diff --git a/iam.go b/iam.go
index 4f657ad..162a3b9 100644
--- a/iam.go
+++ b/iam.go
@@ -5,21 +5,28 @@ package simples3
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"time"
 )
 
 const (
-	imdsTokenHeader        = "X-aws-ec2-metadata-token"
-	imdsTokenTtlHeader     = "X-aws-ec2-metadata-token-ttl-seconds"
-	metadataBaseURL        = "http://169.254.169.254/latest"
-	securityCredentialsURI = "/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/"
-	imdsTokenURI           = "/api/token"
-	defaultIMDSTokenTTL    = "60"
+	imdsTokenHeader            = "X-aws-ec2-metadata-token"
+	imdsTokenTtlHeader         = "X-aws-ec2-metadata-token-ttl-seconds"
+	metadataBaseURL            = "http://169.254.169.254/latest"
+	securityCredentialsURI     = "/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/"
+	imdsTokenURI               = "/api/token"
+	defaultIMDSTokenTTL        = "60"
+	ecsContainerCredentialsEnv = "AWS_CONTAINER_CREDENTIALS_RELATIVE_URI"
 )
 
+var ecsContainerCredentialsBaseURL = "http://169.254.170.2"
+
+var errECSCredentialsEndpointNotSet = errors.New("ecs credentials endpoint not set")
+
 // IAMResponse is used by NewUsingIAM to auto
 // detect the credentials.
 type IAMResponse struct {
@@ -77,11 +84,63 @@ func fetchIMDSToken(cl *http.Client, baseURL string) (string, bool, error) {
 	return string(token), true, nil
 }
 
+// fetchIAMDataECS fetches the IAM credentials from the ECS default endpoint.
+func fetchIAMDataForEcs(cl *http.Client) (IAMResponse, error) {
+	env, isSet := os.LookupEnv(ecsContainerCredentialsEnv)
+	if !isSet {
+		return IAMResponse{}, errECSCredentialsEndpointNotSet
+	}
+
+	url := ecsContainerCredentialsBaseURL + env
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, url, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return IAMResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("error creating IAM ECS request: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	resp, err := cl.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return IAMResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("error fetching IAM ECS request: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		io.Copy(io.Discard, resp.Body)
+		resp.Body.Close()
+	}()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return IAMResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("error fetching IAM ECS data: %s", resp.Status)
+	}
+
+	var jResp IAMResponse
+	jsonString, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return IAMResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("error reading role data: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(jsonString, &jResp); err != nil {
+		return IAMResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("error unmarshalling role data: %w (%s)", err, jsonString)
+	}
+
+	return jResp, nil
+}
+
 // fetchIAMData fetches the IAM data from the given URL.
 // In case of a normal AWS setup, baseURL would be metadataBaseURL.
 // You can use this method, to manually fetch IAM data from a custom
 // endpoint and pass it to SetIAMData.
 func fetchIAMData(cl *http.Client, baseURL string) (IAMResponse, error) {
+	response, err := fetchIAMDataForEcs(cl)
+
+	// If already have ECS response, skip the rest of the function and use it instead.
+	if err == nil {
+		return response, nil
+	}
+	// If ECS credentials are explicitly configured, do not fall back to IMDS.
+	// Falling back here can pick up the instance role instead of the task role.
+	if !errors.Is(err, errECSCredentialsEndpointNotSet) {
+		return IAMResponse{}, err
+	}
+
 	token, useIMDSv2, err := fetchIMDSToken(cl, baseURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return IAMResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("error fetching IMDSv2 token: %w", err)
diff --git a/iam_test.go b/iam_test.go
index 2752b04..3d8e3e5 100644
--- a/iam_test.go
+++ b/iam_test.go
@@ -6,11 +6,15 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 )
 
