diff --git a/roles/deploy_container/defaults/main.yml b/roles/deploy_container/defaults/main.yml
index 2f7f358d..eaf6ce66 100644
--- a/roles/deploy_container/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/deploy_container/defaults/main.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ deploy_container:
     target_group_protocol: http
     target_group_port: 8080 # ports lower than 1024 will require the app to be configured to run as a privileged user in the Dockerfile
     target_group_wait_timeout: 200 # how long to wait for target group events to complete
+    target_group_deregistration_delay_timeout: 60  # how long to allow targets to drain for in seconds
     targets: [] # typically we do not specify targets at this point, this will be handled automatically by the ECS service
       # - Id: 10.0.0.2
       #   Port: 80
diff --git a/roles/deploy_container/tasks/action-create.yml b/roles/deploy_container/tasks/action-create.yml
index fe37300d..3ec81194 100644
--- a/roles/deploy_container/tasks/action-create.yml
+++ b/roles/deploy_container/tasks/action-create.yml
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
         health_check_path: "{{ deploy_container.aws_ecs.health_check.path }}"
         health_check_interval: "{{ deploy_container.aws_ecs.health_check.interval | default(omit) }}"
         healthy_threshold_count: "{{ deploy_container.aws_ecs.health_check.healthy_threshold_count | default(omit) }}"
+        deregistration_delay_timeout: "{{ deploy_container.aws_ecs.target_group_deregistration_delay_timeout }}"
         unhealthy_threshold_count: "{{ deploy_container.aws_ecs.health_check.unhealthy_threshold_count | default(omit) }}"
         successful_response_codes: "{{ deploy_container.aws_ecs.health_check.response_codes }}"
         target_type: ip