diff --git a/docs/addons.md b/docs/addons.md
index 52fce3525c..4d85cd0dfb 100644
--- a/docs/addons.md
+++ b/docs/addons.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ spec:
     enabled: true
     expander: least-waste
     balanceSimilarNodeGroups: false
+    awsUseStaticInstanceList: false
     scaleDownUtilizationThreshold: 0.5
     skipNodesWithLocalStorage: true
     skipNodesWithSystemPods: true
diff --git a/k8s/crds/kops.k8s.io_clusters.yaml b/k8s/crds/kops.k8s.io_clusters.yaml
index ef3cca7fa8..3d6edc0808 100644
--- a/k8s/crds/kops.k8s.io_clusters.yaml
+++ b/k8s/crds/kops.k8s.io_clusters.yaml
@@ -549,6 +549,11 @@ spec:
               clusterAutoscaler:
                 description: ClusterAutoscaler defines the cluaster autoscaler configuration.
                 properties:
+                  awsUseStaticInstanceList:
+                    description: 'AWSUseStaticInstanceList makes cluster autoscaler
+                      to use statically defined set of AWS EC2 Instance List. Default:
+                      false'
+                    type: boolean
                   balanceSimilarNodeGroups:
                     description: 'BalanceSimilarNodeGroups makes cluster autoscaler
                       treat similar node groups as one. Default: false'
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/componentconfig.go b/pkg/apis/kops/componentconfig.go
index e60ff03369..76be502813 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/componentconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/componentconfig.go
@@ -961,6 +961,9 @@ type ClusterAutoscalerConfig struct {
 	// BalanceSimilarNodeGroups makes cluster autoscaler treat similar node groups as one.
 	// Default: false
 	BalanceSimilarNodeGroups *bool `json:"balanceSimilarNodeGroups,omitempty"`
+	// AWSUseStaticInstanceList makes cluster autoscaler to use statically defined set of AWS EC2 Instance List.
+	// Default: false
+	AWSUseStaticInstanceList *bool `json:"awsUseStaticInstanceList,omitempty"`
 	// ScaleDownUtilizationThreshold determines the utilization threshold for node scale-down.
 	// Default: 0.5
 	ScaleDownUtilizationThreshold *string `json:"scaleDownUtilizationThreshold,omitempty"`
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/componentconfig.go b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/componentconfig.go
index 65e38c679f..a33b6fbbfa 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/componentconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/componentconfig.go
@@ -960,6 +960,9 @@ type ClusterAutoscalerConfig struct {
 	// BalanceSimilarNodeGroups makes cluster autoscaler treat similar node groups as one.
 	// Default: false
 	BalanceSimilarNodeGroups *bool `json:"balanceSimilarNodeGroups,omitempty"`
+	// AWSUseStaticInstanceList makes cluster autoscaler to use statically defined set of AWS EC2 Instance List.
+	// Default: false
+	AWSUseStaticInstanceList *bool `json:"awsUseStaticInstanceList,omitempty"`
 	// ScaleDownUtilizationThreshold determines the utilization threshold for node scale-down.
