diff --git a/lib/fog/aws/ec2.rb b/lib/fog/aws/ec2.rb
index 7e9d0cd0a..76f73ae93 100644
--- a/lib/fog/aws/ec2.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/aws/ec2.rb
@@ -46,6 +46,27 @@ module Fog
         }, Fog::Parsers::AWS::EC2::AllocateAddress.new)
       end
 
+      def describe_addresses(public_ips)
+        params, index = {}, 1
+        for public_ip in [*public_ips]
+          params["PublicIp.#{index}"] = public_ip
+          index += 1
+        end
+        request){
+          'Action' => 'DescribeAddresses'
+        }.merge!(params), Fog::Parsers::AWS::EC2::DescribeAddresses.new
+      end
+
+      # Release an elastic IP address.
+      #
+      # ==== Returns
+      # Hash:: :return success boolean
+      def release_address(public_ip)
+        request({
+          'Action' => 'ReleaseAddress',
+          'PublicIp' => public_ip
+        }, Fog::Parsers::AWS::EC2::ReleaseAddress.new)
+
       private
 
       def request(params, parser)
diff --git a/lib/fog/aws/ec2/parsers.rb b/lib/fog/aws/ec2/parsers.rb
index e39df7c5f..55a57698b 100644
--- a/lib/fog/aws/ec2/parsers.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/aws/ec2/parsers.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,42 @@ module Fog
 
         end
 
+        class DescribeAddresses < Fog::Parsers::Base
+
+          def reset
+            @address = {}
+            @response = { :addresses => [] }
+          end
+
+          def end_element(name)
+            case name
+            when 'instanceId'
+              @address[:instance_id] = @value
+            when 'item'
+              @response[:addresses] << @address
+              @address = []
+            when 'publicIp'
+              @address[:public_ip] = @value
+            end
+          end
+
+        end
+
+        class ReleaseAddress < Fog::Parsers::Base
+
+          def end_element(name)
+            case name
+            when 'return'
+              if @value == 'true'
+                @response[:return] = true
+              else
+                @response[:return] = false
+              end
+            end
+          end
+
+        end
+
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/aws/ec2/allocate_address_spec.rb b/spec/aws/ec2/allocate_address_spec.rb
index 0f00c0c41..db88b4651 100644
--- a/spec/aws/ec2/allocate_address_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/aws/ec2/allocate_address_spec.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
 
-describe 'EC2.batch_put_attributes' do
+describe 'EC2.allocate_address' do
+
+  after(:all) do
+    ec2.release_address(@public_ip)
+  end
 
   it "should return proper attributes" do
     actual = ec2.allocate_address
-    actual.body[:public_ip].should be_a(String)
+    @public_ip = actual.body[:public_ip]
+    @public_ip.should be_a(String)
     p actual
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/aws/ec2/describe_addresses.rb b/spec/aws/ec2/describe_addresses.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0678ce9ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/aws/ec2/describe_addresses.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
+
+describe 'EC2.describe_addresses' do
+
+  before(:all) do
+    @public_ip = ec2.allocate_address
+  end
+
+  after(:all) do
+    ec2.release_address(@public_ip)
+  end
+
+  it "should return proper attributes" do
+    actual = ec2.describe_addresses(@public_ip)
+    item = actual.body[:addresses].select {|address| address[:public_ip] == @public_ip}
+    item.should_not be_nil
+    p actual
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/spec/aws/ec2/release_address_spec.rb b/spec/aws/ec2/release_address_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d16641513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/aws/ec2/release_address_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
+
+describe 'EC2.release' do
+
+  before(:all) do
+    @public_ip = ec2.allocate_address
+  end
+
+  it "should return proper attributes" do
+    actual = ec2.release_address(@public_ip.body[:public_ip])
+    actual.body[:return].should == true
+    p actual
+  end
+
+end