diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/lib/auto-scaling-group.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/lib/auto-scaling-group.ts
index 7b40984d8425c..7e3525db69527 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/lib/auto-scaling-group.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/lib/auto-scaling-group.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ import cdk = require('@aws-cdk/cdk');
 
 import { cloudformation } from './autoscaling.generated';
 
+/**
+ * Name tag constant
+ */
+const NAME_TAG: string = 'Name';
+
 /**
  * Properties of a Fleet
  */
@@ -123,6 +128,11 @@ export interface AutoScalingGroupProps {
      * @default 300 (5 minutes)
      */
     resourceSignalTimeoutSec?: number;
+
+    /**
+     * The AWS resource tags to associate with the ASG.
+     */
+    tags?: cdk.Tags;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -136,7 +146,7 @@ export interface AutoScalingGroupProps {
  *
  * The ASG spans all availability zones.
  */
-export class AutoScalingGroup extends cdk.Construct implements elb.ILoadBalancerTarget, ec2.IConnectable {
+export class AutoScalingGroup extends cdk.Construct implements cdk.ITaggable, elb.ILoadBalancerTarget, ec2.IConnectable {
     /**
      * The type of OS instances of this fleet are running.
      */
@@ -152,6 +162,11 @@ export class AutoScalingGroup extends cdk.Construct implements elb.ILoadBalancer
      */
     public readonly role: iam.Role;
 
+    /**
+     * Manage tags for this construct and children
+     */
+    public readonly tags: cdk.TagManager;
+
     private readonly userDataLines = new Array<string>();
     private readonly autoScalingGroup: cloudformation.AutoScalingGroupResource;
     private readonly securityGroup: ec2.SecurityGroupRef;
@@ -164,6 +179,8 @@ export class AutoScalingGroup extends cdk.Construct implements elb.ILoadBalancer
         this.securityGroup = new ec2.SecurityGroup(this, 'InstanceSecurityGroup', { vpc: props.vpc });
         this.connections = new ec2.Connections({ securityGroup: this.securityGroup });
         this.securityGroups.push(this.securityGroup);
+        this.tags = new cdk.TagManager(this, {initialTags: props.tags, autoScalingGroup: true});
+        this.tags.setTag(NAME_TAG, this.path, { overwrite: false });
 
         if (props.allowAllOutbound !== false) {
             this.connections.allowTo(new ec2.AnyIPv4(), new ec2.AllConnections(), 'Outbound traffic allowed by default');
@@ -207,6 +224,7 @@ export class AutoScalingGroup extends cdk.Construct implements elb.ILoadBalancer
             desiredCapacity: desiredCapacity.toString(),
             launchConfigurationName: launchConfig.ref,
             loadBalancerNames: new cdk.Token(() => this.loadBalancerNames),
+            tags: this.tags,
         };
 
         if (props.notificationsTopic) {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/test/integ.asg-w-loadbalancer.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/test/integ.asg-w-loadbalancer.expected.json
index 848931edf69db..2c79947b3b5f4 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/test/integ.asg-w-loadbalancer.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/test/integ.asg-w-loadbalancer.expected.json
@@ -544,6 +544,13 @@
             "Ref": "LB8A12904C"
           }
         ],
+        "Tags": [
+          {
+            "Key": "Name",
+            "PropagateAtLaunch": true,
+            "Value": "aws-cdk-ec2-integ/Fleet"
+          }
+        ],
         "VPCZoneIdentifier": [
           {
             "Ref": "VPCPrivateSubnet1Subnet8BCA10E0"
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/test/test.auto-scaling-group.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/test/test.auto-scaling-group.ts
index 1f5964128aedb..3a034f9fe5893 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/test/test.auto-scaling-group.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/test/test.auto-scaling-group.ts
@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@ export = {
                     "Ref": "MyFleetLaunchConfig5D7F9801"
                   },
                   "LoadBalancerNames": [],
+                  "Tags": [
+                    {
+                      "Key": "Name",
+                      "PropagateAtLaunch": true,
+                      "Value": "MyFleet"
+                    }
+                  ],
                   "MaxSize": "1",
                   "MinSize": "1",
                   "VPCZoneIdentifier": [
@@ -124,122 +131,21 @@ export = {
         });
 
         fleet.addToRolePolicy(new cdk.PolicyStatement()
-            .addAction('*')
+            .addAction('test:SpecialName')
             .addAllResources());
 
