diff --git a/src/dstack/_internal/core/backends/aws/compute.py b/src/dstack/_internal/core/backends/aws/compute.py
index 61620165c..b28cb0e10 100644
--- a/src/dstack/_internal/core/backends/aws/compute.py
+++ b/src/dstack/_internal/core/backends/aws/compute.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import threading
-from collections.abc import Iterable
+from collections.abc import Container, Iterable
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from functools import partial
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 import boto3
@@ -141,6 +142,10 @@ def __init__(
             )
         else:  # default creds
             self.session = boto3.Session()
+        self._supported_instances = partial(
+            _supported_instances,
+            experimental_instance_types=set(self.config.experimental_instance_types or []),
+        )
         # Caches to avoid redundant API calls when provisioning many instances
         # get_offers is already cached but we still cache its sub-functions
         # with more aggressive/longer caches.
@@ -163,7 +168,7 @@ def get_all_offers_with_availability(
         offers = get_catalog_offers(
             backend=BackendType.AWS,
             locations=self.config.regions,
-            extra_filter=_supported_instances,
+            extra_filter=self._supported_instances,
         )
         regions = list(set(i.region for i in offers))
         regions_to_quotas = self._get_regions_to_quotas(self.session, regions)
@@ -1243,7 +1248,11 @@ def _get_regions_to_zones(session: boto3.Session, regions: List[str]) -> Dict[st
     return regions_to_zones
 
 
-def _supported_instances(offer: InstanceOffer) -> bool:
+def _supported_instances(
+    offer: InstanceOffer, experimental_instance_types: Container[str]
+) -> bool:
+    if offer.instance.name in experimental_instance_types:
+        return True
     for family in [
         "m7i.",
         "c7i.",
diff --git a/src/dstack/_internal/core/backends/aws/models.py b/src/dstack/_internal/core/backends/aws/models.py
index d76a4c9ab..95459bebe 100644
--- a/src/dstack/_internal/core/backends/aws/models.py
+++ b/src/dstack/_internal/core/backends/aws/models.py
@@ -106,6 +106,16 @@ class AWSBackendConfig(CoreModel):
             description="The mapping of instance categories (CPU, NVIDIA GPU) to AMI configurations"
         ),
     ] = None
+    experimental_instance_types: Annotated[
+        Optional[List[str]],
+        Field(
+            description=(
+                "The list of instance type names to allow provisioning in addition to"
+                " the standard supported instance families. Only works for instance types"
+                " included in `dstack`'s pricing catalog (`gpuhunt`)"
+            )
+        ),
+    ] = None
 
 
 class AWSBackendConfigWithCreds(AWSBackendConfig):
diff --git a/src/tests/_internal/server/routers/test_backends.py b/src/tests/_internal/server/routers/test_backends.py
index 9b548ab29..910c62dbf 100644
--- a/src/tests/_internal/server/routers/test_backends.py
+++ b/src/tests/_internal/server/routers/test_backends.py
@@ -828,6 +828,7 @@ async def test_returns_config_info(self, test_db, session: AsyncSession, client:
             "iam_instance_profile": None,
             "tags": None,
             "os_images": None,
+            "experimental_instance_types": None,
             "creds": json.loads(backend.auth.get_plaintext_or_error()),
         }