diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index 04ba591a..c14e6ab5 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -32,3 +32,9 @@ ignore_missing_imports = True
 
 [mypy-azure.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-boto3.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-botocore.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6f35e62e..fdcaeaa4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Issues = "https://github.com/secure-systems-lab/securesystemslib/issues"
 crypto = ["cryptography>=40.0.0"]
 gcpkms = ["google-cloud-kms", "cryptography>=40.0.0"]
 azurekms = ["azure-identity", "azure-keyvault-keys", "cryptography>=40.0.0"]
+awskms = ["boto3", "botocore", "cryptography>=40.0.0"]
 hsm = ["asn1crypto", "cryptography>=40.0.0", "PyKCS11"]
 pynacl = ["pynacl>1.2.0"]
 PySPX = ["PySPX>=0.5.0"]
diff --git a/securesystemslib/signer/__init__.py b/securesystemslib/signer/__init__.py
index 66b93e92..f28bd445 100644
--- a/securesystemslib/signer/__init__.py
+++ b/securesystemslib/signer/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 This module provides extensible interfaces for public keys and signers:
 Some implementations are provided by default but more can be added by users.
 """
+from securesystemslib.signer._aws_signer import AWSSigner
 from securesystemslib.signer._azure_signer import AzureSigner
 from securesystemslib.signer._gcp_signer import GCPSigner
 from securesystemslib.signer._gpg_signer import GPGKey, GPGSigner
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
         HSMSigner.SCHEME: HSMSigner,
         GPGSigner.SCHEME: GPGSigner,
         AzureSigner.SCHEME: AzureSigner,
+        AWSSigner.SCHEME: AWSSigner,
     }
 )
 
diff --git a/securesystemslib/signer/_aws_signer.py b/securesystemslib/signer/_aws_signer.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e13ebd74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/securesystemslib/signer/_aws_signer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+"""Signer implementation for AWS Key Management Service"""
+
+import logging
+from typing import Optional, Tuple
+from urllib import parse
+
+import securesystemslib.hash as sslib_hash
+from securesystemslib import exceptions
+from securesystemslib.exceptions import UnsupportedLibraryError
+from securesystemslib.signer._key import Key
+from securesystemslib.signer._signer import (
+    SecretsHandler,
+    Signature,
+    Signer,
+    SSlibKey,
+)
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+AWS_IMPORT_ERROR = None
+try:
+    import boto3
+    from botocore.exceptions import BotoCoreError, ClientError
+    from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import serialization
+except ImportError:
+    AWS_IMPORT_ERROR = "Signing with AWS KMS requires aws-kms and cryptography."
+
+
+class AWSSigner(Signer):
+    """AWS Key Management Service Signer
+
+    This Signer uses AWS KMS to sign and supports signing with RSA/EC keys and
+    uses "ambient" credentials typically environment variables such as
+    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, and AWS_SESSION_TOKEN. These will
+    be recognized by the boto3 SDK, which underlies the aws_kms Python module.
+
+    For more details on AWS authentication, refer to the AWS Command Line
+    Interface User Guide:
+        https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-files.html
+
+    Some practical authentication options include:
+        AWS CLI: https://aws.amazon.com/cli/
+        AWS SDKs: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
+
+    The specific permissions that AWS KMS signer needs are:
+        kms:Sign for sign()
+        kms:GetPublicKey for import()
+
+    Arguments:
+        aws_key_id (str): AWS KMS key ID or alias.
+        public_key (Key): The related public key instance.
+
+    Returns:
+        AWSSigner: An instance of the AWSSigner class.
+
+    Raises:
+        UnsupportedAlgorithmError: If the payload hash algorithm is unsupported.
+        BotoCoreError: Errors from the botocore.exceptions library.
+        ClientError: Errors related to AWS KMS client.
+        UnsupportedLibraryError: If necessary libraries for AWS KMS are not available.
