diff --git a/.changelog/a6739ebd15a745c3b7284fe3b91746e9.json b/.changelog/a6739ebd15a745c3b7284fe3b91746e9.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2bb9fcdfe92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/a6739ebd15a745c3b7284fe3b91746e9.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "id": "a6739ebd-15a7-45c3-b728-4fe3b91746e9",
+    "type": "feature",
+    "description": "Add UnmarshalJSON for AWSEpochTime to correctly unmarshal AWSEpochTime, ([#1298](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/pull/1298))",
+    "modules": [
+        "feature/cloudfront/sign"
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/feature/cloudfront/sign/policy.go b/feature/cloudfront/sign/policy.go
index 75263b1b6f5..f780ed5110c 100644
--- a/feature/cloudfront/sign/policy.go
+++ b/feature/cloudfront/sign/policy.go
@@ -32,6 +32,19 @@ func (t AWSEpochTime) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{"AWS:EpochTime":%d}`, t.UTC().Unix())), nil
 }
 
+// UnmarshalJSON unserializes AWS Profile epoch time.
+func (t *AWSEpochTime) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	var epochTime struct {
+		Sec int64 `json:"AWS:EpochTime"`
+	}
+	err := json.Unmarshal(data, &epochTime)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	t.Time = time.Unix(epochTime.Sec, 0).UTC()
+	return nil
+}
+
 // An IPAddress wraps an IPAddress source IP providing JSON serialization information
 type IPAddress struct {
 	SourceIP string `json:"AWS:SourceIp"`
diff --git a/feature/cloudfront/sign/policy_test.go b/feature/cloudfront/sign/policy_test.go
index 7f335aafcb7..4273c242e18 100644
--- a/feature/cloudfront/sign/policy_test.go
+++ b/feature/cloudfront/sign/policy_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/rsa"
 	"crypto/sha1"
 	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
 	"strings"
@@ -27,6 +28,22 @@ func TestEpochTimeMarshal(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestEpochTimeUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
+	now := time.Now().Round(time.Second)
+	data := fmt.Sprintf(`{"AWS:EpochTime":%d}`, now.Unix())
+	var v AWSEpochTime
+	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(data), &v)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error, %#v", err)
+	}
+
+	expected := now.UTC()
+	if v.Time != expected {
+		t.Errorf("Expected unmarshaled time to match, expect: %s, actual: %s",
+			expected, v.Time)
+	}
+}
+
 var testCreateResource = []struct {
 	scheme, u string
 	expect    string