diff --git a/simples3.go b/simples3.go
index 3d30d2d..92035f3 100644
--- a/simples3.go
+++ b/simples3.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"encoding/xml"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -23,7 +22,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	securityCredentialsURL = "http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/"
+	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"
 
 	// AMZMetaPrefix to prefix metadata key.
 	AMZMetaPrefix = "x-amz-meta-"
@@ -89,12 +93,13 @@ type UploadInput struct {
 // UploadResponse receives the following XML
 // in case of success, since we set a 201 response from S3.
 // Sample response:
-//     <PostResponse>
-//       <Location>https://s3.amazonaws.com/link-to-the-file</Location>
-//       <Bucket>s3-bucket</Bucket>
-//       <Key>development/8614bd40-691b-4668-9241-3b342c6cf429/image.jpg</Key>
-//       <ETag>"32-bit-tag"</ETag>
-//     </PostResponse>
+//
+//	<PostResponse>
+//	  <Location>https://s3.amazonaws.com/link-to-the-file</Location>
+//	  <Bucket>s3-bucket</Bucket>
+//	  <Key>development/8614bd40-691b-4668-9241-3b342c6cf429/image.jpg</Key>
+//	  <ETag>"32-bit-tag"</ETag>
+//	</PostResponse>
 type UploadResponse struct {
 	Location string `xml:"Location"`
 	Bucket   string `xml:"Bucket"`
@@ -146,22 +151,69 @@ func NewUsingIAM(region string) (*S3, error) {
 		&http.Client{
 			// Set a timeout of 3 seconds for AWS IAM Calls.
 			Timeout: time.Second * 3, //nolint:gomnd
-		}, securityCredentialsURL, region)
+		}, metadataBaseURL, region)
+}
+
+// fetchIMDSToken retrieves an IMDSv2 token from the
+// EC2 instance metadata service. It returns a token and boolean,
+// only if IMDSv2 is enabled in the EC2 instance metadata
+// configuration, otherwise returns an error.
+func fetchIMDSToken(cl *http.Client, baseURL string) (string, bool, error) {
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPut, baseURL+imdsTokenURI, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", false, err
+	}
+
+	// Set the token TTL to 60 seconds.
+	req.Header.Set(imdsTokenTtlHeader, defaultIMDSTokenTTL)
+
+	resp, err := cl.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", false, err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return "", false, fmt.Errorf("failed to request IMDSv2 token: %s", resp.Status)
+	}
+
+	token, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", false, err
+	}
+
+	return string(token), true, nil
 }
 
 // fetchIAMData fetches the IAM data from the given URL.
-// In case of a normal AWS setup, baseURL would be securityCredentialsURL.
+// 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) {
-	resp, err := cl.Get(baseURL)
+	token, useIMDSv2, err := fetchIMDSToken(cl, baseURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return IAMResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("error fetching IMDSv2 token: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	url := baseURL + securityCredentialsURI
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, url, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return IAMResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("error creating imdsv2 token request: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if useIMDSv2 {
+		req.Header.Set(imdsTokenHeader, token)
+	}
+
+	resp, err := cl.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return IAMResponse{}, err
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return IAMResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("Error fetching IAM data: %s", resp.Status)
+		return IAMResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("error fetching IAM data: %s", resp.Status)
 	}
 
 	role, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
@@ -169,33 +221,42 @@ func fetchIAMData(cl *http.Client, baseURL string) (IAMResponse, error) {
 		return IAMResponse{}, err
 	}
 
-	resp, err = http.Get(baseURL + "/" + string(role))
+	req, err = http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, url+string(role), nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		return IAMResponse{}, err
+		return IAMResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("error creating role request: %w", err)
+	}
+	if useIMDSv2 {
+		req.Header.Set(imdsTokenHeader, token)
+	}
+
+	resp, err = cl.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return IAMResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("error fetching role data: %w", err)
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return IAMResponse{}, errors.New(http.StatusText(resp.StatusCode))
+		return IAMResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("error fetching role data, got non 200 code: %s", resp.Status)
 	}
 
 	var jResp IAMResponse
 	jsonString, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		return IAMResponse{}, err
+		return IAMResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("error reading role data: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(jsonString, &jResp); err != nil {
-		return IAMResponse{}, err
+		return IAMResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("error unmarshalling role data: %w (%s)", err, jsonString)
 	}
 
 	return jResp, nil
 }
 
-func newUsingIAM(cl *http.Client, credUrl, region string) (*S3, error) {
+func newUsingIAM(cl *http.Client, baseURL, region string) (*S3, error) {
 	// Get the IAM role
-	iamResp, err := fetchIAMData(cl, credUrl)
+	iamResp, err := fetchIAMData(cl, baseURL)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error fetching IAM data: %w", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error fetching IAM data: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	return &S3{
@@ -209,7 +270,7 @@ func newUsingIAM(cl *http.Client, credUrl, region string) (*S3, error) {
 }
 