+    """
+
+    SCHEME = "awskms"
+
+    def __init__(self, aws_key_id: str, public_key: Key):
+        if AWS_IMPORT_ERROR:
+            raise UnsupportedLibraryError(AWS_IMPORT_ERROR)
+
+        self.hash_algorithm = self._get_hash_algorithm(public_key)
+        self.aws_key_id = aws_key_id
+        self.public_key = public_key
+        self.client = boto3.client("kms")
+        self.aws_algo = self._get_aws_signing_algo(self.public_key.scheme)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_priv_key_uri(
+        cls,
+        priv_key_uri: str,
+        public_key: Key,
+        secrets_handler: Optional[SecretsHandler] = None,
+    ) -> "AWSSigner":
+        uri = parse.urlparse(priv_key_uri)
+
+        if uri.scheme != cls.SCHEME:
+            raise ValueError(f"AWSSigner does not support {priv_key_uri}")
+
+        return cls(uri.path, public_key)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def import_(cls, aws_key_id: str, local_scheme: str) -> Tuple[str, Key]:
+        """Loads a key and signer details from AWS KMS.
+
+        Returns the private key uri and the public key. This method should only
+        be called once per key: the uri and Key should be stored for later use.
+
+        Arguments:
+            aws_key_id (str): AWS KMS key ID.
+            local_scheme (str): Local scheme to use.
+
+        Returns:
+            Tuple[str, Key]: A tuple where the first element is a string
+            representing the private key URI, and the second element is an
+            instance of the public key.
+
+        Raises:
+            UnsupportedAlgorithmError: If the AWS KMS signing algorithm is
+            unsupported.
+            BotoCoreError: Errors from the botocore.exceptions library.
+            ClientError: Errors related to AWS KMS client.
+        """
+        if AWS_IMPORT_ERROR:
+            raise UnsupportedLibraryError(AWS_IMPORT_ERROR)
+
+        client = boto3.client("kms")
+        request = client.get_public_key(KeyId=aws_key_id)
+        kms_pubkey = serialization.load_der_public_key(request["PublicKey"])
+
+        public_key_pem = kms_pubkey.public_bytes(
+            encoding=serialization.Encoding.PEM,
+            format=serialization.PublicFormat.SubjectPublicKeyInfo,
+        ).decode("utf-8")
+        try:
+            keytype = cls._get_keytype_for_scheme(local_scheme)
+        except KeyError as e:
+            raise exceptions.UnsupportedAlgorithmError(
+                f"{local_scheme} is not a supported signing algorithm"
+            ) from e
+
+        keyval = {"public": public_key_pem}
+        keyid = cls._get_keyid(keytype, local_scheme, keyval)
+        public_key = SSlibKey(keyid, keytype, local_scheme, keyval)
+        return f"{cls.SCHEME}:{aws_key_id}", public_key
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_keytype_for_scheme(
+        scheme: str,
+    ) -> str:
+        """Returns the Secure Systems Library key type.
+
+        Arguments:
+            (str): The Secure Systems Library scheme.
+
+        Returns:
+            str: The Secure Systems Library key type.
+        """
+        keytype_for_scheme = {
+            "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256": "ecdsa",
+            "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384": "ecdsa",
+            "ecdsa-sha2-nistp512": "ecdsa",
+            "rsassa-pss-sha256": "rsa",
+            "rsassa-pss-sha384": "rsa",
+            "rsassa-pss-sha512": "rsa",
+            "rsa-pkcs1v15-sha256": "rsa",
+            "rsa-pkcs1v15-sha384": "rsa",
+            "rsa-pkcs1v15-sha512": "rsa",
+        }
+        return keytype_for_scheme[scheme]
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_aws_signing_algo(
+        scheme: str,
+    ) -> str:
+        """Returns AWS signing algorithm
+
+        Arguments:
+            scheme (str): The Secure Systems Library signing scheme.
+
+        Returns:
+            str: AWS signing scheme.
