diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ca51c73d..69348bf9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ You don't have to do anything manually!
 1. CloudXNS.com API
 1. GoDaddy.com API
 1. OVH, kimsufi, soyoustart and runabove API
-1. AWS Route 53, see: https://github.com/Neilpang/acme.sh/issues/65
+1. AWS Route 53
 1. PowerDNS.com API
 1. lexicon DNS API: https://github.com/Neilpang/acme.sh/wiki/How-to-use-lexicon-dns-api
    (DigitalOcean, DNSimple, DNSMadeEasy, DNSPark, EasyDNS, Namesilo, NS1, PointHQ, Rage4 and Vultr etc.)
diff --git a/acme.sh b/acme.sh
index e3f844ea..7a305cf2 100755
--- a/acme.sh
+++ b/acme.sh
@@ -329,6 +329,18 @@ _h2b() {
   done
 }
 
+#hex string
+_hex() {
+  _str="$1"
+  _str_len=${#_str}
+  _h_i=1
+  while [ "$_h_i" -le "$_str_len" ]; do
+    _str_c="$(printf "%s" "$_str" | cut -c "$_h_i")"
+    printf "%02x" "'$_str_c"
+    _h_i="$(_math "$_h_i" + 1)"
+  done
+}
+
 #options file
 _sed_i() {
   options="$1"
@@ -426,23 +438,23 @@ _digest() {
 
 }
 
-#Usage: hashalg  secret  [outputhex]
-#Output Base64-encoded hmac
+#Usage: hashalg  secret_hex  [outputhex]
+#Output binary hmac
 _hmac() {
   alg="$1"
-  hmac_sec="$2"
+  secret_hex="$2"
   outputhex="$3"
 
-  if [ -z "$hmac_sec" ]; then
+  if [ -z "$secret_hex" ]; then
     _usage "Usage: _hmac hashalg secret [outputhex]"
     return 1
   fi
 
   if [ "$alg" = "sha256" ] || [ "$alg" = "sha1" ]; then
     if [ "$outputhex" ]; then
-      openssl dgst -"$alg" -hmac "$hmac_sec" | cut -d = -f 2 | tr -d ' '
+      openssl dgst -"$alg" -mac HMAC -macopt "hexkey:$secret_hex" | cut -d = -f 2 | tr -d ' '
     else
-      openssl dgst -"$alg" -hmac "$hmac_sec" -binary | _base64
+      openssl dgst -"$alg" -mac HMAC -macopt "hexkey:$secret_hex" -binary
     fi
   else
     _err "$alg is not supported yet"
@@ -3601,6 +3613,11 @@ _initconf() {
 #PDNS_Token=\"0123456789ABCDEF\"
 #PDNS_Ttl=60
 
+#######################
+#Amazon Route53:
+#AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=XXXXXXXXXX
+#AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+
     " >"$ACCOUNT_CONF_PATH"
   fi
 }
diff --git a/dnsapi/README.md b/dnsapi/README.md
index f1df726f..9a8730c9 100644
--- a/dnsapi/README.md
+++ b/dnsapi/README.md
@@ -185,7 +185,23 @@ acme.sh --issue --dns dns_me -d example.com -d www.example.com
 The `ME_Key` and `ME_Secret` will be saved in `~/.acme.sh/account.conf` and will be reused when needed.
 
 
-# 10. Use custom API
+## 10. Use Amazon Route53 domain API
+
+https://github.com/Neilpang/acme.sh/wiki/How-to-use-Amazon-Route53-API
+
+```
+export  AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=XXXXXXXXXX
+export  AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+```
+
+To issue a cert:
+```
+acme.sh --issue --dns dns_aws -d example.com -d www.example.com
+```
+
+The `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` and `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` will be saved in `~/.acme.sh/account.conf` and will be reused when needed.
+
+# 11. Use custom API
 
 If your API is not supported yet, you can write your own DNS API.
 
