diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 115b578..fe033ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ override the default IMDS endpoint by setting `IMDS_ENDPOINT` in
 `/etc/tiny-cloud.conf`:
 
 ```sh
-# For Tinkerbell or other custom metadata services
 IMDS_ENDPOINT=192.0.2.1:50061
 ```
 
@@ -131,6 +130,16 @@ The default endpoint is `169.254.169.254` for most cloud providers. This
 setting allows you to specify a custom IP address and optional port for the
 metadata service.
 
+### Metadata API Version
+
+Each provider's API has a built-in default version. You can override the
+version specifying a value for IMDS_API_VERSION in `/etc/tiny-cloud.conf`:
+
+```sh
+# e.g. use AWS IMDSv1 (2009-04-04)
+IMDS_API_VERSION=2009-04-04
+```
+
 ## Operation
 
 The first time an instance boots -- either freshly instantiated from an image,
diff --git a/bin/imds b/bin/imds
index 575ac53..5d3c657 100755
--- a/bin/imds
+++ b/bin/imds
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ fi
 
 unset \
 	IMDS_HEADER \
-	IMDS_URI \
 	IMDS_QUERY
 unset -f \
 	_imds_token \
diff --git a/docs/tiny-cloud.conf.5.scd b/docs/tiny-cloud.conf.5.scd
index 0bc6e3e..d01cedf 100644
--- a/docs/tiny-cloud.conf.5.scd
+++ b/docs/tiny-cloud.conf.5.scd
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ Blank lines and shell comments are ignored.
 	Default user account for instance SSH keys and default-user setup. The default
 	is *alpine*.
 
+*IMDS_API_VERSION*=<version>
+	Provider's API version to use. Providers that have versioned APIs have
+	built-in default values.
+
 *IMDS_ENDPOINT*=<ip_address>
 	Provider endpoint IP address to use. Defaults to 169.254.169.254 for many
 	providers.
diff --git a/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/aws/imds b/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/aws/imds
index f7b877d..613b635 100644
--- a/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/aws/imds
+++ b/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/aws/imds
@@ -5,14 +5,23 @@
 IMDS_HEADER="X-aws-ec2-metadata-token"
 IMDS_TOKEN_TTL_HEADER="X-aws-ec2-metadata-token-ttl-seconds"
 : "${IMDS_TOKEN_TTL:=5}"
-IMDS_URI="latest"
+: "${IMDS_API_VERSION:=latest}"
+IMDS_URI="$IMDS_API_VERSION"
 
 _imds_token() {
+	# Only try to get token if using IMDSv2
+	# IMDSv1: API versions 2009-04-04 and earlier (no token support)
+	# IMDSv2: API versions 2009-04-05 and later, or 'latest' (requires token)
+	expr "$IMDS_API_VERSION" "<=" "2009-04-04" > /dev/null && return
+	# IMDSv2 - request token
 	printf "PUT /latest/api/token HTTP/1.0\r\n%s: %s\r\n\r\n" \
 		"$IMDS_TOKEN_TTL_HEADER" "$IMDS_TOKEN_TTL" \
 		| nc -w 1 "$IMDS_ENDPOINT" 80 | tail -n 1
 }
 
 _imds_header() {
-	echo "$IMDS_HEADER: $(_imds_token)"
+	local token="$(_imds_token)"
+	if [ -n "$token" ]; then
+		echo "$IMDS_HEADER: $token"
+	fi
 }
diff --git a/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/azure/imds b/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/azure/imds
index d17d474..87425d5 100644
--- a/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/azure/imds
+++ b/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/azure/imds
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 # vim:set filetype=sh:
 # shellcheck shell=sh
 
+: "${IMDS_API_VERSION:=2021-05-01}"
 IMDS_HEADER="Metadata"
-IMDS_QUERY="?format=text&api-version=2021-05-01"
+IMDS_QUERY="?format=text&api-version=$IMDS_API_VERSION"
 IMDS_URI="metadata/instance"
 
 IMDS_HOSTNAME="compute/name"
diff --git a/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/digitalocean/imds b/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/digitalocean/imds
index de29879..6e855ea 100644
--- a/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/digitalocean/imds
+++ b/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/digitalocean/imds
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 # vim: set filetype=sh:
 # shellcheck shell=sh
 
-IMDS_URI="metadata/v1"
+: "${IMDS_API_VERSION:=v1}"
+IMDS_URI="metadata/$IMDS_API_VERSION"
 IMDS_HOSTNAME="hostname"
 IMDS_LOCAL_HOSTNAME="$IMDS_HOSTNAME"
 IMDS_SSH_KEYS="public-keys"
diff --git a/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/gcp/imds b/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/gcp/imds
index 66a06fc..f79d6db 100644
--- a/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/gcp/imds
+++ b/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/gcp/imds
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 # vim:set filetype=sh:
 # shellcheck shell=sh
 
+: "${IMDS_API_VERSION:=v1}"
 IMDS_HEADER="Metadata-Flavor"
-IMDS_URI="computeMetadata/v1"
+IMDS_URI="computeMetadata/$IMDS_API_VERSION"
 
 IMDS_HOSTNAME="instance/hostname"
 IMDS_LOCAL_HOSTNAME="$IMDS_HOSTNAME"
diff --git a/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/hetzner/imds b/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/hetzner/imds
index bfb716c..27baea8 100644
--- a/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/hetzner/imds
+++ b/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/hetzner/imds
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 # vim:set filetype=sh:
 # shellcheck shell=sh
 
-IMDS_BASE_URI="hetzner/v1"
+: "${IMDS_API_VERSION:=v1}"
+IMDS_BASE_URI="hetzner/$IMDS_API_VERSION"
 IMDS_URI="$IMDS_BASE_URI/metadata"
 
