diff --git a/local.tf b/local.tf
index 5ab276ec6c3..5d830ec7138 100644
--- a/local.tf
+++ b/local.tf
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ locals {
     asg_min_size                  = "1"                             # Minimum worker capacity in the autoscaling group.
     instance_type                 = "m4.large"                      # Size of the workers instances.
     spot_price                    = ""                              # Cost of spot instance.
+    placement_tenancy             = ""                              # The tenancy of the instance. Valid values are "default" or "dedicated".
     root_volume_size              = "100"                           # root volume size of workers instances.
     root_volume_type              = "gp2"                           # root volume type of workers instances, can be 'standard', 'gp2', or 'io1'
     root_iops                     = "0"                             # The amount of provisioned IOPS. This must be set with a volume_type of "io1".
diff --git a/workers.tf b/workers.tf
index 21ecc75cf73..0cb60a1b8cf 100644
--- a/workers.tf
+++ b/workers.tf
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 resource "aws_autoscaling_group" "workers" {
-
-
   name_prefix           = "${aws_eks_cluster.this.name}-${lookup(var.worker_groups[count.index], "name", count.index)}"
   desired_capacity      = "${lookup(var.worker_groups[count.index], "asg_desired_capacity", local.workers_group_defaults["asg_desired_capacity"])}"
   max_size              = "${lookup(var.worker_groups[count.index], "asg_max_size", local.workers_group_defaults["asg_max_size"])}"
@@ -36,6 +34,7 @@ resource "aws_launch_configuration" "workers" {
   ebs_optimized               = "${lookup(var.worker_groups[count.index], "ebs_optimized", lookup(local.ebs_optimized, lookup(var.worker_groups[count.index], "instance_type", local.workers_group_defaults["instance_type"]), false))}"
   enable_monitoring           = "${lookup(var.worker_groups[count.index], "enable_monitoring", local.workers_group_defaults["enable_monitoring"])}"
   spot_price                  = "${lookup(var.worker_groups[count.index], "spot_price", local.workers_group_defaults["spot_price"])}"
+  placement_tenancy           = "${lookup(var.worker_groups[count.index], "placement_tenancy", local.workers_group_defaults["placement_tenancy"])}"
   count                       = "${var.worker_group_count}"
 
   lifecycle {