diff --git a/ci/etc/rprofile b/ci/etc/rprofile
index 2f64b17e5db3..504cf6313f30 100644
--- a/ci/etc/rprofile
+++ b/ci/etc/rprofile
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ local({
     rspm_template <- "https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/cran/__linux__/%s/latest"
     # See https://github.com/rstudio/r-docker#releases-and-tags,
     # but note that RSPM still uses "centos8"
-    supported_os <- c("bionic", "focal", "jammy", "centos7", "centos8", "opensuse153")
+    supported_os <- c("bionic", "focal", "jammy", "centos7", "centos8", "opensuse153", "rhel9")
+    # Amazon Linux 2023 is compatible with RHEL 9 binaries
+    amzn_to_rhel <- c("2023" = "rhel9")
 
     if (nzchar(Sys.which("lsb_release"))) {
       os <- tolower(system("lsb_release -cs", intern = TRUE))
@@ -28,6 +30,13 @@ local({
             return(sprintf(rspm_template, os))
           }
         }
+        # Amazon Linux: map to compatible RHEL version
+        if (gsub('"', '', vals["ID"]) == "amzn") {
+          version <- gsub('"', '', vals["VERSION_ID"])
+          if (version %in% names(amzn_to_rhel)) {
+            return(sprintf(rspm_template, amzn_to_rhel[version]))
+          }
+        }
       }
     }
     if (file.exists("/etc/system-release")) {