diff --git a/templates/HAProxy_Single_Instance.template b/templates/HAProxy_Single_Instance.template
index 25f6400379..26143a25d5 100644
--- a/templates/HAProxy_Single_Instance.template
+++ b/templates/HAProxy_Single_Instance.template
@@ -21,6 +21,36 @@
       "Type": "String",
       "AllowedValues": [ "t1.micro", "m1.small", "m1.large", "m1.xlarge", "m2.xlarge", "m2.2xlarge", "m2.4xlarge", "c1.medium", "c1.xlarge", "cc1.4xlarge" ],
       "ConstraintDescription": "must be a valid EC2 instance type."
+    },
+
+    "LinuxDistribution": {
+      "Default": "F17",
+      "Description" : "Distribution of choice",
+      "Type": "String",
+      "AllowedValues" : [ "F16", "F17", "U10", "RHEL-6.1", "RHEL-6.2", "RHEL-6.3" ]
+    }
+  },
+
+  "Mappings" : {
+    "AWSInstanceType2Arch" : {
+      "t1.micro"    : { "Arch" : "32" },
+      "m1.small"    : { "Arch" : "32" },
+      "m1.large"    : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "c1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "32" },
+      "c1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "cc1.4xlarge" : { "Arch" : "64" }
+    },
+    "DistroArch2AMI": {
+      "F16"      : { "32" : "F16-i386-cfntools", "64" : "F16-x86_64-cfntools" },
+      "F17"      : { "32" : "F17-i386-cfntools", "64" : "F17-x86_64-cfntools" },
+      "U10"      : { "32" : "U10-i386-cfntools", "64" : "U10-x86_64-cfntools" },
+      "RHEL-6.1" : { "32" : "rhel61-i386-cfntools", "64" : "rhel61-x86_64-cfntools" },
+      "RHEL-6.2" : { "32" : "rhel62-i386-cfntools", "64" : "rhel62-x86_64-cfntools" },
+      "RHEL-6.3" : { "32" : "rhel63-i386-cfntools", "64" : "rhel63-x86_64-cfntools" }
     }
   },