diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/README.md
index 6fa8e9f251116..6b68c2102ea4d 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/README.md
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ const service = new ecs.FargateService(this, 'Service', { /* ... */ });
 
 const lb = new elbv2.ApplicationLoadBalancer(this, 'LB', { vpc, internetFacing: true });
 const listener = lb.addListener('Listener', { port: 80 });
-listener.addTargets('ECS', {
+const target = listener.addTargets('ECS', {
   port: 80,
   targets: [service]
 });
@@ -226,6 +226,11 @@ const scaling = service.autoScaleTaskCount({ maxCapacity: 10 });
 scaling.scaleOnCpuUtilization('CpuScaling', {
   targetUtilizationPercent: 50
 });
+
+scaling.scaleOnRequestCount('RequestScaling', {
+  requestsPerTarget: 10000,
+  targetGroup: target
+})
 ```
 
 Task AutoScaling is powered by *Application AutoScaling*. Refer to that for
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/lib/base/scalable-task-count.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/lib/base/scalable-task-count.ts
index 1796f7c1d2443..0f0b511053683 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/lib/base/scalable-task-count.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/lib/base/scalable-task-count.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import appscaling = require('@aws-cdk/aws-applicationautoscaling');
 import cloudwatch = require('@aws-cdk/aws-cloudwatch');
+import elbv2 = require('@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2');
 
 /**
  * Scalable attribute representing task count
@@ -29,21 +30,39 @@ export class ScalableTaskCount extends appscaling.BaseScalableAttribute {
       disableScaleIn: props.disableScaleIn,
       targetValue: props.targetUtilizationPercent,
       scaleInCooldownSec: props.scaleInCooldownSec,
-      scaleOutCooldownSec: props.scaleOutCooldownSec,
+      scaleOutCooldownSec: props.scaleOutCooldownSec
     });
   }
 
   /**
-   * Scale out or in to achieve a target memory utilization utilization
+   * Scale out or in to achieve a target memory utilization
    */
-  public scaleOnMemoryUtilization(id: string, props: CpuUtilizationScalingProps) {
+  public scaleOnMemoryUtilization(id: string, props: MemoryUtilizationScalingProps) {
     return super.doScaleToTrackMetric(id, {
       predefinedMetric: appscaling.PredefinedMetric.ECSServiceAverageMemoryUtilization,
       targetValue: props.targetUtilizationPercent,
       policyName: props.policyName,
       disableScaleIn: props.disableScaleIn,
       scaleInCooldownSec: props.scaleInCooldownSec,
-      scaleOutCooldownSec: props.scaleOutCooldownSec,
+      scaleOutCooldownSec: props.scaleOutCooldownSec
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Scale out or in to achieve a target ALB request count per target
+   */
+  public scaleOnRequestCount(id: string, props: RequestCountScalingProps) {
+    const resourceLabel = props.targetGroup.firstLoadBalancerFullName +
+       '/' + props.targetGroup.targetGroupFullName;
+
+    return super.doScaleToTrackMetric(id, {
+      predefinedMetric: appscaling.PredefinedMetric.ALBRequestCountPerTarget,
+      resourceLabel,
+      targetValue: props.requestsPerTarget,
+      policyName: props.policyName,
+      disableScaleIn: props.disableScaleIn,
+      scaleInCooldownSec: props.scaleInCooldownSec,
+      scaleOutCooldownSec: props.scaleOutCooldownSec
     });
   }
 
@@ -82,6 +101,21 @@ export interface MemoryUtilizationScalingProps extends appscaling.BaseTargetTrac
   targetUtilizationPercent: number;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Properties for enabling scaling based on ALB request counts
+ */
+export interface RequestCountScalingProps extends appscaling.BaseTargetTrackingProps {
+  /**
+   * ALB requests per target
+   */
+  requestsPerTarget: number;
+
+  /**
+   * ALB Target Group
+   */
+  targetGroup: elbv2.ApplicationTargetGroup;
+}
+
 /**
  * Properties to target track a custom metric
  */
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/test/fargate/test.fargate-service.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/test/fargate/test.fargate-service.ts
index a577150e5dc13..3eb953eb968b9 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/test/fargate/test.fargate-service.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/test/fargate/test.fargate-service.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { expect, haveResource, haveResourceLike } from '@aws-cdk/assert';
 import ec2 = require('@aws-cdk/aws-ec2');
+import elbv2 = require("@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2");
 import cdk = require('@aws-cdk/cdk');
 import { Test } from 'nodeunit';
 import ecs = require('../../lib');
@@ -156,4 +157,59 @@ export = {
       test.done();
     },
   },
+
+  "When adding an app load balancer": {
+    'allows auto scaling by ALB request per target'(test: Test) {
+      // GIVEN
+      const stack = new cdk.Stack();
+      const vpc = new ec2.VpcNetwork(stack, 'MyVpc', {});
+      const cluster = new ecs.Cluster(stack, 'EcsCluster', { vpc });
+      const taskDefinition = new ecs.FargateTaskDefinition(stack, 'FargateTaskDef');
+      const container = taskDefinition.addContainer('MainContainer', {
+        image: ContainerImage.fromDockerHub('hello'),
+      });
+      container.addPortMappings({ containerPort: 8000 });
+      const service = new ecs.FargateService(stack, 'Service', { cluster, taskDefinition });
+
+      const lb = new elbv2.ApplicationLoadBalancer(stack, "lb", { vpc });
+      const listener = lb.addListener("listener", { port: 80 });
+      const targetGroup = listener.addTargets("target", {
+        port: 80,
+        targets: [service]
+      });
+
+      // WHEN
+      const capacity = service.autoScaleTaskCount({ maxCapacity: 10, minCapacity: 1 });
+      capacity.scaleOnRequestCount("ScaleOnRequests", {
+        requestsPerTarget: 1000,
+        targetGroup
+      });
+
+      // THEN
+      expect(stack).to(haveResource('AWS::ApplicationAutoScaling::ScalableTarget', {
+        MaxCapacity: 10,
+        MinCapacity: 1
+      }));
+
+      expect(stack).to(haveResource('AWS::ApplicationAutoScaling::ScalingPolicy', {
+        TargetTrackingScalingPolicyConfiguration: {
+          PredefinedMetricSpecification: {
+            PredefinedMetricType: "ALBRequestCountPerTarget",
+            ResourceLabel: {
+              "Fn::Join": ["", [
+                { "Fn::Select": [1, { "Fn::Split": ["/", { Ref: "lblistener657ADDEC" }] }] }, "/",
+                { "Fn::Select": [2, { "Fn::Split": ["/", { Ref: "lblistener657ADDEC" }] }] }, "/",
+                { "Fn::Select": [3, { "Fn::Split": ["/", { Ref: "lblistener657ADDEC" }] }] }, "/",
+                { "Fn::GetAtt": ["lblistenertargetGroupC7489D1E", "TargetGroupFullName"] }
+              ]]
+            }
+          },
+          TargetValue: 1000
+        }
+      }));
+
+      test.done();
+    }
+
+  }
 };