diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go
index bf8b56c08..43f5350be 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go
@@ -356,6 +356,11 @@ resource "aws_launch_configuration" "foobar" {
   instance_type = "t1.micro"
 }
 
+resource "aws_placement_group" "test" {
+  name = "test"
+  strategy = "cluster"
+}
+
 resource "aws_autoscaling_group" "bar" {
   availability_zones = ["us-west-2a"]
   name = "foobar3-terraform-test"
@@ -366,7 +371,7 @@ resource "aws_autoscaling_group" "bar" {
   desired_capacity = 4
   force_delete = true
   termination_policies = ["OldestInstance","ClosestToNextInstanceHour"]
-  placement_group = "test"
+  placement_group = "${aws_placement_group.test.name}"
 
   launch_configuration = "${aws_launch_configuration.foobar.name}"