diff --git a/bootstrapvz/remote/README.rst b/bootstrapvz/remote/README.rst
index 69335c7..e592eaa 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/remote/README.rst
+++ b/bootstrapvz/remote/README.rst
@@ -165,7 +165,26 @@ at ``/root/guest_additions.iso`` on server 1, while server 2 has it at
 * ``guest_additions`` specifies the path to the VirtualBox guest additions ISO
   on the remote machine.
 * ``apt_proxy`` sets the configuration for the `apt_proxy plugin <../plugins/apt_proxy>`.
-* ``ec2-credentials`` contains all the settings you know from EC2 manifests,
-  note that when running `integration tests <../../tests/integration>`__,
-  these credentials are also used when running instances.
+* ``ec2-credentials`` contains all the settings you know from EC2 manifests.
 * ``s3-region`` overrides the s3 bucket region when bootstrapping S3 backed images.
+
+
+Run settings
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The run settings hold information about how to start a bootstrapped image.
+This is useful only when running integration tests.
+
+.. code:: yaml
+
+  local:
+    type: local
+    can_bootstrap:
+      - ec2-s3
+    release: jessie
+    run_settings:
+      ec2-credentials:
+        access-key: AFAKEACCESSKEYFORAWS
+        secret-key: thes3cr3tkeyf0ryourawsaccount/FS4d8Qdva
+
+* ``ec2-credentials`` contains the access key and secret key used to boot
+  an EC2 AMI.
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/remote/build_servers/build-servers-schema.yml b/bootstrapvz/remote/build_servers/build-servers-schema.yml
index 077ee50..588687b 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/remote/build_servers/build-servers-schema.yml
+++ b/bootstrapvz/remote/build_servers/build-servers-schema.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,16 @@ definitions:
           port: {type: integer}
           persistent: {type: boolean}
         required: [address, port]
+  run_settings:
+    type: object
+    properties:
+      ec2-credentials:
+        required: [access-key, secret-key]
+        type: object
+        properties:
+          access-key: {type: string}
+          secret-key: {type: string}
+        additional_properties: false
 
   ssh:
     type: object
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/remote/build_servers/build_server.py b/bootstrapvz/remote/build_servers/build_server.py
index 0cdf6a3..3e635a8 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/remote/build_servers/build_server.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/remote/build_servers/build_server.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class BuildServer(object):
 		self.name = name
 		self.settings = settings
 		self.build_settings = settings.get('build_settings', {})
+		self.run_settings = settings.get('run_settings', {})
 		self.can_bootstrap = settings['can_bootstrap']
 		self.release = settings.get('release', None)
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/providers/ec2/__init__.py b/tests/integration/providers/ec2/__init__.py
index 39c044f..43b528f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/providers/ec2/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/providers/ec2/__init__.py
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ def prepare_bootstrap(manifest, build_server):
 @contextmanager
 def boot_image(manifest, build_server, bootstrap_info, instance_type=None):
 
-	credentials = {'access-key': build_server.build_settings['ec2-credentials']['access-key'],
-	               'secret-key': build_server.build_settings['ec2-credentials']['secret-key']}
+	credentials = {'access-key': build_server.run_settings['ec2-credentials']['access-key'],
+	               'secret-key': build_server.run_settings['ec2-credentials']['secret-key']}
 	from boto.ec2 import connect_to_region as ec2_connect
 	ec2_connection = ec2_connect(bootstrap_info._ec2['region'],
 	                             aws_access_key_id=credentials['access-key'],