diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 49c92a2c5..642ec8a66 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ BUG FIXES:
  * provider/aws: `aws_customer_gateway` will properly populate `bgp_asn` on refresh. [no issue]
  * provider/aws: provider/aws: Refresh state on `aws_directory_service_directory` not found [GH-6294]
  * provider/aws: `aws_elb` `cross_zone_load_balancing` is not refreshed in the state file [GH-6295]
+ * provider/aws: `aws_autoscaling_group` will properly populate `tag` on refresh. [no issue]
  * provider/azurerm: Fix detection of `azurerm_storage_account` resources removed manually [GH-5878]
  * provider/docker: Docker Image will be deleted on destroy [GH-5801]
  * provider/openstack: Fix Disabling DHCP on Subnets [GH-6052]
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/autoscaling_tags.go b/builtin/providers/aws/autoscaling_tags.go
index ecc4164a0..e6eef8ec6 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/autoscaling_tags.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/autoscaling_tags.go
@@ -159,6 +159,20 @@ func autoscalingTagDescriptionsToMap(ts *[]*autoscaling.TagDescription) map[stri
 	return tags
 }
 
+// autoscalingTagDescriptionsToSlice turns the list of tags into a slice.
+func autoscalingTagDescriptionsToSlice(ts []*autoscaling.TagDescription) []map[string]interface{} {
+	tags := make([]map[string]interface{}, 0, len(ts))
+	for _, t := range ts {
+		tags = append(tags, map[string]interface{}{
+			"key":                 *t.Key,
+			"value":               *t.Value,
+			"propagate_at_launch": *t.PropagateAtLaunch,
+		})
+	}
+
+	return tags
+}
+
 func setToMapByKey(s *schema.Set, key string) map[string]interface{} {
 	result := make(map[string]interface{})
 	for _, rawData := range s.List() {
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go
index 6c30fd495..795d59ea3 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ func resourceAwsAutoscalingGroupRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) e
 	d.Set("max_size", g.MaxSize)
 	d.Set("placement_group", g.PlacementGroup)
 	d.Set("name", g.AutoScalingGroupName)
-	d.Set("tag", g.Tags)
+	d.Set("tag", autoscalingTagDescriptionsToSlice(g.Tags))
 	d.Set("vpc_zone_identifier", strings.Split(*g.VPCZoneIdentifier, ","))
 
 	// If no termination polices are explicitly configured and the upstream state
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go
index c41b3dc6e..5c63970c4 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@ func TestAccAWSAutoScalingGroup_basic(t *testing.T) {
 	randName := fmt.Sprintf("terraform-test-%s", acctest.RandString(10))
 
 	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
-		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
-		Providers:    testAccProviders,
-		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSAutoScalingGroupDestroy,
+		PreCheck:        func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		IDRefreshName:   "aws_autoscaling_group.bar",
+		IDRefreshIgnore: []string{"force_delete", "metrics_granularity", "wait_for_capacity_timeout"},
+		Providers:       testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy:    testAccCheckAWSAutoScalingGroupDestroy,
 		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
 			resource.TestStep{
 				Config: testAccAWSAutoScalingGroupConfig(randName),