 	// Default: 0.5
 	ScaleDownUtilizationThreshold *string `json:"scaleDownUtilizationThreshold,omitempty"`
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go
index 1badd34b62..1fad333e04 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go
@@ -2172,6 +2172,7 @@ func autoConvert_v1alpha2_ClusterAutoscalerConfig_To_kops_ClusterAutoscalerConfi
 	out.Enabled = in.Enabled
 	out.Expander = in.Expander
 	out.BalanceSimilarNodeGroups = in.BalanceSimilarNodeGroups
+	out.AWSUseStaticInstanceList = in.AWSUseStaticInstanceList
 	out.ScaleDownUtilizationThreshold = in.ScaleDownUtilizationThreshold
 	out.SkipNodesWithSystemPods = in.SkipNodesWithSystemPods
 	out.SkipNodesWithLocalStorage = in.SkipNodesWithLocalStorage
@@ -2192,6 +2193,7 @@ func autoConvert_kops_ClusterAutoscalerConfig_To_v1alpha2_ClusterAutoscalerConfi
 	out.Enabled = in.Enabled
 	out.Expander = in.Expander
 	out.BalanceSimilarNodeGroups = in.BalanceSimilarNodeGroups
+	out.AWSUseStaticInstanceList = in.AWSUseStaticInstanceList
 	out.ScaleDownUtilizationThreshold = in.ScaleDownUtilizationThreshold
 	out.SkipNodesWithSystemPods = in.SkipNodesWithSystemPods
 	out.SkipNodesWithLocalStorage = in.SkipNodesWithLocalStorage
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 35e719ee55..32c881c051 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -777,6 +777,11 @@ func (in *ClusterAutoscalerConfig) DeepCopyInto(out *ClusterAutoscalerConfig) {
 		*out = new(bool)
 		**out = **in
 	}
+	if in.AWSUseStaticInstanceList != nil {
+		in, out := &in.AWSUseStaticInstanceList, &out.AWSUseStaticInstanceList
+		*out = new(bool)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 	if in.ScaleDownUtilizationThreshold != nil {
 		in, out := &in.ScaleDownUtilizationThreshold, &out.ScaleDownUtilizationThreshold
 		*out = new(string)
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/kops/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 81d525851b..827ca162b4 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -861,6 +861,11 @@ func (in *ClusterAutoscalerConfig) DeepCopyInto(out *ClusterAutoscalerConfig) {
 		*out = new(bool)
 		**out = **in
 	}
+	if in.AWSUseStaticInstanceList != nil {
+		in, out := &in.AWSUseStaticInstanceList, &out.AWSUseStaticInstanceList
+		*out = new(bool)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 	if in.ScaleDownUtilizationThreshold != nil {
 		in, out := &in.ScaleDownUtilizationThreshold, &out.ScaleDownUtilizationThreshold
 		*out = new(string)
diff --git a/pkg/model/components/clusterautoscaler.go b/pkg/model/components/clusterautoscaler.go
index ff73cd8a10..725f04933e 100644
--- a/pkg/model/components/clusterautoscaler.go
+++ b/pkg/model/components/clusterautoscaler.go
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ func (b *ClusterAutoscalerOptionsBuilder) BuildOptions(o interface{}) error {
 	if cas.BalanceSimilarNodeGroups == nil {
 		cas.BalanceSimilarNodeGroups = fi.Bool(false)
 	}
+	if cas.AWSUseStaticInstanceList == nil {
+		cas.AWSUseStaticInstanceList = fi.Bool(false)
+	}
 	if cas.NewPodScaleUpDelay == nil {
 		cas.NewPodScaleUpDelay = fi.String("0s")
 	}
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_cluster-completed.spec_content b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_cluster-completed.spec_content
index 2feb9d0428..9d938a019d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_cluster-completed.spec_content
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_cluster-completed.spec_content
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ spec:
   cloudControllerManager: {}
   cloudProvider: aws
   clusterAutoscaler:
+    awsUseStaticInstanceList: false
     balanceSimilarNodeGroups: false
     enabled: true
     expander: random
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-bootstrap_content b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-bootstrap_content
index 07d4f812ca..d0e287300e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-bootstrap_content
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-bootstrap_content
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ spec:
       k8s-addon: dns-controller.addons.k8s.io
   - id: k8s-1.15
     manifest: cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io/k8s-1.15.yaml
-    manifestHash: 88c94b9a9e3308c85c240a03248bd8e4dbd27343d4749e4eb9ec8f2c8adf1348
+    manifestHash: 1299b049a099f57974cd698ac89222abbb41bdd249e7d4f33bce4ca753eda424
     name: cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io
     selector:
       k8s-addon: cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io-k8s-1.15_content b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io-k8s-1.15_content
index 7ed758b2bb..9c442d90c1 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io-k8s-1.15_content
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io-k8s-1.15_content
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ spec:
         - ./cluster-autoscaler
         - --balance-similar-node-groups=false
         - --cloud-provider=aws
