
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/vm-aws-delete
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#! /bin/sh -x
+
+die() { echo "$*" >&2 ; exit 1; }
+test -n "$RESALLOC_NAME" || die "no RESALLOC_NAME"
+ansible-playbook /home/copr/provision/terminatepb-aws.yml \
+    --extra-vars '{"copr_task": {"vm_name": "'"$RESALLOC_NAME"'"}}'
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/vm-aws-new b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/vm-aws-new
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..534ba4bf17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/vm-aws-new
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#! /usr/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+show_help()
+{
+cat <<EOHELP >&2
+Usage: $0 --arch ARCH
+
+Allocate AWS VM instance for Copr build system.
+
+Options:
+  --arch                native architecture (required)
+  -h, --help            show this help
+
+Environment variables:
+  \$RESALLOC_NAME       the name given to the allocated instance, will be
+                        later used for termination, too
+EOHELP
+
+test -z "$1" || exit "$1"
+}
+
+# handle no arguments
+test ${#@} -eq 0 && show_help 1
+
+ARGS=$(getopt -o "h" -l "arch:,help" -n "getopt" -- "$@") \
+    || show_help 1
+eval set -- "$ARGS"
+
+opt_arch=
+
+while true; do
+    # now the name is in $1 and argument in $2
+    case $1 in
+    --arch)
+        opt=${1##--}
+        opt=${opt##-}
+        opt=${opt//-/_}
+        eval "opt_$opt=\$2"
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+    -h|--help) show_help 0;;
+    --) # end!
+        shift; break;;
+    *) echo "programmer mistake ($1)" >&2; exit 1;;
+    esac
+done
+
+case $opt_arch in
+    x86_64|aarch64) ;;
+    *) echo >&2 "wrong arch: $opt_arch"; show_help 1;;
+esac
+test -n "$opt_arch" || show_help 1
+
+# TODO: We should call aws-cli directly here, instead of parsing output of
+# ansible playbook.  But at the time of writing this script we had the playbook
+# available, so parsing the output is the easiest way to start.
+playbook=/var/lib/resallocserver/provision/builderpb-aws-"$opt_arch".yml
+
+{
+    vm_ip=$(ansible-playbook "$playbook" |& tee >(cat - >&$stderr_fd) \
+        | sed -n 's/.*"VM_IP=\(.*\)"/\1/p' )
+} {stderr_fd}>&2
+
+test -n "$vm_ip"