diff --git a/lib/terraforming.rb b/lib/terraforming.rb
index 5e4a3385..27f7eee2 100644
--- a/lib/terraforming.rb
+++ b/lib/terraforming.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,19 @@
-require "aws-sdk-core"
+require "aws-sdk-autoscaling"
+require "aws-sdk-cloudwatch"
+require "aws-sdk-ec2"
+require "aws-sdk-efs"
+require "aws-sdk-elasticache"
+require "aws-sdk-elasticloadbalancing"
+require "aws-sdk-elasticloadbalancingv2"
+require "aws-sdk-iam"
+require "aws-sdk-kms"
+require "aws-sdk-rds"
+require "aws-sdk-redshift"
+require "aws-sdk-route53"
+require "aws-sdk-s3"
+require "aws-sdk-sns"
+require "aws-sdk-sqs"
+
 require "erb"
 require "multi_json"
 require "thor"
diff --git a/terraforming.gemspec b/terraforming.gemspec
index c10fdf3f..b0470232 100644
--- a/terraforming.gemspec
+++ b/terraforming.gemspec
@@ -19,7 +19,21 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{^bin/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  spec.add_dependency "aws-sdk", "~> 2.10.17"
+  spec.add_dependency "aws-sdk-autoscaling", "~> 1"
+  spec.add_dependency "aws-sdk-cloudwatch", "~> 1"
+  spec.add_dependency "aws-sdk-ec2", "~> 1"
+  spec.add_dependency "aws-sdk-efs", "~> 1"
+  spec.add_dependency "aws-sdk-elasticache", "~> 1"
+  spec.add_dependency "aws-sdk-elasticloadbalancing", "~> 1"
+  spec.add_dependency "aws-sdk-elasticloadbalancingv2", "~> 1"
+  spec.add_dependency "aws-sdk-iam", "~> 1"
+  spec.add_dependency "aws-sdk-kms", "~> 1"
+  spec.add_dependency "aws-sdk-rds", "~> 1"
+  spec.add_dependency "aws-sdk-redshift", "~> 1"
+  spec.add_dependency "aws-sdk-route53", "~> 1"
+  spec.add_dependency "aws-sdk-s3", "~> 1"
+  spec.add_dependency "aws-sdk-sns", "~> 1"
+  spec.add_dependency "aws-sdk-sqs", "~> 1"
   spec.add_dependency "multi_json", "~> 1.12.1"
   spec.add_dependency "thor"