diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 7b65724..d1a0e51 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ resource "aws_ecs_service" "default" {
   desired_count                      = "${var.desired_count}"
   deployment_maximum_percent         = "${var.deployment_maximum_percent}"
   deployment_minimum_healthy_percent = "${var.deployment_minimum_healthy_percent}"
+  health_check_grace_period_seconds  = "${var.health_check_grace_period_seconds}"
   launch_type                        = "${var.launch_type}"
   cluster                            = "${var.ecs_cluster_arn}"
   tags                               = "${module.default_label.tags}"
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 332fed9..334248b 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -107,3 +107,9 @@ variable "deployment_minimum_healthy_percent" {
   description = "The lower limit (as a percentage of `desired_count`) of the number of tasks that must remain running and healthy in a service during a deployment"
   default     = 100
 }
+
+variable "health_check_grace_period_seconds" {
+  type        = "string"
+  description = "Seconds to ignore failing load balancer health checks on newly instantiated tasks to prevent premature shutdown, up to 7200. Only valid for services configured to use load balancers."
+  default     = 0
+}