diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go
index f000531b87..75f521345d 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ func resource_aws_autoscaling_group_create(
 	}
 
 	rs.ID = rs.Attributes["name"]
+	rs.Dependencies = []terraform.ResourceDependency{
+		terraform.ResourceDependency{ID: rs.Attributes["launch_configuration"]},
+	}
 
 	log.Printf("[INFO] AutoScaling Group ID: %s", rs.ID)