diff --git a/bin/node-lambda b/bin/node-lambda
index 4a97903e..0008f7a2 100755
--- a/bin/node-lambda
+++ b/bin/node-lambda
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ var CONFIG_FILE = process.env.CONFIG_FILE || '';
 var AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = process.env.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID;
 var AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = process.env.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY;
 var AWS_SESSION_TOKEN = process.env.AWS_SESSION_TOKEN || '';
+var AWS_PROFILE = process.env.AWS_PROFILE || '';
 var AWS_REGION = process.env.AWS_REGION || 'us-east-1,us-west-2,eu-west-1';
 var AWS_FUNCTION_NAME = process.env.AWS_FUNCTION_NAME || packageJson.name;
 var AWS_HANDLER = process.env.AWS_HANDLER || 'index.handler';
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ program
   .option('-a, --accessKey [' + AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID + ']', 'AWS Access Key', AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID)
   .option('-s, --secretKey [' + AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY + ']', 'AWS Secret Key', AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY)
   .option('-k, --sessionToken [' + AWS_SESSION_TOKEN + ']', 'AWS Session Token', AWS_SESSION_TOKEN)
+  .option('--profile ['+AWS_PROFILE+']','AWS Profile',AWS_PROFILE)
   .option('-r, --region [' + AWS_REGION + ']', 'AWS Region', AWS_REGION)
   .option('-n, --functionName [' + AWS_FUNCTION_NAME + ']', 'Lambda FunctionName', AWS_FUNCTION_NAME)
   .option('-h, --handler [' + AWS_HANDLER + ']', 'Lambda Handler {index.handler}', AWS_HANDLER)
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ program
   .description('Create zipped package for Amazon Lambda deployment')
   .option('-p, --packageDirectory [' + PACKAGE_DIRECTORY + ']', 'Local Package Directory', PACKAGE_DIRECTORY)
   .option('-n, --functionName [' + AWS_FUNCTION_NAME + ']', 'Lambda FunctionName', AWS_FUNCTION_NAME)
+  .option('-h, --handler [' + AWS_HANDLER + ']', 'Lambda Handler {index.handler}', AWS_HANDLER)
   .option('-e, --environment [' + AWS_ENVIRONMENT + ']', 'Choose environment {dev, staging, production}',
     AWS_ENVIRONMENT)
   .option('-f, --configFile [' + CONFIG_FILE + ']',
diff --git a/lib/.env.example b/lib/.env.example
index 70982a9f..b14e7fbb 100644
--- a/lib/.env.example
+++ b/lib/.env.example
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ AWS_ENVIRONMENT=development
 AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=your_key
 AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=your_secret
 AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=
+AWS_PROFILE=
 AWS_ROLE_ARN=your_amazon_role
 AWS_REGION=us-east-1
 AWS_FUNCTION_NAME=
diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index c4906e23..7bb63f87 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -291,17 +291,25 @@ Lambda.prototype.deploy = function (program) {
       console.log('=> Uploading zip file to AWS Lambda ' + region + ' with parameters:');
       console.log(params);
 
-      var aws_security = {
-        accessKeyId: program.accessKey,
-        secretAccessKey: program.secretKey,
-        region: region
-      };
+      if (program.profile){
+        var credentials = new aws.SharedIniFileCredentials({profile: program.profile});
+        aws.config.credentials = credentials;
+        aws.config.update({region: region});
+      } else {
+        var aws_security = {
+          accessKeyId: program.accessKey,
+          secretAccessKey: program.secretKey,
+          region: region
+        };
+
+        if (program.sessionToken){
+          aws_security.sessionToken = program.sessionToken;
+        };
+
+        aws.config.update(aws_security);
+      }
 
-      if (program.sessionToken){
-        aws_security.sessionToken = program.sessionToken;
-      };
 
-      aws.config.update(aws_security);
 
       var lambda = new aws.Lambda({
         apiVersion: '2014-11-11'