diff --git a/v2/go.mod b/v2/go.mod
index 39a54ff3d..d7a1dfc67 100644
--- a/v2/go.mod
+++ b/v2/go.mod
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/andres-erbsen/clock v0.0.0-20160526145045-9e14626cd129 // indirect
 	github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/antchfx/xpath v1.1.6 // indirect
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.42.3 // indirect
 	github.com/aymerick/douceur v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/bits-and-blooms/bitset v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/bits-and-blooms/bloom/v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/iancoleman/orderedmap v0.0.0-20190318233801-ac98e3ecb4b0 // indirect
 	github.com/itchyny/timefmt-go v0.1.3 // indirect
 	github.com/jasonlvhit/gocron v0.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/karlseguin/ccache/v2 v2.0.8 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.13.6 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/pgzip v1.2.5 // indirect
diff --git a/v2/go.sum b/v2/go.sum
index a497178f8..47dfe6c05 100644
--- a/v2/go.sum
+++ b/v2/go.sum
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20210307081110-f21760c49a8d/go.mod h1:W
 github.com/aws/aws-lambda-go v1.13.3/go.mod h1:4UKl9IzQMoD+QF79YdCuzCwp8VbmG4VAQwij/eHl5CU=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.20.6/go.mod h1:KmX6BPdI08NWTb3/sm4ZGu5ShLoqVDhKgpiN924inxo=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.27.0/go.mod h1:KmX6BPdI08NWTb3/sm4ZGu5ShLoqVDhKgpiN924inxo=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.42.3 h1:lBKr3tQ06m1uykiychMNKLK1bRfOzaIEQpsI/S3QiNc=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.42.3/go.mod h1:585smgzpB/KqRA+K3y/NL/oYRqQvpNJYvLm+LY1U59Q=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v0.18.0/go.mod h1:JWVYvqSMppoMJC0x5wdwiImzgXTI9FuZwxzkQq9wy+g=
 github.com/aybabtme/rgbterm v0.0.0-20170906152045-cc83f3b3ce59/go.mod h1:q/89r3U2H7sSsE2t6Kca0lfwTK8JdoNGS/yzM/4iH5I=
 github.com/aymerick/douceur v0.2.0 h1:Mv+mAeH1Q+n9Fr+oyamOlAkUNPWPlA8PPGR0QAaYuPk=
@@ -392,6 +394,9 @@ github.com/itchyny/timefmt-go v0.1.3/go.mod h1:0osSSCQSASBJMsIZnhAaF1C2fCBTJZXrn
 github.com/jasonlvhit/gocron v0.0.1 h1:qTt5qF3b3srDjeOIR4Le1LfeyvoYzJlYpqvG7tJX5YU=
 github.com/jasonlvhit/gocron v0.0.1/go.mod h1:k9a3TV8VcU73XZxfVHCHWMWF9SOqgoku0/QlY2yvlA4=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.0.0-20180206201540-c2b33e8439af/go.mod h1:Nht3zPeWKUH0NzdCt2Blrr5ys8VGpn0CEB0cQHVjt7k=
+github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 h1:BEgLn5cpjn8UN1mAw4NjwDrS35OdebyEtFe+9YPoQUg=
+github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0/go.mod h1:T8mJZnbsbmF+m6zOOFylbeCJqk5+pHWvzYPziyZiYoo=
+github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath/internal/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:L3OGu8Wl2/fWfCI6z80xFu9LTZmf1ZRjMHUOPmWr69U=
 github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Ii8DK3G1RaLaWxj9trq07+26W01tbo22gdxWY5EU2bo=
 github.com/jpillora/backoff v0.0.0-20180909062703-3050d21c67d7/go.mod h1:2iMrUgbbvHEiQClaW2NsSzMyGHqN+rDFqY705q49KG0=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCVDaaPEHmU=
@@ -1206,6 +1211,7 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.0.0-20170812160011-eb3733d160e7/go.mod h1:JAlM8MvJe8wmxCU4Bl
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.4/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
diff --git a/v2/pkg/protocols/http/build_request.go b/v2/pkg/protocols/http/build_request.go
index 4b4ac9f21..adf940af9 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/protocols/http/build_request.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/protocols/http/build_request.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/protocols/common/expressions"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/protocols/common/generators"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/protocols/common/replacer"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/protocols/http/race"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/protocols/http/raw"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/types"
@@ -126,6 +127,13 @@ func (r *requestGenerator) makeSelfContainedRequest(dynamicValues map[string]int
 		if len(parts) < 3 {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("malformed request supplied")
 		}
+
+		// the url might contain placeholders
+		parts[1] = replacer.Replace(parts[1], generators.BuildPayloadFromOptions(r.request.options.Options))
+		if expressions.ContainsUnresolvedVariables(parts[1]) != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
 		parsed, err := url.Parse(parts[1])
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not parse request URL: %s", err)
diff --git a/v2/pkg/protocols/http/http.go b/v2/pkg/protocols/http/http.go
index 304f1a497..c1adef103 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/protocols/http/http.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/protocols/http/http.go
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ type Request struct {
 	// description: |
 	//   SelfContained specifies if the request is self contained.
 	SelfContained bool `yaml:"-" json:"-"`
+	AwsSign       bool `yaml:"-" json:"-"`
 
