diff --git a/modules/vault-cluster/main.tf b/modules/vault-cluster/main.tf
index 55ad08a8..2d6ded49 100644
--- a/modules/vault-cluster/main.tf
+++ b/modules/vault-cluster/main.tf
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ resource "aws_launch_configuration" "launch_configuration" {
     volume_type           = var.root_volume_type
     volume_size           = var.root_volume_size
     delete_on_termination = var.root_volume_delete_on_termination
+    encrypted             = var.root_volume_encrypted
   }
 
   # Important note: whenever using a launch configuration with an auto scaling group, you must set
diff --git a/modules/vault-cluster/variables.tf b/modules/vault-cluster/variables.tf
index 5d2276d0..5fa1d1ed 100644
--- a/modules/vault-cluster/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/vault-cluster/variables.tf
@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ variable "root_volume_delete_on_termination" {
   default     = true
 }
 
+variable "root_volume_encrypted" {
+  description = "Encrypt the volume at rest"
+  type        = bool
+  default     = false
+}
+
 variable "wait_for_capacity_timeout" {
   description = "A maximum duration that Terraform should wait for ASG instances to be healthy before timing out. Setting this to '0' causes Terraform to skip all Capacity Waiting behavior."
   default     = "10m"
@@ -235,4 +241,4 @@ variable "dynamo_table_region" {
   description = "Table region used for the instance policy. Uses the current region if not supplied. Global tables should use `*` to allow for a cross region deployment to write to their respective table"
   type        = string
   default     = ""
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}