diff --git a/docs/sources/administration/provisioning.md b/docs/sources/administration/provisioning.md
index 8fcfbde63d6..f5622d83f8e 100644
--- a/docs/sources/administration/provisioning.md
+++ b/docs/sources/administration/provisioning.md
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ Since not all datasources have the same configuration settings we only have the
 | assumeRoleArn           | string  | Cloudwatch                                                       | ARN of Assume Role                                                                          |
 | defaultRegion           | string  | Cloudwatch                                                       | AWS region                                                                                  |
 | customMetricsNamespaces | string  | Cloudwatch                                                       | Namespaces of Custom Metrics                                                                |
+| profile                 | string  | Cloudwatch                                                       | Custom credentials profile
 | tsdbVersion             | string  | OpenTSDB                                                         | Version                                                                                     |
 | tsdbResolution          | string  | OpenTSDB                                                         | Resolution                                                                                  |
 | sslmode                 | string  | PostgreSQL                                                       | SSLmode. 'disable', 'require', 'verify-ca' or 'verify-full'                                 |
diff --git a/docs/sources/features/datasources/cloudwatch.md b/docs/sources/features/datasources/cloudwatch.md
index efacaaef101..764d36786c2 100755
--- a/docs/sources/features/datasources/cloudwatch.md
+++ b/docs/sources/features/datasources/cloudwatch.md
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ It's now possible to configure data sources using config files with Grafana's pr
 
 Here are some provisioning examples for this data source.
 
-### Using a credentials file
+### Using credentials profile name (non-default) 
 
 ```yaml
 apiVersion: 1
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ datasources:
       authType: credentials
       defaultRegion: eu-west-2
       customMetricsNamespaces: 'CWAgent,CustomNameSpace'
+      profile: secondary
 ```
 
 ### Using `accessKey` and `secretKey`
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/datasource.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/datasource.ts
index 2d3c4b482b8..01c18565f01 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/datasource.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/datasource.ts
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ export interface MetricFindValue {
 export interface DataSourceJsonData {
   authType?: string;
   defaultRegion?: string;
+  profile?: string;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
index 1a522ed1a48..0fe05ad920f 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
@@ -294,9 +294,14 @@ func (e *cloudWatchExecutor) getDSInfo(region string) *datasourceInfo {
 	accessKey := decrypted["accessKey"]
 	secretKey := decrypted["secretKey"]
 
+	profile := e.DataSource.JsonData.Get("profile").MustString()
+	if profile == "" {
+		profile = e.DataSource.Database // legacy support
+	}
+
 	return &datasourceInfo{
 		Region:        region,
-		Profile:       e.DataSource.Database,
+		Profile:       profile,
 		AuthType:      authType,
 		AssumeRoleArn: assumeRoleArn,
 		ExternalID:    externalID,
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/components/ConfigEditor.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/components/ConfigEditor.tsx
index 87fda626f34..d2b9991b79b 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/components/ConfigEditor.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/components/ConfigEditor.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ const { Select, Input } = LegacyForms;
 import {
   DataSourcePluginOptionsEditorProps,
   onUpdateDatasourceJsonDataOptionSelect,
-  onUpdateDatasourceOption,
   onUpdateDatasourceResetOption,
   onUpdateDatasourceJsonDataOption,
   onUpdateDatasourceSecureJsonDataOption,
@@ -115,6 +114,10 @@ export class ConfigEditor extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
     const { regions } = this.state;
     const { options } = this.props;
     const secureJsonData = (options.secureJsonData || {}) as CloudWatchSecureJsonData;
+    let profile = options.jsonData.profile;
+    if (!profile) {
+      profile = options.database;
+    }
 
     return (
       <>
@@ -151,8 +154,8 @@ export class ConfigEditor extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
                   <Input
                     className="width-30"
                     placeholder="default"
-                    value={options.jsonData.database}
-                    onChange={onUpdateDatasourceOption(this.props, 'database')}
+                    value={profile}
+                    onChange={onUpdateDatasourceJsonDataOption(this.props, 'profile')}
                   />
                 </div>
               </div>