diff --git a/aws/data_source_aws_launch_template.go b/aws/data_source_aws_launch_template.go
index 55d489ef6ff..5067248636e 100644
--- a/aws/data_source_aws_launch_template.go
+++ b/aws/data_source_aws_launch_template.go
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func dataSourceAwsLaunchTemplate() *schema.Resource {
 							Computed: true,
 						},
 						"delete_on_termination": {
-							Type:     schema.TypeBool,
+							Type:     schema.TypeString,
 							Computed: true,
 						},
 						"description": {
diff --git a/aws/data_source_aws_launch_template_test.go b/aws/data_source_aws_launch_template_test.go
index 537a1779558..2dd893d74a6 100644
--- a/aws/data_source_aws_launch_template_test.go
+++ b/aws/data_source_aws_launch_template_test.go
@@ -160,6 +160,41 @@ func TestAccAWSLaunchTemplateDataSource_associatePublicIPAddress(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccAWSLaunchTemplateDataSource_deleteOnTermination(t *testing.T) {
+	rName := acctest.RandomWithPrefix("tf-acc-test")
+	dataSourceName := "data.aws_launch_template.test"
+	resourceName := "aws_launch_template.test"
+
+	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSLaunchTemplateDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccAWSLaunchTemplateDataSourceConfig_deleteOnTermination(rName, "true"),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair(dataSourceName, "network_interfaces.#", resourceName, "network_interfaces.#"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair(dataSourceName, "network_interfaces.0.delete_on_termination", resourceName, "network_interfaces.0.delete_on_termination"),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				Config: testAccAWSLaunchTemplateDataSourceConfig_deleteOnTermination(rName, "false"),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair(dataSourceName, "network_interfaces.#", resourceName, "network_interfaces.#"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair(dataSourceName, "network_interfaces.0.delete_on_termination", resourceName, "network_interfaces.0.delete_on_termination"),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				Config: testAccAWSLaunchTemplateDataSourceConfig_deleteOnTermination(rName, "null"),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair(dataSourceName, "network_interfaces.#", resourceName, "network_interfaces.#"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair(dataSourceName, "network_interfaces.0.delete_on_termination", resourceName, "network_interfaces.0.delete_on_termination"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestAccAWSLaunchTemplateDataSource_NonExistent(t *testing.T) {
 	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
 		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
@@ -255,6 +290,22 @@ data "aws_launch_template" "test" {
 `, rName, associatePublicIPAddress)
 }
 
+func testAccAWSLaunchTemplateDataSourceConfig_deleteOnTermination(rName, deleteOnTermination string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "aws_launch_template" "test" {
+  name = %[1]q
+
+  network_interfaces {
+    delete_on_termination = %[2]s
+  }
+}
+
+data "aws_launch_template" "test" {
+  name = aws_launch_template.test.name
+}
+`, rName, deleteOnTermination)
+}
+
 const testAccAWSLaunchTemplateDataSourceConfig_NonExistent = `
 data "aws_launch_template" "test" {
   name = "tf-acc-test-nonexistent"