@@ -202,6 +218,6 @@ acme.sh --issue --dns dns_myapi -d example.com -d www.example.com
 For more details, please check our sample script: [dns_myapi.sh](dns_myapi.sh)
 
 
-## 11. Use lexicon DNS API
+## 12. Use lexicon DNS API
 
 https://github.com/Neilpang/acme.sh/wiki/How-to-use-lexicon-dns-api
diff --git a/dnsapi/dns_aws.sh b/dnsapi/dns_aws.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..15bf7b14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dnsapi/dns_aws.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+#
+#AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="sdfsdfsdfljlbjkljlkjsdfoiwje"
+#
+#AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="xxxxxxx"
+
+#This is the Amazon Route53 api wrapper for acme.sh
+
+AWS_HOST="route53.amazonaws.com"
+AWS_URL="https://$AWS_HOST"
+
+AWS_WIKI="https://github.com/Neilpang/acme.sh/wiki/How-to-use-Amazon-Route53-API"
+
+########  Public functions #####################
+
+#Usage: dns_myapi_add   _acme-challenge.www.domain.com   "XKrxpRBosdIKFzxW_CT3KLZNf6q0HG9i01zxXp5CPBs"
+dns_aws_add() {
+  fulldomain=$1
+  txtvalue=$2
+
+  if [ -z "$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" ] || [ -z "$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" ]; then
+    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=""
+    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=""
+    _err "You don't specify aws route53 api key id and and api key secret yet."
+    _err "Please create you key and try again. see $(__green $AWS_WIKI)"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  _saveaccountconf AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID "$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"
+  _saveaccountconf AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY "$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"
+
+  _debug "First detect the root zone"
+  if ! _get_root "$fulldomain"; then
+    _err "invalid domain"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  _debug _domain_id "$_domain_id"
+  _debug _sub_domain "$_sub_domain"
+  _debug _domain "$_domain"
+
+  _aws_tmpl_xml="<ChangeResourceRecordSetsRequest xmlns=\"https://route53.amazonaws.com/doc/2013-04-01/\"><ChangeBatch><Changes><Change><Action>UPSERT</Action><ResourceRecordSet><Name>$fulldomain</Name><Type>TXT</Type><TTL>300</TTL><ResourceRecords><ResourceRecord><Value>\"$txtvalue\"</Value></ResourceRecord></ResourceRecords></ResourceRecordSet></Change></Changes></ChangeBatch></ChangeResourceRecordSetsRequest>"
+
+  if aws_rest POST "2013-04-01$_domain_id/rrset/" "" "$_aws_tmpl_xml" && _contains "$response" "ChangeResourceRecordSetsResponse"; then
+    _info "txt record updated sucess."
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  return 1
+}
+
+#fulldomain
+dns_aws_rm() {
+  fulldomain=$1
+
+}
+
+####################  Private functions bellow ##################################
+
+_get_root() {
+  domain=$1
+  i=2
+  p=1
+
+  if aws_rest GET "2013-04-01/hostedzone"; then
+    _debug "response" "$response"
+    while true; do
+      h=$(printf "%s" "$domain" | cut -d . -f $i-100)
+      if [ -z "$h" ]; then
+        #not valid
+        return 1
+      fi
+
+      if _contains "$response" "<Name>$h.</Name>"; then
+        hostedzone="$(echo "$response" | _egrep_o "<HostedZone>.*<Name>$h.</Name>.*</HostedZone>")"
+        _debug hostedzone "$hostedzone"
+        if [ -z "$hostedzone" ]; then
+          _err "Error, can not get hostedzone."
+          return 1
+        fi
+        _domain_id=$(printf "%s\n" "$hostedzone" | _egrep_o "<Id>.*</Id>" | head -n 1 | _egrep_o ">.*<" | tr -d "<>")
+        if [ "$_domain_id" ]; then
+          _sub_domain=$(printf "%s" "$domain" | cut -d . -f 1-$p)
+          _domain=$h
