diff --git a/al2.pkr.hcl b/al2.pkr.hcl
index 225661d..a8438e9 100644
--- a/al2.pkr.hcl
+++ b/al2.pkr.hcl
@@ -137,6 +137,16 @@ build {
     ]
   }
 
+  provisioner "shell" {
+    script = "scripts/install-managed-daemons.sh"
+    environment_vars = [
+      "REGION=${var.region}",
+      "AGENT_VERSION=${var.ecs_agent_version}",
+      "AIR_GAPPED=${var.air_gapped}",
+      "MANAGED_DAEMON_BASE_URL=${var.managed_daemon_base_url}"
+    ]
+  }
+
   provisioner "shell" {
     script = "scripts/install-additional-packages.sh"
   }
diff --git a/al2023.pkr.hcl b/al2023.pkr.hcl
index 3dfb6cc..9e48262 100644
--- a/al2023.pkr.hcl
+++ b/al2023.pkr.hcl
@@ -105,6 +105,16 @@ build {
     ]
   }
 
+  provisioner "shell" {
+    script = "scripts/install-managed-daemons.sh"
+    environment_vars = [
+      "REGION=${var.region}",
+      "AGENT_VERSION=${var.ecs_agent_version}",
+      "AIR_GAPPED=${var.air_gapped}",
+      "MANAGED_DAEMON_BASE_URL=${var.managed_daemon_base_url}"
+    ]
+  }
+
   provisioner "shell" {
     script = "scripts/append-efs-client-info.sh"
   }
diff --git a/scripts/install-managed-daemons.sh b/scripts/install-managed-daemons.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4f77d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/install-managed-daemons.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -ex
+
+if [ -n "$AIR_GAPPED" ]; then
+    echo "Air-gapped region, assuming ecs-init and dependencies will be in additional-packages/ directory"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+WORK_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap "rm -rf ${WORK_DIR}" EXIT
+
+# gpg key is taken from https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/ecs-agent-install.html
+cat >"$WORK_DIR/amazon-ecs-agent.gpg" <<EOF
+-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
+Version: GnuPG v2
+
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+-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
+EOF
+
+if [ -z "$MANAGED_DAEMON_BASE_URL" ]; then
+    host_suffix=""
+    if grep -q "^cn-" <<<"$REGION"; then
+        host_suffix=".cn"
+    fi
+    MANAGED_DAEMON_BASE_URL="https://s3.$REGION.amazonaws.com${host_suffix}/amazon-ecs-agent-$REGION/"
+fi
+
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+case "$ARCH" in
+"aarch64")
+    ARCH_MOD="-arm64"
+    ;;
+"arm64")
+    ARCH_MOD="-arm64"
+    ;;
+*)
+    ARCH_MOD=""
+    ;;
+esac
+
+# Install CSI driver managed daemon
+CSI_DRIVER_FILENAME="ebs-csi-driver${ARCH_MOD}-v$AGENT_VERSION.tar"
+CSI_DRIVER_FULL_URL="${MANAGED_DAEMON_BASE_URL}${CSI_DRIVER_FILENAME}"
+
+curl -fLSs -o "$WORK_DIR/${CSI_DRIVER_FILENAME}" "$CSI_DRIVER_FULL_URL"
+curl -fLSs -o "$WORK_DIR/${CSI_DRIVER_FILENAME}.asc" "${CSI_DRIVER_FULL_URL}.asc"
+# bypass gpg check until gpg util is available in minimal AMI
+# we've added a gpg check to our manual release steps until then
+gpg --import "$WORK_DIR/amazon-ecs-agent.gpg" || true
+gpg --verify "$WORK_DIR/${CSI_DRIVER_FILENAME}.asc" "$WORK_DIR/${CSI_DRIVER_FILENAME}" || true
+
+sudo mkdir -p "/var/lib/ecs/deps/daemons/ebs-csi-driver/"
+sudo mv "$WORK_DIR/${CSI_DRIVER_FILENAME}" "/var/lib/ecs/deps/daemons/ebs-csi-driver/ebs-csi-driver.tar"
diff --git a/variables.pkr.hcl b/variables.pkr.hcl
index a23d349..25a83c7 100644
--- a/variables.pkr.hcl
+++ b/variables.pkr.hcl
@@ -198,3 +198,9 @@ variable "neu_instance_types" {
   description = "List of available in-region instance types for NEU platform"
   default     = ["inf1.xlarge"]
 }
+
+variable "managed_daemon_base_url" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "Base URL (minus file name) to download managed daemons from."
+  default     = ""
+}