diff --git a/policies/iam.json b/policies/iam.json
index d613888..68b5523 100644
--- a/policies/iam.json
+++ b/policies/iam.json
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
             "Action": [
                 "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups",
                 "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingInstances",
+                "autoscaling:DescribeLaunchConfigurations",
                 "autoscaling:SetDesiredCapacity",
                 "autoscaling:TerminateInstanceInAutoScalingGroup"
             ],