diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/platform/node/detectors/AwsEc2Detector.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/platform/node/detectors/AwsEc2Detector.ts
index d3317b9c09..7e68016925 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/platform/node/detectors/AwsEc2Detector.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/platform/node/detectors/AwsEc2Detector.ts
@@ -44,13 +44,17 @@ class AwsEc2Detector implements Detector {
       const {
         accountId,
         instanceId,
+        instanceType,
         region,
+        availabilityZone,
       } = await this._awsMetadataAccessor();
       return new Resource({
         [CLOUD_RESOURCE.PROVIDER]: 'aws',
         [CLOUD_RESOURCE.ACCOUNT_ID]: accountId,
         [CLOUD_RESOURCE.REGION]: region,
+        [CLOUD_RESOURCE.ZONE]: availabilityZone,
         [HOST_RESOURCE.ID]: instanceId,
+        [HOST_RESOURCE.TYPE]: instanceType,
       });
     } catch {
       return Resource.empty();
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/detect-resources.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/detect-resources.test.ts
index 24efdf7638..583aa48b3a 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/detect-resources.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/detect-resources.test.ts
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ const { origin: AWS_HOST, pathname: AWS_PATH } = new URL(
 
 const mockedAwsResponse = {
   instanceId: 'my-instance-id',
+  instanceType: 'my-instance-type',
   accountId: 'my-account-id',
   region: 'my-region',
+  availabilityZone: 'my-zone',
 };
 
 describe('detectResources', async () => {
@@ -132,8 +134,12 @@ describe('detectResources', async () => {
         provider: 'aws',
         accountId: 'my-account-id',
         region: 'my-region',
+        zone: 'my-zone',
+      });
+      assertHostResource(resource, {
+        id: 'my-instance-id',
+        hostType: 'my-instance-type',
       });
-      assertHostResource(resource, { id: 'my-instance-id' });
       assertServiceResource(resource, {
         instanceId: '627cc493',
         name: 'my-service',
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/detectors/AwsEc2Detector.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/detectors/AwsEc2Detector.test.ts
index 6777d472fe..93e53296d2 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/detectors/AwsEc2Detector.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/detectors/AwsEc2Detector.test.ts
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ const { origin: AWS_HOST, pathname: AWS_PATH } = new URL(
 
 const mockedAwsResponse = {
   instanceId: 'my-instance-id',
+  instanceType: 'my-instance-type',
   accountId: 'my-account-id',
   region: 'my-region',
+  availabilityZone: 'my-zone',
 };
 
 describe('awsEc2Detector', () => {
@@ -58,9 +60,11 @@ describe('awsEc2Detector', () => {
         provider: 'aws',
         accountId: 'my-account-id',
         region: 'my-region',
+        zone: 'my-zone',
       });
       assertHostResource(resource, {
         id: 'my-instance-id',
+        hostType: 'my-instance-type',
       });
     });
   });