diff --git a/plugins/aws/README.md b/plugins/aws/README.md
index 57ab1e5ac..45e6de937 100644
--- a/plugins/aws/README.md
+++ b/plugins/aws/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ plugins=(... aws)
 ## Plugin commands
 
 * `asp [<profile>]`: Sets `$AWS_PROFILE` and `$AWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE` (legacy) to `<profile>`.
+  It also sets `$AWS_EB_PROFILE` to `<profile>` for the Elastic Beanstalk CLI.
   Run `asp` without arguments to clear the profile.
 
 * `agp`: Gets the current value of `$AWS_PROFILE`.
diff --git a/plugins/aws/aws.plugin.zsh b/plugins/aws/aws.plugin.zsh
index 2fb351812..944557e14 100644
--- a/plugins/aws/aws.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/aws/aws.plugin.zsh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ function agp {
 function asp {
   export AWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE=$1
   export AWS_PROFILE=$1
+  export AWS_EB_PROFILE=$1
 
   if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
     echo AWS profile cleared.