diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go b/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go
index 89719dce1c0e..272a8828d882 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go
@@ -242,6 +242,12 @@ func resourceAwsAutoscalingGroup() *schema.Resource {
 				Elem:          &schema.Schema{Type: schema.TypeMap},
 				ConflictsWith: []string{"tag"},
 			},
+
+			"service_linked_role_arn": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Optional: true,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -393,6 +399,10 @@ func resourceAwsAutoscalingGroupCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 		createOpts.TargetGroupARNs = expandStringList(v.(*schema.Set).List())
 	}
 
+	if v, ok := d.GetOk("service_linked_role_arn"); ok {
+		createOpts.ServiceLinkedRoleARN = aws.String(v.(string))
+	}
+
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] AutoScaling Group create configuration: %#v", createOpts)
 	_, err := conn.CreateAutoScalingGroup(&createOpts)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -468,6 +478,7 @@ func resourceAwsAutoscalingGroupRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) e
 	d.Set("max_size", g.MaxSize)
 	d.Set("placement_group", g.PlacementGroup)
 	d.Set("name", g.AutoScalingGroupName)
+	d.Set("service_linked_role_arn", g.ServiceLinkedRoleARN)
 
 	var tagList, tagsList []*autoscaling.TagDescription
 	var tagOk, tagsOk bool
@@ -714,6 +725,10 @@ func resourceAwsAutoscalingGroupUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 		}
 	}
 
+	if d.HasChange("service_linked_role_arn") {
+		opts.ServiceLinkedRoleARN = aws.String(d.Get("service_linked_role_arn").(string))
+	}
+
 	return resourceAwsAutoscalingGroupRead(d, meta)
 }
 
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go
index a472fc88435a..6c21d2133454 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go
@@ -474,6 +474,26 @@ func TestAccAWSAutoScalingGroup_withMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccAWSAutoScalingGroup_serviceLinkedRoleARN(t *testing.T) {
+	var group autoscaling.Group
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSAutoScalingGroupDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccAWSAutoScalingGroupConfig_withServiceLinkedRoleARN,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckAWSAutoScalingGroupExists("aws_autoscaling_group.bar", &group),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(
+						"aws_autoscaling_group.bar", "service_linked_role_arn"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestAccAWSAutoScalingGroup_ALB_TargetGroups(t *testing.T) {
 	var group autoscaling.Group
 	var tg elbv2.TargetGroup
@@ -1434,6 +1454,40 @@ resource "aws_autoscaling_group" "bar" {
 `, name, name)
 }
 
+const testAccAWSAutoScalingGroupConfig_withServiceLinkedRoleARN = `
+data "aws_ami" "test_ami" {
+  most_recent = true
+
+  filter {
+    name   = "owner-alias"
+    values = ["amazon"]
+  }
+
+  filter {
+    name   = "name"
+    values = ["amzn-ami-hvm-*-x86_64-gp2"]
+  }
+}
+
+data "aws_iam_role" "autoscaling_service_linked_role" {
+  name = "AWSServiceRoleForAutoScaling"
+}
+
+resource "aws_launch_configuration" "foobar" {
+  image_id = "${data.aws_ami.test_ami.id}"
+  instance_type = "t2.micro"
+}
+
+resource "aws_autoscaling_group" "bar" {
+  availability_zones = ["us-west-2a"]
+  desired_capacity = 0
+  max_size = 0
+  min_size = 0
+  launch_configuration = "${aws_launch_configuration.foobar.name}"
+  service_linked_role_arn = "${data.aws_iam_role.autoscaling_service_linked_role.arn}"
+}
+`
+
 const testAccAWSAutoscalingMetricsCollectionConfig_allMetricsCollected = `
 data "aws_ami" "test_ami" {
   most_recent = true
diff --git a/website/docs/r/autoscaling_group.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/autoscaling_group.html.markdown
index ddd2f9ff7888..f9774aab0103 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/autoscaling_group.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/autoscaling_group.html.markdown
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ Note that if you suspend either the `Launch` or `Terminate` process types, it ca
 * `protect_from_scale_in` (Optional) Allows setting instance protection. The
    autoscaling group will not select instances with this setting for terminination
    during scale in events.
+*  `service_linked_role_arn` (Optional) The ARN of the service-linked role that the ASG will use to call other AWS services
 
 Tags support the following: