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 7e84e7620bbe4..79bfabcf5a5c3 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/lib/auto-scaling-group.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/lib/auto-scaling-group.ts
@@ -199,6 +199,18 @@ export interface CommonAutoScalingGroupProps {
    * @default none
    */
   readonly maxInstanceLifetime?: Duration;
+
+  /**
+   * Controls whether instances in this group are launched with detailed (true) or basic (false) monitoring.
+   *
+   * When detailed monitoring is enabled, Amazon CloudWatch generates metrics every minute and your account
+   * is charged a fee. When you disable detailed monitoring, CloudWatch generates metrics every 5 minutes.
+   *
+   * @see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/latest/userguide/as-instance-monitoring.html#enable-as-instance-metrics
+   *
+   * @default true
+   */
+  readonly instanceMonitoring?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -468,6 +480,7 @@ export class AutoScalingGroup extends AutoScalingGroupBase implements
       imageId: imageConfig.imageId,
       keyName: props.keyName,
       instanceType: props.instanceType.toString(),
+      instanceMonitoring: props.instanceMonitoring,
       securityGroups: securityGroupsToken,
       iamInstanceProfile: iamProfile.ref,
       userData: userDataToken,
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 5ee4d7bff64dd..9c7adb74ff36c 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
@@ -830,6 +830,26 @@ export = {
     test.done();
   },
 
+  'can configure instance monitoring'(test: Test) {
+    // GIVEN
+    const stack = new cdk.Stack();
+    const vpc = mockVpc(stack);
+
+    // WHEN
+    new autoscaling.AutoScalingGroup(stack, 'MyStack', {
+      instanceType: ec2.InstanceType.of(ec2.InstanceClass.M4, ec2.InstanceSize.MICRO),
+      machineImage: new ec2.AmazonLinuxImage(),
+      vpc,
+      instanceMonitoring: false,
+    });
+
+    // THEN
+    expect(stack).to(haveResource('AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration', {
+      InstanceMonitoring: false,
+    }));
+    test.done();
+  },
+
   'throws if ephemeral volumeIndex < 0'(test: Test) {
     // GIVEN
     const stack = new cdk.Stack();