+          return 0
+        fi
+        return 1
+      fi
+      p=$i
+      i=$(_math "$i" + 1)
+    done
+  fi
+  return 1
+}
+
+#method uri qstr data
+aws_rest() {
+  mtd="$1"
+  ep="$2"
+  qsr="$3"
+  data="$4"
+
+  _debug mtd "$mtd"
+  _debug ep "$ep"
+  _debug qsr "$qsr"
+  _debug data "$data"
+
+  CanonicalURI="/$ep"
+  _debug2 CanonicalURI "$CanonicalURI"
+
+  CanonicalQueryString="$qsr"
+  _debug2 CanonicalQueryString "$CanonicalQueryString"
+
+  RequestDate="$(date -u +"%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ")"
+  _debug2 RequestDate "$RequestDate"
+
+  #RequestDate="20161120T141056Z" ##############
+
+  _H1="x-amz-date: $RequestDate"
+
+  aws_host="$AWS_HOST"
+  CanonicalHeaders="host:$aws_host\nx-amz-date:$RequestDate\n"
+  _debug2 CanonicalHeaders "$CanonicalHeaders"
+
+  SignedHeaders="host;x-amz-date"
+  _debug2 SignedHeaders "$SignedHeaders"
+
+  RequestPayload="$data"
+  _debug2 RequestPayload "$RequestPayload"
+
+  Hash="sha256"
+
+  CanonicalRequest="$mtd\n$CanonicalURI\n$CanonicalQueryString\n$CanonicalHeaders\n$SignedHeaders\n$(printf "%s" "$RequestPayload" | _digest "$Hash" hex)"
+  _debug2 CanonicalRequest "$CanonicalRequest"
+
+  HashedCanonicalRequest="$(printf "$CanonicalRequest%s" | _digest "$Hash" hex)"
+  _debug2 HashedCanonicalRequest "$HashedCanonicalRequest"
+
+  Algorithm="AWS4-HMAC-SHA256"
+  _debug2 Algorithm "$Algorithm"
+
+  RequestDateOnly="$(echo "$RequestDate" | cut -c 1-8)"
+  _debug2 RequestDateOnly "$RequestDateOnly"
+
+  Region="us-east-1"
+  Service="route53"
+
+  CredentialScope="$RequestDateOnly/$Region/$Service/aws4_request"
+  _debug2 CredentialScope "$CredentialScope"
+
+  StringToSign="$Algorithm\n$RequestDate\n$CredentialScope\n$HashedCanonicalRequest"
+
+  _debug2 StringToSign "$StringToSign"
+
+  kSecret="AWS4$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"
+
+  #kSecret="wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG+bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY" ############################
+
+  _debug2 kSecret "$kSecret"
+
+  kSecretH="$(_hex "$kSecret")"
+  _debug2 kSecretH "$kSecretH"
+
+  kDateH="$(printf "$RequestDateOnly%s" | _hmac "$Hash" "$kSecretH" hex)"
+  _debug2 kDateH "$kDateH"
+
+  kRegionH="$(printf "$Region%s" | _hmac "$Hash" "$kDateH" hex)"
+  _debug2 kRegionH "$kRegionH"
+
+  kServiceH="$(printf "$Service%s" | _hmac "$Hash" "$kRegionH" hex)"
+  _debug2 kServiceH "$kServiceH"
+
+  kSigningH="$(printf "aws4_request%s" | _hmac "$Hash" "$kServiceH" hex)"
+  _debug2 kSigningH "$kSigningH"
+
+  signature="$(printf "$StringToSign%s" | _hmac "$Hash" "$kSigningH" hex)"
+  _debug2 signature "$signature"
+
+  Authorization="$Algorithm Credential=$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID/$CredentialScope, SignedHeaders=$SignedHeaders, Signature=$signature"
+  _debug2 Authorization "$Authorization"
+
+  _H3="Authorization: $Authorization"
+  _debug _H3 "$_H3"
+
+  url="$AWS_URL/$ep"
+
+  if [ "$mtd" = "GET" ]; then
+    response="$(_get "$url")"
+  else
+    response="$(_post "$data" "$url")"
+  fi
+
+  _ret="$?"
+  if [ "$_ret" = "0" ]; then
+    if _contains "$response" "<ErrorResponse"; then
+      _err "Response error:$response"
+      return 1
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  return "$_ret"
+}
diff --git a/dnsapi/dns_me.sh b/dnsapi/dns_me.sh
index edd88d98..2a03f533 100755
--- a/dnsapi/dns_me.sh
+++ b/dnsapi/dns_me.sh
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ _me_rest() {
   _debug "$ep"
 
   cdate=$(date -u +"%a, %d %b %Y %T %Z")
-  hmac=$(printf "%s" "$cdate" | _hmac sha1 "$ME_Secret" 1)
+  hmac=$(printf "%s" "$cdate" | _hmac sha1 "$(_hex "$ME_Secret")" hex)
 
   _H1="x-dnsme-apiKey: $ME_Key"
   _H2="x-dnsme-requestDate: $cdate"