 IMDS_HOSTNAME="hostname"
diff --git a/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/incus/imds b/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/incus/imds
index 9754566..78da7db 100644
--- a/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/incus/imds
+++ b/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/incus/imds
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 # https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/dev-incus/
 
-IMDS_URI=/1.0/meta-data
+: "${IMDS_API_VERSION:=1.0}"
+IMDS_URI="/$IMDS_API_VERSION/meta-data"
 IMDS_LOCAL_HOSTNAME="local-hostname"
 IMDS_HOSTNAME="local-hostname"
 IMDS_ENDPOINT=local:/dev/incus/sock
diff --git a/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/oci/imds b/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/oci/imds
index 4c458ef..68a0d64 100644
--- a/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/oci/imds
+++ b/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/oci/imds
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 # vim:set filetype=sh:
 # shellcheck shell=sh
 
+: "${IMDS_API_VERSION:=v2}"
 IMDS_HEADER="Authorization"
-IMDS_URI="opc/v2"
+IMDS_URI="opc/$IMDS_API_VERSION"
 
 IMDS_HOSTNAME="instance/hostname"
 IMDS_LOCAL_HOSTNAME="$IMDS_HOSTNAME"
diff --git a/lib/tiny-cloud/tiny-cloud.conf b/lib/tiny-cloud/tiny-cloud.conf
index 7100c49..f2cb82c 100644
--- a/lib/tiny-cloud/tiny-cloud.conf
+++ b/lib/tiny-cloud/tiny-cloud.conf
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@
 # Useful for custom metadata services
 #IMDS_ENDPOINT=169.254.169.254
 
-# IMDS token validity, in seconds (AWS only)
+# IMDS API version
+# Most providers have a default version, overrideable here if necessary
+#IMDS_API_VERSION=""
+
+# IMDS token validity, in seconds (AWS only, IMDSv2)
 #IMDS_TOKEN_TTL=5
 
 # Location of var directory
diff --git a/tests/imds.test b/tests/imds.test
index a4cfd56..b7b9c94 100755
--- a/tests/imds.test
+++ b/tests/imds.test
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ init_tests \
 	imds_ssh_keys_oci \
 	imds_ssh_keys_scaleway \
 	\
+	imds_aws_api_version_imdsv1 \
+	imds_aws_api_version_imdsv2_explicit \
+	imds_aws_api_version_imdsv2_latest \
+	\
 	imds_nocloud_cmdline_local_hostname \
 	imds_nocloud_smbios_local_hostname \
 	\
@@ -198,6 +202,55 @@ EOF
 	CLOUD="scaleway" atf_check -o match:"$key" imds @ssh-keys
 }
 
+imds_aws_api_version_imdsv1_body() {
+	# IMDSv1 (2009-04-04) should not attempt to get a token
+	# Set IMDS_API_VERSION before fake_metadata so WGET_STRIP_PREFIX is correct
+	IMDS_API_VERSION=2009-04-04 CLOUD=aws fake_metadata aws <<-EOF
+		hostname: test-imdsv1
+	EOF
+	# For IMDSv1, nc should not be called at all
+	# If it is called, the test will fail because we're not mocking it
+	IMDS_API_VERSION=2009-04-04 CLOUD=aws atf_check \
+		-o match:"test-imdsv1" \
+		imds @hostname
+}
+
+imds_aws_api_version_imdsv2_explicit_body() {
+	# IMDSv2 with explicit version (2009-04-05 or later)
+	# Verify that metadata can be retrieved with explicit API version
+	# Set IMDS_API_VERSION before fake_metadata so WGET_STRIP_PREFIX is correct
+	IMDS_API_VERSION=2009-04-05 CLOUD=aws fake_metadata aws <<-EOF
+		hostname: test-imdsv2-explicit
+	EOF
+	# Mock nc to provide a token (for IMDSv2 token request)
+	fake_bin nc <<-'NCEOF'
+		#!/bin/sh
+		cat > /dev/null
+		printf "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n\r\nmock-token"
+	NCEOF
+	IMDS_API_VERSION=2009-04-05 CLOUD=aws atf_check \
+		-o match:"test-imdsv2-explicit" \
+		imds @hostname
+}
+
+imds_aws_api_version_imdsv2_latest_body() {
+	# IMDSv2 with 'latest' (default behavior)
+	# Verify that metadata can be retrieved with latest API version
+	# Set IMDS_API_VERSION before fake_metadata so WGET_STRIP_PREFIX is correct
+	IMDS_API_VERSION=latest CLOUD=aws fake_metadata aws <<-EOF
+		hostname: test-imdsv2-latest
+	EOF
+	# Mock nc to provide a token (for IMDSv2 token request)
+	fake_bin nc <<-'NCEOF'
+		#!/bin/sh
+		cat > /dev/null
+		printf "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n\r\nmock-token"
+	NCEOF
+	IMDS_API_VERSION=latest CLOUD=aws atf_check \
+		-o match:"test-imdsv2-latest" \
+		imds @hostname
+}
+
 imds_nocloud_cmdline_local_hostname_body() {
 	atf_require_prog yx
 	mkdir proc
diff --git a/tests/test_env.sh b/tests/test_env.sh
index d807959..f96dc26 100644
--- a/tests/test_env.sh
+++ b/tests/test_env.sh
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ fake_userdata_nocloud() {
 
 fake_metadata_aws() {
 	cat > "169.254.169.254.yaml"
-	export WGET_STRIP_PREFIX="/latest/meta-data"
+	export WGET_STRIP_PREFIX="/${IMDS_API_VERSION:-latest}/meta-data"
 }
 
 fake_metadata_azure() {