 	// description: |
 	//   CookieReuse is an optional setting that enables cookie reuse for
diff --git a/v2/pkg/protocols/http/request.go b/v2/pkg/protocols/http/request.go
index 3958d6c74..afb8efb8c 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/protocols/http/request.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/protocols/http/request.go
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials"
+	v4 "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/signer/v4"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/remeh/sizedwaitgroup"
 	"go.uber.org/multierr"
@@ -342,6 +344,39 @@ func (request *Request) executeRequest(reqURL string, generatedRequest *generate
 			}
 		}
 		if resp == nil {
+			// aws sign the request if necessary
+			if request.AwsSign {
+				generatedRequest.request.Header.Del("Host")
+				payloads := request.options.Options.Vars.AsMap()
+				var creds *credentials.Credentials
+				if request.options.Options.EnvironmentVariables {
+					// get from env
+					creds = credentials.NewEnvCredentials()
+				} else { // get from variables {
+					awsAccessKeyId := payloads["aws-id"]
+					awsSecretAccessKey := payloads["aws-secret"]
+					creds = credentials.NewStaticCredentials(awsAccessKeyId.(string), awsSecretAccessKey.(string), "")
+				}
+
+				signer := v4.NewSigner(creds)
+				var body *bytes.Reader
+				if generatedRequest.request.Request.Body != nil {
+					bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(generatedRequest.request.Request.Body)
+					if err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+					generatedRequest.request.Request.Body.Close()
+					body = bytes.NewReader(bodyBytes)
+				}
+
+				service := payloads["service"].(string)
+				region := payloads["region"].(string)
+				now := time.Now()
+				_, err = signer.Sign(generatedRequest.request.Request, body, service, region, now)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
 			resp, err = request.httpClient.Do(generatedRequest.request)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/v2/pkg/templates/compile.go b/v2/pkg/templates/compile.go
index bf4e79b18..07ee2c753 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/templates/compile.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/templates/compile.go
@@ -152,6 +152,11 @@ func Parse(filePath string, preprocessor Preprocessor, options protocols.Execute
 
 // parseSelfContainedRequests parses the self contained template requests.
 func (t *Template) parseSelfContainedRequests() {
+	if t.AwsSign {
+		for _, request := range t.RequestsHTTP {
+			request.AwsSign = true
+		}
+	}
 	if !t.SelfContained {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/v2/pkg/templates/templates.go b/v2/pkg/templates/templates.go
index ff9e527f4..f317e10bd 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/templates/templates.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/templates/templates.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ type Template struct {
 	// description: |
 	//   Self Contained marks Requests for the template as self-contained
 	SelfContained bool `yaml:"self-contained,omitempty" jsonschema:"title=mark requests as self-contained,description=Mark Requests for the template as self-contained"`
+	AwsSign       bool `yaml:"aws-sign,omitempty"`
 
 	// TotalRequests is the total number of requests for the template.
 	TotalRequests int `yaml:"-" json:"-"`