diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_launch_configuration.go b/aws/resource_aws_launch_configuration.go
index f95b7f0f0ab..d6c05610dee 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_launch_configuration.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_launch_configuration.go
@@ -158,6 +158,12 @@ func resourceAwsLaunchConfiguration() *schema.Resource {
 							ForceNew: true,
 						},
 
+						"no_device": {
+							Type:     schema.TypeBool,
+							Optional: true,
+							ForceNew: true,
+						},
+
 						"iops": {
 							Type:     schema.TypeInt,
 							Optional: true,
@@ -338,8 +344,13 @@ func resourceAwsLaunchConfigurationCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface
 		vL := v.(*schema.Set).List()
 		for _, v := range vL {
 			bd := v.(map[string]interface{})
-			ebs := &autoscaling.Ebs{
-				DeleteOnTermination: aws.Bool(bd["delete_on_termination"].(bool)),
+			ebs := &autoscaling.Ebs{}
+
+			var noDevice *bool
+			if v, ok := bd["no_device"].(bool); ok && v {
+				noDevice = aws.Bool(v)
+			} else {
+				ebs.DeleteOnTermination = aws.Bool(bd["delete_on_termination"].(bool))
 			}
 
 			if v, ok := bd["snapshot_id"].(string); ok && v != "" {
@@ -369,6 +380,7 @@ func resourceAwsLaunchConfigurationCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface
 			blockDevices = append(blockDevices, &autoscaling.BlockDeviceMapping{
 				DeviceName: aws.String(bd["device_name"].(string)),
 				Ebs:        ebs,
+				NoDevice:   noDevice,
 			})
 		}
 	}
@@ -580,11 +592,33 @@ func readBlockDevicesFromLaunchConfiguration(d *schema.ResourceData, lc *autosca
 		var blank string
 		rootDeviceName = &blank
 	}
+
+	// Collect existing configured devices, so we can check
+	// existing value of delete_on_termination below
+	existingEbsBlockDevices := make(map[string]map[string]interface{}, 0)
+	if v, ok := d.GetOk("ebs_block_device"); ok {
+		ebsBlocks := v.(*schema.Set)
+		for _, ebd := range ebsBlocks.List() {
+			m := ebd.(map[string]interface{})
+			deviceName := m["device_name"].(string)
+			existingEbsBlockDevices[deviceName] = m
+		}
+	}
+
 	for _, bdm := range lc.BlockDeviceMappings {
 		bd := make(map[string]interface{})
-		if bdm.Ebs != nil && bdm.Ebs.DeleteOnTermination != nil {
+
+		if bdm.NoDevice != nil {
+			// Keep existing value in place to avoid spurious diff
+			deleteOnTermination := true
+			if device, ok := existingEbsBlockDevices[*bdm.DeviceName]; ok {
+				deleteOnTermination = device["delete_on_termination"].(bool)
+			}
+			bd["delete_on_termination"] = deleteOnTermination
+		} else if bdm.Ebs != nil && bdm.Ebs.DeleteOnTermination != nil {
 			bd["delete_on_termination"] = *bdm.Ebs.DeleteOnTermination
 		}
+
 		if bdm.Ebs != nil && bdm.Ebs.VolumeSize != nil {
 			bd["volume_size"] = *bdm.Ebs.VolumeSize
 		}
@@ -611,6 +645,9 @@ func readBlockDevicesFromLaunchConfiguration(d *schema.ResourceData, lc *autosca
 				if bdm.Ebs != nil && bdm.Ebs.SnapshotId != nil {
 					bd["snapshot_id"] = *bdm.Ebs.SnapshotId
 				}
+				if bdm.NoDevice != nil {
+					bd["no_device"] = *bdm.NoDevice
+				}
 				blockDevices["ebs"] = append(blockDevices["ebs"].([]map[string]interface{}), bd)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_launch_configuration_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_launch_configuration_test.go
index c869d427a78..e250d7884ce 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_launch_configuration_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_launch_configuration_test.go
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func TestAccAWSLaunchConfiguration_updateEbsBlockDevices(t *testing.T) {
 				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
 					testAccCheckAWSLaunchConfigurationExists("aws_launch_configuration.baz", &conf),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
-						"aws_launch_configuration.baz", "ebs_block_device.2764618555.volume_size", "9"),
+						"aws_launch_configuration.baz", "ebs_block_device.1393547169.volume_size", "9"),
 				),
 			},
 			{
@@ -289,7 +289,29 @@ func TestAccAWSLaunchConfiguration_updateEbsBlockDevices(t *testing.T) {
 				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
 					testAccCheckAWSLaunchConfigurationExists("aws_launch_configuration.baz", &conf),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
-						"aws_launch_configuration.baz", "ebs_block_device.3859927736.volume_size", "10"),
+						"aws_launch_configuration.baz", "ebs_block_device.4131155854.volume_size", "10"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func TestAccAWSLaunchConfiguration_ebs_noDevice(t *testing.T) {
+	var conf autoscaling.LaunchConfiguration
+	rInt := acctest.RandInt()
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSLaunchConfigurationDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccAWSLaunchConfigurationConfigEbsNoDevice(rInt),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckAWSLaunchConfigurationExists("aws_launch_configuration.bar", &conf),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("aws_launch_configuration.bar", "ebs_block_device.#", "1"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("aws_launch_configuration.bar", "ebs_block_device.3099842682.device_name", "/dev/sda2"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("aws_launch_configuration.bar", "ebs_block_device.3099842682.no_device", "true"),
 				),
 			},
 		},
@@ -608,3 +630,26 @@ resource "aws_launch_configuration" "bar" {
 }
 `, rInt)
 }
+
+func testAccAWSLaunchConfigurationConfigEbsNoDevice(rInt int) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+data "aws_ami" "ubuntu" {
+  most_recent = true
+  filter {
+    name   = "name"
+    values = ["ubuntu/images/ebs/ubuntu-precise-12.04-i386-server-*"]
+  }
+  owners = ["099720109477"] # Canonical
+}
+
+resource "aws_launch_configuration" "bar" {
+  name_prefix = "tf-acc-test-%d"
+  image_id = "${data.aws_ami.ubuntu.id}"
+  instance_type = "m1.small"
+  ebs_block_device {
+    device_name = "/dev/sda2"
+    no_device = true
+  }
+}
+`, rInt)
+}