diff --git a/lib/fog/aws/requests/compute/describe_instance_status.rb b/lib/fog/aws/requests/compute/describe_instance_status.rb
index 84c8f5713..8b3d937fd 100644
--- a/lib/fog/aws/requests/compute/describe_instance_status.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/aws/requests/compute/describe_instance_status.rb
@@ -5,10 +5,20 @@ module Fog
 
         require 'fog/aws/parsers/compute/describe_instance_status'
 
+        # http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/ApiReference-query-DescribeInstanceStatus.html
+        #
         def describe_instance_status(filters = {})
           raise ArgumentError.new("Filters must be a hash, but is a #{filters.class}.") unless filters.is_a?(Hash)
+          next_token = filters.delete('nextToken') || filters.delete('NextToken')
+          max_results = filters.delete('maxResults') || filters.delete('MaxResults')
+
+          params = Fog::AWS.indexed_request_param('InstanceId', filters.delete('InstanceId'))
+
+          params.merge!(Fog::AWS.indexed_filters(filters))
+
+          params['NextToken'] = next_token if next_token
+          params['MaxResults'] = max_results if max_results
 
-          params = Fog::AWS.indexed_filters(filters)
           request({
             'Action'    => 'DescribeInstanceStatus',
             :idempotent => true,