diff --git a/lib/classes/Variables.js b/lib/classes/Variables.js
index c65866f3b..9a93c6a2d 100644
--- a/lib/classes/Variables.js
+++ b/lib/classes/Variables.js
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ class Variables {
       const requiredConfigs = [
         _.assign({ name: 'region' }, provider.getRegionSourceValue()),
         _.assign({ name: 'stage' }, provider.getStageSourceValue()),
+        _.assign({ name: 'profile' }, {
+          value: this.service.provider.profile,
+          path: 'serverless.service.provider.profile',
+        }),
       ];
       return this.disableDepedentServices(() => {
         const prepopulations = requiredConfigs.map(config =>
diff --git a/lib/classes/Variables.test.js b/lib/classes/Variables.test.js
index f8af35f59..23e5fdf84 100644
--- a/lib/classes/Variables.test.js
+++ b/lib/classes/Variables.test.js
@@ -147,11 +147,12 @@ describe('Variables', () => {
     const prepopulatedProperties = [
       { name: 'region', getter: (provider) => provider.getRegion() },
       { name: 'stage', getter: (provider) => provider.getStage() },
+      { name: 'profile', getter: (provider) => provider.getProfile() },
     ];
     describe('basic population tests', () => {
       prepopulatedProperties.forEach((property) => {
         it(`should populate variables in ${property.name} values`, () => {
-          awsProvider.options[property.name] = '${self:foobar, "default"}';
+          awsProvider.serverless.service.provider[property.name] = '${self:foobar, "default"}';
           return serverless.variables.populateService().should.be.fulfilled
             .then(() => expect(property.getter(awsProvider)).to.be.eql('default'));
         });
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ describe('Variables', () => {
       prepopulatedProperties.forEach(property => {
         dependentConfigs.forEach(config => {
           it(`should reject ${config.name} variables in ${property.name} values`, () => {
-            awsProvider.options[property.name] = config.value;
+            awsProvider.serverless.service.provider[property.name] = config.value;
             return serverless.variables.populateService()
               .should.be.rejectedWith('Variable dependency failure');
           });
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ describe('Variables', () => {
             serverless.variables.service.custom = {
               settings: config.value,
             };
-            awsProvider.options.region = '${self:custom.settings.region}';
+            awsProvider.serverless.service.provider.region = '${self:custom.settings.region}';
             return serverless.variables.populateService()
               .should.be.rejectedWith('Variable dependency failure');
           });
@@ -196,8 +197,8 @@ describe('Variables', () => {
             { name: 'getValueFromS3', original: serverless.variables.getValueFromS3 },
             { name: 'getValueFromSsm', original: serverless.variables.getValueFromSsm },
           ];
-          awsProvider.options.region = combination.region;
-          awsProvider.options.state = combination.state;
+          awsProvider.serverless.service.provider.region = combination.region;
+          awsProvider.serverless.service.provider.state = combination.state;
           return serverless.variables.populateService().should.be.fulfilled
             .then(() => {
               dependentMethods.forEach((method) => {
diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/provider/awsProvider.js b/lib/plugins/aws/provider/awsProvider.js
index a5ff03a02..fec6d92e3 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/provider/awsProvider.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/provider/awsProvider.js
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ class AwsProvider {
 
   getProfileSourceValue() {
     const values = this.getValues(this, [
+      ['options', 'aws-profile'],
       ['options', 'profile'],
       ['serverless', 'config', 'profile'],
       ['serverless', 'service', 'provider', 'profile'],