diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 1acb056..a6b04fa 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ We use GitHub issues to track public bugs. Report a bug by opening a new issue h
 ## Run make test to test your infrastructure after running Terraform
 
 ```shell
+$ make lint      # runs the linter
 $ make test      # runs terratest tests against your currently connected AWS account.
 ```
 
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 11900db..f39c65c 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ module "cluster" {
   tls_cert                              = var.tls_cert
   tls_key                               = var.tls_key
   local-exec-interpreter                = var.local-exec-interpreter
+  profile                               = var.profile
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/modules/cluster/main.tf b/modules/cluster/main.tf
index e6c6f17..54777e9 100644
--- a/modules/cluster/main.tf
+++ b/modules/cluster/main.tf
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ resource "null_resource" "kubeconfig" {
     module.eks
   ]
   provisioner "local-exec" {
-    command     = "aws eks update-kubeconfig --name ${var.cluster_name} --region=${var.region}"
+    command     = "aws eks update-kubeconfig --name ${var.cluster_name} --region=${var.region} ${var.profile == null ? "" : format("--profile=%s", var.profile)}"
     interpreter = var.local-exec-interpreter
   }
 }
diff --git a/modules/cluster/variables.tf b/modules/cluster/variables.tf
index 1909ab0..27ecb39 100644
--- a/modules/cluster/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/cluster/variables.tf
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ variable "cluster_version" {
   type        = string
 }
 
+variable "profile" {
+  description = "The AWS Profile used to provision the EKS Cluster"
+  type        = string
+  default     = null
+}
+
 # Worker Nodes
 variable "desired_node_count" {
   type    = number
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 17e4326..4aef171 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ variable "cluster_name" {
   default     = ""
 }
 
+variable "profile" {
+  description = "The AWS Profile used to provision the EKS Cluster"
+  type        = string
+  default     = null
+}
+
 variable "cluster_version" {
   description = "Kubernetes version to use for the EKS cluster."
   type        = string