diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/lib/base/task-definition.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/lib/base/task-definition.ts
index 7c10a4cbc3653..1f9b01a7a4e29 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/lib/base/task-definition.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/lib/base/task-definition.ts
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ export class TaskDefinition extends cdk.Construct {
   /**
    * All volumes
    */
-  private readonly volumes: CfnTaskDefinition.VolumeProperty[] = [];
+  private readonly volumes: Volume[] = [];
 
   /**
    * Execution role for this task definition
@@ -345,8 +345,12 @@ export interface Volume {
   /**
    * A name for the volume
    */
-  name?: string;
-  // FIXME add dockerVolumeConfiguration
+  name: string;
+
+  /**
+   * Specifies this configuration when using Docker volumes
+   */
+  dockerVolumeConfiguration?: DockerVolumeConfiguration;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -359,6 +363,50 @@ export interface Host {
   sourcePath?: string;
 }
 
+/**
+ * A configuration of a Docker volume
+ */
+export interface DockerVolumeConfiguration {
+  /**
+   * If true, the Docker volume is created if it does not already exist
+   *
+   * @default false
+   */
+  autoprovision?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * The Docker volume driver to use
+   */
+  driver: string;
+  /**
+   * A map of Docker driver specific options passed through
+   *
+   * @default No options
+   */
+  driverOpts?: string[];
+  /**
+   * Custom metadata to add to your Docker volume
+   *
+   * @default No labels
+   */
+  labels?: string[];
+  /**
+   * The scope for the Docker volume which determines it's lifecycle
+   */
+  scope: Scope;
+}
+
+export enum Scope {
+  /**
+   * Docker volumes are automatically provisioned when the task starts and destroyed when the task stops
+   */
+  Task = "task",
+
+  /**
+   * Docker volumes are persist after the task stops
+   */
+  Shared = "shared"
+}
+
 /**
  * A constraint on how instances should be placed
  */
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/test/ec2/test.ec2-task-definition.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/test/ec2/test.ec2-task-definition.ts
index 04042794afbc2..25d30242c7821 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/test/ec2/test.ec2-task-definition.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/test/ec2/test.ec2-task-definition.ts
@@ -237,5 +237,41 @@ export = {
 
       test.done();
     },
+
+    "correctly sets dockerVolumeConfiguration"(test: Test) {
+      // GIVEN
+      const stack = new cdk.Stack();
+      const volume = {
+        name: "scratch",
+        dockerVolumeConfiguration: {
+          driver: "local",
+          scope: ecs.Scope.Task
+        }
+      };
+
+      const taskDefinition = new ecs.Ec2TaskDefinition(stack, 'Ec2TaskDef', {
+        volumes: [volume]
+      });
+
+      taskDefinition.addContainer("web", {
+        image: ecs.ContainerImage.fromDockerHub("amazon/amazon-ecs-sample"),
+        memoryLimitMiB: 512
+      });
+
+      // THEN
+      expect(stack).to(haveResourceLike("AWS::ECS::TaskDefinition", {
+        Family: "Ec2TaskDef",
+        Volumes: [{
+          Name: "scratch",
+          DockerVolumeConfiguration: {
+            Driver: "local",
+            Scope: 'task'
+          }
+        }]
+      }));
+
+      test.done();
+    },
+
   }
 };