diff --git a/pkg/ami/static_resolver_test.go b/pkg/ami/static_resolver_test.go
index ea6c8a7dfa..6d140ca7d0 100644
--- a/pkg/ami/static_resolver_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ami/static_resolver_test.go
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ var _ = Describe("AMI Static Resolution", func() {
 			ExpectedAMI:  "ami-042f9abf2f96a0097",
 			ExpectError:  false,
 		}),
+		Entry("with gpu (g3) instance and eu-west-1", ResolveCase{
+			Region:       "eu-west-1",
+			Version:      "1.12",
+			InstanceType: "g3.4xlarge",
+			ImageFamily:  "AmazonLinux2",
+			ExpectedAMI:  "ami-042f9abf2f96a0097",
+			ExpectError:  false,
+		}),
 		Entry("with gpu (p3) instance and non-existent region", ResolveCase{
 			Region:       "eu-east-1",
 			Version:      "1.12",
diff --git a/pkg/utils/utils.go b/pkg/utils/utils.go
index 1acfa0893e..814472024b 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/utils.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 // IsGPUInstanceType returns tru of the instance type is GPU
 // optimised.
 func IsGPUInstanceType(instanceType string) bool {
-	return strings.HasPrefix(instanceType, "p2") || strings.HasPrefix(instanceType, "p3")
+	return strings.HasPrefix(instanceType, "p2") || strings.HasPrefix(instanceType, "p3") || strings.HasPrefix(instanceType, "g3")
 }
 
 // HasGPUInstanceType returns true if it finds a gpu instance among the mixed instances