 // setIAMData sets the IAM data on the S3 instance.
-func (s3 *S3) setIAMData(iamResp IAMResponse) {
+func (s3 *S3) SetIAMData(iamResp IAMResponse) {
 	s3.AccessKey = iamResp.AccessKeyID
 	s3.SecretKey = iamResp.SecretAccessKey
 	s3.Token = iamResp.Token
diff --git a/simples3_test.go b/simples3_test.go
index 70d34f8..c0aba0a 100644
--- a/simples3_test.go
+++ b/simples3_test.go
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ func TestS3_NewUsingIAM(t *testing.T) {
 				"Type" : "AWS-HMAC","AccessKeyId" : "abc",
 				"SecretAccessKey" : "abc","Token" : "abc",
 				"Expiration" : "2018-12-24T16:24:59Z"}`
+		respIMDSToken = `AQAEAJWopi8yvjKYXyWJbzESE0cms-OoTnptJzS3M9g5iNcl06UEkQ==`
 	)
 
 	tsFail := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -407,42 +408,88 @@ func TestS3_NewUsingIAM(t *testing.T) {
 	}))
 	defer tsFail.Close()
 
-	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		if r.Method != "GET" {
-			t.Errorf("Expected 'GET' request, got '%s'", r.Method)
+	genServerHandlerFunc := func(failIMDS bool) http.HandlerFunc {
+		return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			switch r.Method {
+			case "GET":
+				if !failIMDS {
+					// check if token is present
+					if r.Header.Get(imdsTokenHeader) == "" {
+						w.WriteHeader(http.StatusUnauthorized)
+						return
+					}
+				}
+
+				url := securityCredentialsURI
+				if r.URL.EscapedPath() == url {
+					w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+					io.WriteString(w, iam)
+				}
+				if r.URL.EscapedPath() == url+iam {
+					w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+					w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+					io.WriteString(w, resp)
+				}
+			case "PUT":
+				if failIMDS {
+					w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+					return
+				}
+
+				if r.URL.EscapedPath() == imdsTokenURI {
+					if r.Header.Get(imdsTokenTtlHeader) != "60" {
+						w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+						return
+					}
+
+					w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+					io.WriteString(w, respIMDSToken)
+				}
+			default:
+				t.Errorf("Expected 'GET' or 'PUT' request, got '%s'", r.Method)
+			}
 		}
-		if r.URL.EscapedPath() == "/" {
-			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-			io.WriteString(w, iam)
-		}
-		if r.URL.EscapedPath() == "/"+iam {
-			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-			io.WriteString(w, resp)
-		}
-	}))
+	}
+
+	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(genServerHandlerFunc(false)))
 	defer ts.Close()
 
+	tsFailIMDS := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(genServerHandlerFunc(true)))
+	defer tsFailIMDS.Close()
+
+	cl := &http.Client{Timeout: 1 * time.Second}
+
 	// Test for timeout.
-	_, err := newUsingIAM(&http.Client{Timeout: 1 * time.Second}, tsFail.URL, "abc")
+	_, err := newUsingIAM(cl, tsFail.URL, "abc")
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Errorf("Expected error, got nil")
 	} else {
 		var timeoutError net.Error
-		if errors.As(err, &timeoutError); !timeoutError.Timeout() {
+
+		if errors.As(err, &timeoutError) && !timeoutError.Timeout() {
 			t.Errorf("newUsingIAM() timeout check. got error = %v", err)
 		}
 	}
 
 	// Test for successful IAM fetch.
-	s3, err := newUsingIAM(http.DefaultClient, ts.URL, "abc")
+	s3, err := newUsingIAM(cl, ts.URL, "abc")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("newUsingIAM() error = %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if s3.AccessKey != "abc" && s3.SecretKey != "abc" && s3.Region != "abc" {
+	if s3 == nil {
+		t.Errorf("newUsingIAM() got = %v", s3)
+	}
+
+	if s3.AccessKey != "abc" || s3.SecretKey != "abc" || s3.Region != "abc" {
 		t.Errorf("S3.FileDelete() got = %v", s3)
 	}
+
+	// Test for failed IMDS token fetch.
+	_, err = newUsingIAM(cl, tsFailIMDS.URL, "abc")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected error, got nil")
+	}
 }
 
 func TestCustomEndpoint(t *testing.T) {