 func TestS3_NewUsingIAM(t *testing.T) {
+	unsetEnvForTest(t, ecsContainerCredentialsEnv)
+
 	var (
 		iam  = `test-new-s3-using-iam`
 		resp = `{"Code" : "Success","LastUpdated" : "2018-12-24T10:18:01Z",
@@ -108,3 +112,133 @@ func TestS3_NewUsingIAM(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected error, got nil")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestFetchIAMDataForEcs(t *testing.T) {
+	oldBaseURL := ecsContainerCredentialsBaseURL
+	ecsContainerCredentialsBaseURL = ""
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		ecsContainerCredentialsBaseURL = oldBaseURL
+	})
+
+	t.Run("success", func(t *testing.T) {
+		server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			if r.Method != http.MethodGet {
+				t.Fatalf("expected GET request, got %s", r.Method)
+			}
+			if r.URL.EscapedPath() != "/ecs/creds" {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected path: %s", r.URL.EscapedPath())
+			}
+
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+			io.WriteString(w, `{"AccessKeyId":"ecs-access","SecretAccessKey":"ecs-secret","Token":"ecs-token","Expiration":"2018-12-24T16:24:59Z"}`)
+		}))
+		defer server.Close()
+
+		ecsContainerCredentialsBaseURL = server.URL
+		os.Setenv(ecsContainerCredentialsEnv, "/ecs/creds")
+		defer os.Unsetenv(ecsContainerCredentialsEnv)
+
+		resp, err := fetchIAMDataForEcs(server.Client())
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("fetchIAMDataForEcs() error = %v", err)
+		}
+
+		if resp.AccessKeyID != "ecs-access" || resp.SecretAccessKey != "ecs-secret" || resp.Token != "ecs-token" {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected ECS credentials: %+v", resp)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("non-200 does not fall back to IMDS", func(t *testing.T) {
+		server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusForbidden)
+			io.WriteString(w, `forbidden`)
+		}))
+		defer server.Close()
+
+		ecsContainerCredentialsBaseURL = server.URL
+		os.Setenv(ecsContainerCredentialsEnv, "/ecs/creds")
+		defer os.Unsetenv(ecsContainerCredentialsEnv)
+
+		_, err := fetchIAMData(server.Client(), "http://should-not-be-used")
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("expected error, got nil")
+		}
+		if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "error fetching IAM ECS data") {
+			t.Fatalf("expected ECS error, got %v", err)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestFetchIAMDataFallsBackToIMDSWhenECSIsUnavailable(t *testing.T) {
+	unsetEnvForTest(t, ecsContainerCredentialsEnv)
+
+	var (
+		iam           = `test-new-s3-using-iam`
+		resp          = `{"Code":"Success","LastUpdated":"2018-12-24T10:18:01Z","Type":"AWS-HMAC","AccessKeyId":"abc","SecretAccessKey":"abc","Token":"abc","Expiration":"2018-12-24T16:24:59Z"}`
+		respIMDSToken = `AQAEAJWopi8yvjKYXyWJbzESE0cms-OoTnptJzS3M9g5iNcl06UEkQ==`
+	)
+
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		switch r.Method {
+		case http.MethodPut:
+			if r.URL.EscapedPath() != imdsTokenURI {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected token path: %s", r.URL.EscapedPath())
+			}
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+			io.WriteString(w, respIMDSToken)
+		case http.MethodGet:
+			if r.Header.Get(imdsTokenHeader) == "" {
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusUnauthorized)
+				return
+			}
+			switch r.URL.EscapedPath() {
+			case securityCredentialsURI:
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+				io.WriteString(w, iam)
+			case securityCredentialsURI + iam:
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+				w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+				io.WriteString(w, resp)
+			default:
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected IMDS path: %s", r.URL.EscapedPath())
+			}
+		default:
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected method: %s", r.Method)
+		}
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	respData, err := fetchIAMData(server.Client(), server.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("fetchIAMData() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if respData.AccessKeyID != "abc" || respData.SecretAccessKey != "abc" || respData.Token != "abc" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected IMDS credentials: %+v", respData)
+	}
+	if respData.Code != "Success" || respData.Type != "AWS-HMAC" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected legacy IAMResponse fields to remain populated, got %+v", respData)
+	}
+}
+
+func unsetEnvForTest(t *testing.T, key string) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	oldValue, hadValue := os.LookupEnv(key)
+	if err := os.Unsetenv(key); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to unset %s: %v", key, err)
+	}
+
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		if hadValue {
+			if err := os.Setenv(key, oldValue); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("failed to restore %s: %v", key, err)
+			}
+			return
+		}
+		if err := os.Unsetenv(key); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("failed to cleanup %s: %v", key, err)
+		}
+	})
+}