-        expect(stack).toMatch({
-            "Resources": {
-              "MyFleetInstanceSecurityGroup774E8234": {
-                "Type": "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup",
-                "Properties": {
-                  "GroupDescription": "MyFleet/InstanceSecurityGroup",
-                  "SecurityGroupEgress": [
-                    {
-                      "CidrIp": "0.0.0.0/0",
-                      "Description": "Outbound traffic allowed by default",
-                      "FromPort": -1,
-                      "IpProtocol": "-1",
-                      "ToPort": -1
-                    }
-                  ],
-                  "SecurityGroupIngress": [],
-                  "VpcId": "my-vpc"
-                }
-              },
-              MyFleetInstanceRole25A84AB8: {
-                "Type": "AWS::IAM::Role",
-                "Properties": {
-                  "AssumeRolePolicyDocument": {
-                    "Statement": [
-                      {
-                        "Action": "sts:AssumeRole",
-                        "Effect": "Allow",
-                        "Principal": {
-                          "Service": "ec2.amazonaws.com"
-                        }
-                      }
-                    ],
-                    "Version": "2012-10-17"
-                  }
-                }
-              },
-              MyFleetInstanceRoleDefaultPolicy7B0197E7: {
-                "Type": "AWS::IAM::Policy",
-                "Properties": {
-                  "PolicyDocument": {
-                    "Statement": [
-                      {
-                        "Action": "*",
-                        "Effect": "Allow",
-                        "Resource": "*"
-                      }
-                    ],
-                    "Version": "2012-10-17"
-                  },
-                  "PolicyName": "MyFleetInstanceRoleDefaultPolicy7B0197E7",
-                  "Roles": [
+        expect(stack).to(haveResource('AWS::IAM::Policy', {
+            PolicyDocument: {
+                Statement: [
                     {
-                      "Ref": "MyFleetInstanceRole25A84AB8"
+                        Action: "test:SpecialName",
+                        Effect: "Allow",
+                        Resource: "*"
                     }
-                  ]
-                }
-              },
-              MyFleetInstanceProfile70A58496: {
-                "Type": "AWS::IAM::InstanceProfile",
-                "Properties": {
-                  "Roles": [
-                    {
-                      "Ref": "MyFleetInstanceRole25A84AB8"
-                    }
-                  ]
-                }
-              },
-              MyFleetLaunchConfig5D7F9801: {
-                Type: "AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration",
-                Properties: {
-                  "IamInstanceProfile": {
-                    "Ref": "MyFleetInstanceProfile70A58496"
-                  },
-                  "ImageId": "dummy",
-                  "InstanceType": "m4.micro",
-                  "SecurityGroups": [
-                    {
-                      "Fn::GetAtt": [
-                        "MyFleetInstanceSecurityGroup774E8234",
-                        "GroupId"
-                      ]
-                    }
-                  ],
-                  "UserData": {
-                    "Fn::Base64": "#!/bin/bash\n"
-                  }
-                },
-                DependsOn: [
-                  "MyFleetInstanceRole25A84AB8",
-                  "MyFleetInstanceRoleDefaultPolicy7B0197E7"
-                ]
-              },
-              MyFleetASG88E55886: {
-                Type: "AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup",
-                UpdatePolicy: {
-                  AutoScalingScheduledAction: { IgnoreUnmodifiedGroupSizeProperties: true }
-                },
-                Properties: {
-                  DesiredCapacity: "1",
-                  LaunchConfigurationName: {
-                    Ref: "MyFleetLaunchConfig5D7F9801"
-                  },
-                  LoadBalancerNames: [],
-                  MaxSize: "1",
-                  MinSize: "1",
-                  VPCZoneIdentifier: [
-                    "pri1"
-                  ]
-                }
-              }
-            }
-        });
-
+                ],
+                Version: "2012-10-17"
+            },
+        }));
         test.done();
     },
 
@@ -356,6 +262,41 @@ export = {
         }));
         test.done();
     },
+    'can set tags'(test: Test) {
+        // GIVEN
+        const stack = new cdk.Stack(undefined, 'MyStack', { env: { region: 'us-east-1', account: '1234' }});
+        const vpc = mockVpc(stack);
+
+        // WHEN
+        new autoscaling.AutoScalingGroup(stack, 'MyFleet', {
+            instanceType: new ec2.InstanceTypePair(ec2.InstanceClass.M4, ec2.InstanceSize.Micro),
+            machineImage: new ec2.AmazonLinuxImage(),
+            vpc,
+            updateType: autoscaling.UpdateType.RollingUpdate,
+            rollingUpdateConfiguration: {
+                minSuccessfulInstancesPercent: 50,
+                pauseTimeSec: 345
+            },
+            tags: {superfood: 'acai'},
+        });
+
+        // THEN
+        expect(stack).to(haveResource("AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup", {
+            Tags: [
+                {
+                    Key: 'superfood',
+                    Value: 'acai',
+                    PropagateAtLaunch: true,
+                },
+                {
+                    Key: 'Name',
+                    Value: 'MyFleet',
+                    PropagateAtLaunch: true,
+                },
+            ]
+        }));
+        test.done();
+    },
 };
 
 function mockVpc(stack: cdk.Stack) {