diff --git a/al1.pkr.hcl b/al1.pkr.hcl
index 7a6c64be..58705ad9 100644
--- a/al1.pkr.hcl
+++ b/al1.pkr.hcl
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ build {
     destination = "/tmp/additional-packages"
   }
 
+  provisioner "shell" {
+    script = "scripts/setup-ecs-config-dir.sh"
+  }
+
   provisioner "shell" {
     inline_shebang = "/bin/sh -ex"
     inline = [
diff --git a/al2.pkr.hcl b/al2.pkr.hcl
index a26338ca..7929281a 100644
--- a/al2.pkr.hcl
+++ b/al2.pkr.hcl
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ build {
     ]
   }
 
+  provisioner "shell" {
+    script = "scripts/setup-ecs-config-dir.sh"
+  }
+
   provisioner "shell" {
     script = "scripts/install-docker.sh"
     environment_vars = [
diff --git a/al2023.pkr.hcl b/al2023.pkr.hcl
index ac2c6cc1..e8ee038a 100644
--- a/al2023.pkr.hcl
+++ b/al2023.pkr.hcl
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ build {
     ]
   }
 
+  provisioner "shell" {
+    script = "scripts/setup-ecs-config-dir.sh"
+  }
+
   provisioner "shell" {
     script = "scripts/install-docker.sh"
     environment_vars = [
diff --git a/scripts/setup-ecs-config-dir.sh b/scripts/setup-ecs-config-dir.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c82bb47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/setup-ecs-config-dir.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -ex
+
+sudo mkdir -p "/etc/ecs"
+
+if [ ! -f "/etc/ecs/ecs.config" ]; then
+    sudo touch /etc/ecs/ecs.config
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f "/etc/ecs/ecs.config.json" ]; then
+    sudo touch /etc/ecs/ecs.config.json
+fi
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