diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_launch_configuration_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_launch_configuration_test.go
index 820cdf723..e38eecddb 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_launch_configuration_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_launch_configuration_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ func TestAccAWSLaunchConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 						"aws_launch_configuration.bar", "name", "foobar-terraform-test"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
 						"aws_launch_configuration.bar", "instance_type", "t1.micro"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"aws_launch_configuration.bar", "associate_public_ip_address", "true"),
 				),
 			},
 		},
@@ -124,5 +126,6 @@ resource "aws_launch_configuration" "bar" {
   image_id = "ami-21f78e11"
   instance_type = "t1.micro"
   user_data = "foobar-user-data"
+  associate_public_ip_address = true
 }
 `