diff --git a/images/linux-amzn2/github_agent.linux.pkr.hcl b/images/linux-amzn2/github_agent.linux.pkr.hcl
index e478bd8cef..d039229212 100644
--- a/images/linux-amzn2/github_agent.linux.pkr.hcl
+++ b/images/linux-amzn2/github_agent.linux.pkr.hcl
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ variable "root_volume_size_gb" {
   default = 8
 }
 
+variable "ebs_delete_on_termination" {
+  description = "Indicates whether the EBS volume is deleted on instance termination."
+  type        = bool
+  default     = true
+}
+
 variable "global_tags" {
   description = "Tags to apply to everything"
   type        = map(string)
@@ -91,9 +97,10 @@ source "amazon-ebs" "githubrunner" {
 
 
   launch_block_device_mappings {
-    device_name = "/dev/xvda"
-    volume_size = "${var.root_volume_size_gb}"
-    volume_type = "gp3"
+    device_name           = "/dev/xvda"
+    volume_size           = "${var.root_volume_size_gb}"
+    volume_type           = "gp3"
+    delete_on_termination = "${var.ebs_delete_on_termination}"
   }
 }
 
@@ -151,4 +158,4 @@ build {
     ]
   }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/images/ubuntu-focal/github_agent.ubuntu.pkr.hcl b/images/ubuntu-focal/github_agent.ubuntu.pkr.hcl
index 02c3d7a21e..9c4f0b44d1 100644
--- a/images/ubuntu-focal/github_agent.ubuntu.pkr.hcl
+++ b/images/ubuntu-focal/github_agent.ubuntu.pkr.hcl
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ variable "root_volume_size_gb" {
   default = 8
 }
 
+variable "ebs_delete_on_termination" {
+  description = "Indicates whether the EBS volume is deleted on instance termination."
+  type        = bool
+  default     = true
+}
+
 variable "global_tags" {
   description = "Tags to apply to everything"
   type        = map(string)
@@ -90,9 +96,10 @@ source "amazon-ebs" "githubrunner" {
   )
 
   launch_block_device_mappings {
-    device_name = "/dev/sda1"
-    volume_size = "${var.root_volume_size_gb}"
-    volume_type = "gp3"
+    device_name           = "/dev/sda1"
+    volume_size           = "${var.root_volume_size_gb}"
+    volume_type           = "gp3"
+    delete_on_termination = "${var.ebs_delete_on_termination}"
   }
 }
 
@@ -161,4 +168,4 @@ build {
     ]
   }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/images/windows-core-2019/github_agent.windows.pkr.hcl b/images/windows-core-2019/github_agent.windows.pkr.hcl
index d15d462476..bde19e3b33 100644
--- a/images/windows-core-2019/github_agent.windows.pkr.hcl
+++ b/images/windows-core-2019/github_agent.windows.pkr.hcl
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ variable "region" {
   default     = "eu-west-1"
 }
 
+variable "ebs_delete_on_termination" {
+  description = "Indicates whether the EBS volume is deleted on instance termination."
+  type        = bool
+  default     = true
+}
+
 source "amazon-ebs" "githubrunner" {
   ami_name      = "github-runner-windows-core-2019-${formatdate("YYYYMMDDhhmm", timestamp())}"
   communicator  = "winrm"
@@ -43,6 +49,11 @@ source "amazon-ebs" "githubrunner" {
   winrm_port     = 5986
   winrm_use_ssl  = true
   winrm_username = "Administrator"
+
+  launch_block_device_mappings {
+    device_name           = "/dev/sda1"
+    delete_on_termination = "${var.ebs_delete_on_termination}"
+  }
 }
 
 build {
@@ -63,4 +74,4 @@ build {
       action_runner_url = var.action_runner_url
     })]
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}