diff --git a/addons/cluster-autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler.sh b/addons/cluster-autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler.sh
index 9b021bb6df66d..ba983762021fa 100755
--- a/addons/cluster-autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler.sh
+++ b/addons/cluster-autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ cat > asg-policy.json << EOF
             "Action": [
                 "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups",
                 "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingInstances",
+                "autoscaling:DescribeLaunchConfigurations",
                 "autoscaling:DescribeTags",
                 "autoscaling:SetDesiredCapacity",
                 "autoscaling:TerminateInstanceInAutoScalingGroup"