diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_alb.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_alb.go
index 99ccd4871..d1ea9a4a9 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_alb.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_alb.go
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func resourceAwsAlbUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 			attributes = append(attributes,
 				&elbv2.LoadBalancerAttribute{
 					Key:   aws.String("access_logs.s3.enabled"),
-					Value: aws.String(log["enabled"].(bool)),
+					Value: aws.String(strconv.FormatBool(log["enabled"].(bool))),
 				},
 				&elbv2.LoadBalancerAttribute{
 					Key:   aws.String("access_logs.s3.bucket"),
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ func resourceAwsAlbUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 		} else if len(logs) == 0 {
 			attributes = append(attributes, &elbv2.LoadBalancerAttribute{
 				Key:   aws.String("access_logs.s3.enabled"),
-				Value: aws.String("false"),
+				Value: aws.String(strconv.FormatBool(false)),
 			})
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_alb_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_alb_test.go
index 168eda6c1..ad45f86da 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_alb_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_alb_test.go
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ func TestAccAWSALB_accesslogs(t *testing.T) {
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("aws_alb.alb_test", "access_logs.#", "1"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("aws_alb.alb_test", "access_logs.0.bucket", bucketName),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("aws_alb.alb_test", "access_logs.0.prefix", "testAccAWSALBConfig_accessLogs"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("aws_alb.alb_test", "access_logs.0.enabled", "true"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet("aws_alb.alb_test", "arn"),
 				),
 			},
@@ -582,6 +583,7 @@ func testAccAWSALBConfig_accessLogs(albName, bucketName string) string {
   access_logs {
   	bucket = "${aws_s3_bucket.logs.bucket}"
   	prefix = "${var.bucket_prefix}"
+  	enabled = "${var.enabled}"
   }
 
   tags {