+        """
+        aws_signing_algorithms = {
+            "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256": "ECDSA_SHA_256",
+            "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384": "ECDSA_SHA_384",
+            "ecdsa-sha2-nistp512": "ECDSA_SHA_512",
+            "rsassa-pss-sha256": "RSASSA_PSS_SHA_256",
+            "rsassa-pss-sha384": "RSASSA_PSS_SHA_384",
+            "rsassa-pss-sha512": "RSASSA_PSS_SHA_512",
+            "rsa-pkcs1v15-sha256": "RSASSA_PKCS1_V1_5_SHA_256",
+            "rsa-pkcs1v15-sha384": "RSASSA_PKCS1_V1_5_SHA_384",
+            "rsa-pkcs1v15-sha512": "RSASSA_PKCS1_V1_5_SHA_512",
+        }
+        return aws_signing_algorithms[scheme]
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_hash_algorithm(public_key: Key) -> str:
+        """Helper function to return payload hash algorithm used for this key
+
+        Arguments:
+            public_key (Key): Public key object
+
+        Returns:
+            str: Hash algorithm
+        """
+        if public_key.keytype == "rsa":
+            # hash algorithm is encoded as last scheme portion
+            algo = public_key.scheme.split("-")[-1]
+        if public_key.keytype in [
+            "ecdsa",
+            "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256",
+            "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384",
+        ]:
+            # nistp256 uses sha-256, nistp384 uses sha-384
+            bits = public_key.scheme.split("-nistp")[-1]
+            algo = f"sha{bits}"
+
+        # trigger UnsupportedAlgorithm if appropriate
+        _ = sslib_hash.digest(algo)
+        return algo
+
+    def sign(self, payload: bytes) -> Signature:
+        """Sign the payload with the AWS KMS key
+
+        Arguments:
+            payload: bytes to be signed.
+
+        Raises:
+            BotoCoreError: Errors from the botocore.exceptions library.
+            ClientError: Errors related to AWS KMS client.
+
+        Returns:
+            Signature.
+        """
+        try:
+            request = self.client.sign(
+                KeyId=self.aws_key_id,
+                Message=payload,
+                MessageType="RAW",
+                SigningAlgorithm=self.aws_algo,
+            )
+
+            hasher = sslib_hash.digest(self.hash_algorithm)
+            hasher.update(payload)
+            logger.debug("signing response %s", request)
+            response = request["Signature"]
+            logger.debug("signing response %s", response)
+
+            return Signature(self.public_key.keyid, response.hex())
+        except (BotoCoreError, ClientError) as e:
+            logger.error("Failed to sign with AWS KMS: %s", str(e))
+            raise e
diff --git a/tests/check_aws_signer.py b/tests/check_aws_signer.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2603cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/check_aws_signer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+"""This module confirms that signing using AWS KMS keys works.
+
+The purpose is to do a smoke test, not to exhaustively test every possible key
+and environment combination.
+
+For AWS, the requirements to successfully test are:
+* AWS authentication details
+have to be available in the environment
+* The key defined in the test has to be
+available to the authenticated user
+
+Remember to replace the REDACTED fields to include the necessary values:
+* keyid: Hash of the public key
+* public: The public key, refer to other KMS tests to see the format
+* aws_id: AWS KMS ID or alias
+"""
+
+import unittest
+
+from securesystemslib.exceptions import UnverifiedSignatureError
+from securesystemslib.signer import AWSSigner, Key, Signer
+
+
+class TestAWSKMSKeys(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Test that AWS KMS keys can be used to sign."""
+
+    pubkey = Key.from_dict(
+        "REDACTED",
+        {
+            "keytype": "rsa",
+            "scheme": "rsassa-pss-sha256",
+            "keyval": {
+                "public": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nREDACTED\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
+            },
+        },
+    )
+    aws_key_id = "REDACTED"
+
+    def test_aws_sign(self):
+        """Test that AWS KMS key works for signing"""
+
+        data = "data".encode("utf-8")
+
+        signer = Signer.from_priv_key_uri(
+            f"awskms:{self.aws_key_id}", self.pubkey
+        )
+        sig = signer.sign(data)
+
+        self.pubkey.verify_signature(sig, data)
+        with self.assertRaises(UnverifiedSignatureError):
+            self.pubkey.verify_signature(sig, b"NOT DATA")
+
+    def test_aws_import(self):
+        """Test that AWS KMS key can be imported"""
+
+        uri, key = AWSSigner.import_(self.aws_key_id, self.pubkey.scheme)
+        self.assertEqual(key.keytype, self.pubkey.keytype)
+        self.assertEqual(uri, f"awskms:{self.aws_key_id}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main(verbosity=1)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 805aefbd..b1c6bc7f 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ deps =
 commands =
     python -m tests.check_gpg_available
     coverage run tests/aggregate_tests.py
-    coverage report -m --fail-under 85
+    coverage report -m --fail-under 83
 
 [testenv:purepy311]
 deps =