diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/base/application-load-balanced-service-base.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/base/application-load-balanced-service-base.ts
index 3ddbfd71bff7e..605bc9db0f103 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/base/application-load-balanced-service-base.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/base/application-load-balanced-service-base.ts
@@ -203,6 +203,13 @@ export interface ApplicationLoadBalancedTaskImageOptions {
    * @default 80
    */
   readonly containerPort?: number;
+
+  /**
+   * The name of a family that this task definition is registered to. A family groups multiple versions of a task definition.
+   *
+   * @default - Automatically generated name.
+   */
+  readonly family?: string;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/base/network-load-balanced-service-base.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/base/network-load-balanced-service-base.ts
index 0757bf9117e3e..d3a92f867168a 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/base/network-load-balanced-service-base.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/base/network-load-balanced-service-base.ts
@@ -181,6 +181,13 @@ export interface NetworkLoadBalancedTaskImageOptions {
    * @default 80
    */
   readonly containerPort?: number;
+
+  /**
+   * The name of a family that this task definition is registered to. A family groups multiple versions of a task definition.
+   *
+   * @default - Automatically generated name.
+   */
+  readonly family?: string;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/ecs/application-load-balanced-ecs-service.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/ecs/application-load-balanced-ecs-service.ts
index 38e03326f9b26..d29fe3fb2778e 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/ecs/application-load-balanced-ecs-service.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/ecs/application-load-balanced-ecs-service.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ export class ApplicationLoadBalancedEc2Service extends ApplicationLoadBalancedSe
       const taskImageOptions = props.taskImageOptions;
       this.taskDefinition = new Ec2TaskDefinition(this, 'TaskDef', {
         executionRole: taskImageOptions.executionRole,
-        taskRole: taskImageOptions.taskRole
+        taskRole: taskImageOptions.taskRole,
+        family: taskImageOptions.family,
       });
 
       // Create log driver if logging is enabled
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/ecs/network-load-balanced-ecs-service.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/ecs/network-load-balanced-ecs-service.ts
index 2415ede78a4e1..9f699c334198c 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/ecs/network-load-balanced-ecs-service.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/ecs/network-load-balanced-ecs-service.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ export class NetworkLoadBalancedEc2Service extends NetworkLoadBalancedServiceBas
       const taskImageOptions = props.taskImageOptions;
       this.taskDefinition = new Ec2TaskDefinition(this, 'TaskDef', {
         executionRole: taskImageOptions.executionRole,
-        taskRole: taskImageOptions.taskRole
+        taskRole: taskImageOptions.taskRole,
+        family: taskImageOptions.family,
       });
 
       // Create log driver if logging is enabled
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/fargate/application-load-balanced-fargate-service.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/fargate/application-load-balanced-fargate-service.ts
index 5f38ee8ede9e5..bb6ef7133396c 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/fargate/application-load-balanced-fargate-service.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/fargate/application-load-balanced-fargate-service.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ export class ApplicationLoadBalancedFargateService extends ApplicationLoadBalanc
         memoryLimitMiB: props.memoryLimitMiB,
         cpu: props.cpu,
         executionRole: taskImageOptions.executionRole,
-        taskRole: taskImageOptions.taskRole
+        taskRole: taskImageOptions.taskRole,
+        family: taskImageOptions.family,
       });
 
       // Create log driver if logging is enabled
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/fargate/network-load-balanced-fargate-service.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/fargate/network-load-balanced-fargate-service.ts
index 9579de0382654..634392df497d5 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/fargate/network-load-balanced-fargate-service.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/fargate/network-load-balanced-fargate-service.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ export class NetworkLoadBalancedFargateService extends NetworkLoadBalancedServic
         memoryLimitMiB: props.memoryLimitMiB,
         cpu: props.cpu,
         executionRole: taskImageOptions.executionRole,
-        taskRole: taskImageOptions.taskRole
+        taskRole: taskImageOptions.taskRole,
+        family: taskImageOptions.family,
       });
 
       // Create log driver if logging is enabled
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/test.load-balanced-fargate-service.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/test.load-balanced-fargate-service.ts
index 0990f7728e250..e723a0f1c6959 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/test.load-balanced-fargate-service.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/test.load-balanced-fargate-service.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { expect, haveResourceLike, SynthUtils } from '@aws-cdk/assert';
+import { expect, haveResource, haveResourceLike, SynthUtils } from '@aws-cdk/assert';
 import ec2 = require('@aws-cdk/aws-ec2');
 import ecs = require('@aws-cdk/aws-ecs');
 import iam = require('@aws-cdk/aws-iam');
@@ -202,4 +202,57 @@ export = {
     test.done();
   },
 
+  'test load balanced service with family defined'(test: Test) {
+    // GIVEN
+    const stack = new cdk.Stack();
+    const vpc = new ec2.Vpc(stack, 'VPC');
+    const cluster = new ecs.Cluster(stack, 'Cluster', { vpc });
+    cluster.addCapacity('DefaultAutoScalingGroup', { instanceType: new ec2.InstanceType('t2.micro') });
+
+    // WHEN
+    new ecsPatterns.ApplicationLoadBalancedFargateService(stack, 'Service', {
+      cluster,
+      taskImageOptions: {
+        image: ecs.ContainerImage.fromRegistry("/aws/aws-example-app"),
+        enableLogging: false,
+        environment: {
+          TEST_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE1: "test environment variable 1 value",
+          TEST_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE2: "test environment variable 2 value"
+        },
+        family: "fargate-task-family",
+      },
+      desiredCount: 2,
+      memoryLimitMiB: 512,
+      serviceName: "fargate-test-service",
+    });
+
+    // THEN
+    expect(stack).to(haveResource("AWS::ECS::Service", {
+      DesiredCount: 2,
+      LaunchType: "FARGATE",
+      ServiceName: "fargate-test-service"
+    }));
+
+    expect(stack).to(haveResourceLike('AWS::ECS::TaskDefinition', {
+      ContainerDefinitions: [
+        {
+          Environment: [
+            {
+              Name: "TEST_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE1",
+              Value: "test environment variable 1 value"
+            },
+            {
+              Name: "TEST_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE2",
+              Value: "test environment variable 2 value"
+            }
+          ],
+          Image: "/aws/aws-example-app",
+        }
+      ],
+      Family: "fargate-task-family"
+    }));
+
+    test.done();
+  },
+
 };