diff --git a/moto/core/responses.py b/moto/core/responses.py
index ae91cdc02..5afe5e168 100644
--- a/moto/core/responses.py
+++ b/moto/core/responses.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin):
     # to extract region, use [^.]
     region_regex = re.compile(r'\.(?P<region>[a-z]{2}-[a-z]+-\d{1})\.amazonaws\.com')
     param_list_regex = re.compile(r'(.*)\.(\d+)\.')
+    access_key_regex = re.compile(r'AWS.*(?P<access_key>(?<![A-Z0-9])[A-Z0-9]{20}(?![A-Z0-9]))[:/]')
     aws_service_spec = None
 
     @classmethod
@@ -178,6 +179,21 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin):
             region = self.default_region
         return region
 
+    def get_current_user(self):
+        """
+        Returns the access key id used in this request as the current user id
+        """
+        if 'Authorization' in self.headers:
+            match = self.access_key_regex.search(self.headers['Authorization'])
+            if match:
+                return match.group(1)
+
+        if self.querystring.get('AWSAccessKeyId'):
+            return self.querystring.get('AWSAccessKeyId')
+        else:
+            # Should we raise an unauthorized exception instead?
+            return None
+
     def _dispatch(self, request, full_url, headers):
         self.setup_class(request, full_url, headers)
         return self.call_action()
diff --git a/moto/ec2/models.py b/moto/ec2/models.py
index ef47d916b..f22e39b8b 100755
--- a/moto/ec2/models.py
+++ b/moto/ec2/models.py
@@ -1033,7 +1033,6 @@ class TagBackend(object):
 class Ami(TaggedEC2Resource):
     def __init__(self, ec2_backend, ami_id, instance=None, source_ami=None,
                  name=None, description=None, owner_id=None,
-
                  public=False, virtualization_type=None, architecture=None,
                  state='available', creation_date=None, platform=None,
                  image_type='machine', image_location=None, hypervisor=None,
@@ -1138,12 +1137,14 @@ class AmiBackend(object):
             ami_id = ami['ami_id']
             self.amis[ami_id] = Ami(self, **ami)
 
-    def create_image(self, instance_id, name=None, description=None, owner_id=None):
+    def create_image(self, instance_id, name=None, description=None,
+                     context=None):
         # TODO: check that instance exists and pull info from it.
         ami_id = random_ami_id()
         instance = self.get_instance(instance_id)
         ami = Ami(self, ami_id, instance=instance, source_ami=None,
-                  name=name, description=description, owner_id=owner_id)
+                  name=name, description=description,
+                  owner_id=context.get_current_user() if context else None)
         self.amis[ami_id] = ami
         return ami
 
@@ -1156,7 +1157,8 @@ class AmiBackend(object):
         self.amis[ami_id] = ami
         return ami
 
-    def describe_images(self, ami_ids=(), filters=None, exec_users=None, owners=None):
+    def describe_images(self, ami_ids=(), filters=None, exec_users=None, owners=None,
+                        context=None):
         images = self.amis.values()
 
         # Limit images by launch permissions
@@ -1170,6 +1172,11 @@ class AmiBackend(object):
 
         # Limit by owner ids
         if owners:
+            # support filtering by Owners=['self']
+            owners = list(map(
+                lambda o: context.get_current_user()
+                if context and o == 'self' else o,
+                owners))
             images = [ami for ami in images if ami.owner_id in owners]
 
         if ami_ids:
diff --git a/moto/ec2/responses/amis.py b/moto/ec2/responses/amis.py
index 19e6d31a1..12ab3e6be 100755
--- a/moto/ec2/responses/amis.py
+++ b/moto/ec2/responses/amis.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class AmisResponse(BaseResponse):
         instance_id = self._get_param('InstanceId')
         if self.is_not_dryrun('CreateImage'):
             image = self.ec2_backend.create_image(
-                instance_id, name, description)
+                instance_id, name, description, context=self)
             template = self.response_template(CREATE_IMAGE_RESPONSE)
             return template.render(image=image)
 
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ class AmisResponse(BaseResponse):
         owners = self._get_multi_param('Owner')
         exec_users = self._get_multi_param('ExecutableBy')
         images = self.ec2_backend.describe_images(
-            ami_ids=ami_ids, filters=filters, exec_users=exec_users, owners=owners)
+            ami_ids=ami_ids, filters=filters, exec_users=exec_users,
+            owners=owners, context=self)
         template = self.response_template(DESCRIBE_IMAGES_RESPONSE)
         return template.render(images=images)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_ec2/test_amis.py b/tests/test_ec2/test_amis.py
index 9ba782414..64102418c 100755
--- a/tests/test_ec2/test_amis.py
+++ b/tests/test_ec2/test_amis.py
@@ -705,3 +705,17 @@ def test_ami_filter_by_owner_id():
     assert all(ubuntu_ids) and ubuntu_ids[0] == ubuntu_id
     # Check we actually have a subset of images
     assert len(ubuntu_ids) < len(all_ids)
+
+@mock_ec2
+def test_ami_filter_by_self():
+    client = boto3.client('ec2', region_name='us-east-1')
+
+    my_images = client.describe_images(Owners=['self'])
+    assert len(my_images) == 0
+
+    # Create a new image
+    instance = ec2.create_instances(ImageId='ami-1234abcd', MinCount=1, MaxCount=1)[0]
+    image = instance.create_image(Name='test-image')
+
+    my_images = client.describe_images(Owners=['self'])
+    assert len(my_images) == 1