diff --git a/local.tf b/local.tf
index 9d48858..5970d74 100644
--- a/local.tf
+++ b/local.tf
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ locals {
     suspended_processes                      = ""                                            # A comma delimited string of processes to to suspend. i.e. AZRebalance,HealthCheck,ReplaceUnhealthy
     target_group_arns                        = ""                                            # A comma delimited list of ALB target group ARNs to be associated to the ASG
     enabled_metrics                          = ""                                            # A comma delimited list of metrics to be collected i.e. GroupMinSize,GroupMaxSize,GroupDesiredCapacity
+    placement_group                          = ""                                            # The name of the placement group into which to launch the instances, if any.
   }
 
   workers_group_launch_template_defaults = "${merge(local.workers_group_launch_template_defaults_defaults, var.workers_group_launch_template_defaults)}"
diff --git a/workers_launch_template.tf b/workers_launch_template.tf
index e3cded4..d97eb9e 100644
--- a/workers_launch_template.tf
+++ b/workers_launch_template.tf
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ resource "aws_launch_template" "workers_launch_template" {
   }
 
   placement {
-    tenancy = "${lookup(var.worker_groups_launch_template[count.index], "placement_tenancy", local.workers_group_launch_template_defaults["placement_tenancy"])}"
+    tenancy    = "${lookup(var.worker_groups_launch_template[count.index], "placement_tenancy", local.workers_group_launch_template_defaults["placement_tenancy"])}"
+    group_name = "${lookup(var.worker_groups_launch_template[count.index], "placement_group", local.workers_group_launch_template_defaults["placement_group"])}"
   }
 
   count = "${var.worker_group_launch_template_count}"