diff --git a/modules/multi-runner/runners.tf b/modules/multi-runner/runners.tf
index 30cabe7f91..917f8b0190 100644
--- a/modules/multi-runner/runners.tf
+++ b/modules/multi-runner/runners.tf
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ module "runners" {
 
   sqs_build_queue                      = { "arn" : each.value.arn }
   github_app_parameters                = local.github_app_parameters
+  ebs_optimized                        = each.value.runner_config.ebs_optimized
   enable_organization_runners          = each.value.runner_config.enable_organization_runners
   enable_ephemeral_runners             = each.value.runner_config.enable_ephemeral_runners
   enable_jit_config                    = each.value.runner_config.enable_jit_config
diff --git a/modules/multi-runner/variables.tf b/modules/multi-runner/variables.tf
index 12710ad923..cec945838f 100644
--- a/modules/multi-runner/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/multi-runner/variables.tf
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ variable "multi_runner_config" {
       credit_specification                    = optional(string, null)
       delay_webhook_event                     = optional(number, 30)
       disable_runner_autoupdate               = optional(bool, false)
+      ebs_optimized                           = optional(bool, false)
       enable_ephemeral_runners                = optional(bool, false)
       enable_job_queued_check                 = optional(bool, null)
       enable_organization_runners             = optional(bool, false)
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ variable "multi_runner_config" {
         credit_specification: "(Optional) The credit specification of the runner instance_type. Can be unset, `standard` or `unlimited`.
         delay_webhook_event: "The number of seconds the event accepted by the webhook is invisible on the queue before the scale up lambda will receive the event."
         disable_runner_autoupdate: "Disable the auto update of the github runner agent. Be aware there is a grace period of 30 days, see also the [GitHub article](https://github.blog/changelog/2022-02-01-github-actions-self-hosted-runners-can-now-disable-automatic-updates/)"
+        ebs_optimized: "The EC2 EBS optimized configuration."
         enable_ephemeral_runners: "Enable ephemeral runners, runners will only be used once."
         enable_job_queued_check: "Enables JIT configuration for creating runners instead of registration token based registraton. JIT configuration will only be applied for ephemeral runners. By default JIT confiugration is enabled for ephemeral runners an can be disabled via this override. When running on GHES without support for JIT configuration this variable should be set to true for ephemeral runners."
         enable_organization_runners: "Register runners to organization, instead of repo level"
diff --git a/modules/runners/main.tf b/modules/runners/main.tf
index 9dbacbd4ff..f768033fe7 100644
--- a/modules/runners/main.tf
+++ b/modules/runners/main.tf
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ resource "aws_launch_template" "runner" {
   instance_initiated_shutdown_behavior = "terminate"
   image_id                             = data.aws_ami.runner.id
   key_name                             = var.key_name
+  ebs_optimized                        = var.ebs_optimized
 
   vpc_security_group_ids = compact(concat(
     var.enable_managed_runner_security_group ? [aws_security_group.runner_sg[0].id] : [],
diff --git a/modules/runners/variables.tf b/modules/runners/variables.tf
index dea9c8c898..ffe7288e3a 100644
--- a/modules/runners/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/runners/variables.tf
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ variable "block_device_mappings" {
   }]
 }
 
+variable "ebs_optimized" {
+  description = "The EC2 EBS optimized configuration."
+  type        = bool
+  default     = false
+}
+
 variable "instance_target_capacity_type" {
   description = "Default lifecyle used runner instances, can be either `spot` or `on-demand`."
   type        = string