diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2f78884..daea779 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - add spot_price option to aws_launch_configuration
 - add enable_monitoring option to aws_launch_configuration
 - add t3 instance class settings
+- Added autoscaling policies into module that are optionally attached when enabled for a worker group. (by @max-rocket-internet)
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f45a61..e9f2cc2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ module "eks" {
 }
 ```
 
+## Other documentation
+
+- [Autoscaling](docs/autoscaling.md): How to enabled worker node autoscaling.
+
 ## Release schedule
 
 Generally the maintainers will try to release the module once every 2 weeks to
diff --git a/docs/autoscaling.md b/docs/autoscaling.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14e1fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/autoscaling.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Autoscaling
+
+Autoscaling of worker nodes can be easily enabled by setting the `autoscaling_enabled` variable to `true` for a worker group in the `worker_groups` map.
+This will add the required tags to the autoscaling group for the [cluster-autoscaler](https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/tree/master/cluster-autoscaler).
+
+You will also need to install the cluster-autoscaler into your cluster. The easiest way to do this is with [helm](https://helm.sh/).
+
+The [helm chart](https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/cluster-autoscaler) for the cluster-autoscaler requires some specific settings to work in an EKS cluster. These settings are supplied via YAML values file when installing the helm chart. Here is an example values file:
+
+```yaml
+rbac:
+  create: true
+
+sslCertPath: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
+
+autoDiscovery:
+  clusterName: YOUR_CLUSTER_NAME
+  enabled: true
+```
+
+To install the chart, simply run helm with the `--values` option:
+
+```
+helm install stable/cluster-autoscaler --values=path/to/your/values-file.yaml
+```
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index efa289f..872eec3 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
 * }
 * ```
 
+* ## Other documentation
+*
+* - [Autoscaling](docs/autoscaling.md): How to enabled worker node autoscaling.
+
 * ## Release schedule
 
 * Generally the maintainers will try to release the module once every 2 weeks to
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index b2363da..979d42d 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ variable "workers_group_defaults" {
     public_ip            = false         # Associate a public ip address with a worker
     kubelet_node_labels  = ""            # This string is passed directly to kubelet via --node-labels= if set. It should be comma delimited with no spaces. If left empty no --node-labels switch is added.
     subnets              = ""            # A comma delimited string of subnets to place the worker nodes in. i.e. subnet-123,subnet-456,subnet-789
+    autoscaling_enabled  = false         # Sets whether policy and matching tags will be added to allow autoscaling.
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/workers.tf b/workers.tf
index 070ee86..77783ff 100644
--- a/workers.tf
+++ b/workers.tf
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ resource "aws_autoscaling_group" "workers" {
     list(
       map("key", "Name", "value", "${aws_eks_cluster.this.name}-${lookup(var.worker_groups[count.index], "name", count.index)}-eks_asg", "propagate_at_launch", true),
       map("key", "kubernetes.io/cluster/${aws_eks_cluster.this.name}", "value", "owned", "propagate_at_launch", true),
+      map("key", "k8s.io/cluster-autoscaler/${lookup(var.worker_groups[count.index], "autoscaling_enabled", count.index) == 1 ? "enabled" : "disabled"  }", "value", "true", "propagate_at_launch", false),
     ),
     local.asg_tags)
   }"]
@@ -122,3 +123,56 @@ resource "null_resource" "tags_as_list_of_maps" {
     "propagate_at_launch", "true"
   )}"
 }
+
+resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "workers_autoscaling" {
+  policy_arn = "${aws_iam_policy.worker_autoscaling.arn}"
+  role       = "${aws_iam_role.workers.name}"
+}
+
+resource "aws_iam_policy" "worker_autoscaling" {
+  name_prefix = "eks-worker-autoscaling-${aws_eks_cluster.this.name}"
+  description = "EKS worker node autoscaling policy for cluster ${aws_eks_cluster.this.name}"
+  policy      = "${data.aws_iam_policy_document.worker_autoscaling.json}"
+}
+
+data "aws_iam_policy_document" "worker_autoscaling" {
+  statement {
+    sid    = "eksWorkerAutoscalingAll"
+    effect = "Allow"
+
+    actions = [
+      "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups",
+      "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingInstances",
+      "autoscaling:DescribeLaunchConfigurations",
+      "autoscaling:DescribeTags",
+      "autoscaling:GetAsgForInstance",
+    ]
+
+    resources = ["*"]
+  }
+
+  statement {
+    sid    = "eksWorkerAutoscalingOwn"
+    effect = "Allow"
+
+    actions = [
+      "autoscaling:SetDesiredCapacity",
+      "autoscaling:TerminateInstanceInAutoScalingGroup",
+      "autoscaling:UpdateAutoScalingGroup",
+    ]
+
+    resources = ["*"]
+
+    condition {
+      test     = "StringEquals"
+      variable = "autoscaling:ResourceTag/kubernetes.io/cluster/${aws_eks_cluster.this.name}"
+      values   = ["owned"]
+    }
+
+    condition {
+      test     = "StringEquals"
+      variable = "autoscaling:ResourceTag/k8s.io/cluster-autoscaler/enabled"
+      values   = ["true"]
+    }
+  }
+}