diff --git a/minio/credentials/providers.py b/minio/credentials/providers.py
index 65981a440..80a5e6e4f 100644
--- a/minio/credentials/providers.py
+++ b/minio/credentials/providers.py
@@ -185,9 +185,24 @@ def retrieve(self):
 
 
 class IAMProvider(Provider):
-    """IAM EC2 credential provider."""
+    """
+        IAM EC2 credential provider.
+
+        expiry_delta param is used to create a window to the token
+        expiration time. If expiry_delta is greater than 0 the
+        expiration time will be reduced by the delta value.
+
+        Using a delta value is helpful to trigger credentials to
+        expire sooner than the expiration time given to ensure no
+        requests are made with expired token.
+
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self,
+                 endpoint=None,
+                 http_client=None,
+                 expiry_delta=None):
 
-    def __init__(self, endpoint=None, http_client=None):
         self._endpoint = endpoint or "http://169.254.169.254"
         self._http_client = http_client or urllib3.PoolManager(
             retries=urllib3.Retry(
@@ -196,6 +211,10 @@ def __init__(self, endpoint=None, http_client=None):
                 status_forcelist=[500, 502, 503, 504],
             ),
         )
+        if expiry_delta is None:
+            self._expiry_delta = timedelta(seconds=10)
+        else:
+            self._expiry_delta = expiry_delta
 
     def retrieve(self):
         """Retrieve credential value and its expiry from IAM EC2."""
@@ -233,7 +252,7 @@ def retrieve(self):
             data["AccessKeyId"],
             data["SecretAccessKey"],
             session_token=data["Token"],
-        ), expiration + timedelta(minutes=5)
+        ), expiration - self._expiry_delta
 
 
 class Static(Provider):
diff --git a/tests/unit/credentials_test.py b/tests/unit/credentials_test.py
index 2087188b3..1b0f2cec9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/credentials_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/credentials_test.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import json
 import os
-from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from unittest import TestCase
 
 from nose.tools import eq_, raises
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ class IAMProviderTest(TestCase):
     @mock.patch("urllib3.PoolManager.urlopen")
     def test_iam(self, mock_connection):
         mock_connection.side_effect = [CredListResponse(), CredsResponse()]
-        provider = IAMProvider()
+        provider = IAMProvider(expiry_delta=timedelta(minutes=5))
         creds, expiry = provider.retrieve()
         eq_(creds.access_key, "accessKey")
         eq_(creds.secret_key, "secret")
         eq_(creds.session_token, "token")
-        eq_(expiry, datetime(2014, 12, 16, 1, 56, 37))
+        eq_(expiry, datetime(2014, 12, 16, 1, 46, 37))
 
 
 class ChainProviderTest(TestCase):