+        - --aws-use-static-instance-list=false
         - --expander=random
         - --nodes=2:2:nodes.minimal.example.com
         - --scale-down-utilization-threshold=0.5
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_cluster-completed.spec_content b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_cluster-completed.spec_content
index 4405a3cafb..38c8ddbe10 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_cluster-completed.spec_content
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_cluster-completed.spec_content
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ spec:
   cloudControllerManager: {}
   cloudProvider: aws
   clusterAutoscaler:
+    awsUseStaticInstanceList: false
     balanceSimilarNodeGroups: false
     enabled: true
     expander: random
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-bootstrap_content b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-bootstrap_content
index debfb8b7f5..bbca2fd7fb 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-bootstrap_content
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-bootstrap_content
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ spec:
       k8s-addon: dns-controller.addons.k8s.io
   - id: k8s-1.15
     manifest: cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io/k8s-1.15.yaml
-    manifestHash: d3af566737e6e887aae943c29292e5bc033efb0b77bccca3c027c72f66883fda
+    manifestHash: f7e1e3dde3b3bf5baba2ccc79ed7e154559e8a5f7c320feca0821ec2b2f799ad
     name: cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io
     selector:
       k8s-addon: cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io-k8s-1.15_content b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io-k8s-1.15_content
index 7d2b834656..94ee3c0a2f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io-k8s-1.15_content
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io-k8s-1.15_content
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ spec:
         - ./cluster-autoscaler
         - --balance-similar-node-groups=false
         - --cloud-provider=aws
+        - --aws-use-static-instance-list=false
         - --expander=random
         - --nodes=2:2:nodes.minimal.example.com
         - --scale-down-utilization-threshold=0.5
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_cluster-completed.spec_content b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_cluster-completed.spec_content
index e916695a4e..516cc2bc68 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_cluster-completed.spec_content
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_cluster-completed.spec_content
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ spec:
     manageStorageClasses: true
   cloudProvider: aws
   clusterAutoscaler:
+    awsUseStaticInstanceList: false
     balanceSimilarNodeGroups: false
     enabled: true
     expander: random
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-bootstrap_content b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-bootstrap_content
index 84304724b3..742a25a9a1 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-bootstrap_content
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-bootstrap_content
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ spec:
       k8s-addon: dns-controller.addons.k8s.io
   - id: k8s-1.15
     manifest: cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io/k8s-1.15.yaml
-    manifestHash: d3af566737e6e887aae943c29292e5bc033efb0b77bccca3c027c72f66883fda
+    manifestHash: f7e1e3dde3b3bf5baba2ccc79ed7e154559e8a5f7c320feca0821ec2b2f799ad
     name: cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io
     selector:
       k8s-addon: cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io-k8s-1.15_content b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io-k8s-1.15_content
index 7d2b834656..94ee3c0a2f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io-k8s-1.15_content
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons/data/aws_s3_bucket_object_minimal.example.com-addons-cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io-k8s-1.15_content
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ spec:
         - ./cluster-autoscaler
         - --balance-similar-node-groups=false
         - --cloud-provider=aws
+        - --aws-use-static-instance-list=false
         - --expander=random
         - --nodes=2:2:nodes.minimal.example.com
         - --scale-down-utilization-threshold=0.5
diff --git a/upup/models/cloudup/resources/addons/cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io/k8s-1.15.yaml.template b/upup/models/cloudup/resources/addons/cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io/k8s-1.15.yaml.template
index 13ecfd1926..db96cada5f 100644
--- a/upup/models/cloudup/resources/addons/cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io/k8s-1.15.yaml.template
+++ b/upup/models/cloudup/resources/addons/cluster-autoscaler.addons.k8s.io/k8s-1.15.yaml.template
@@ -282,6 +282,9 @@ spec:
             - ./cluster-autoscaler
             - --balance-similar-node-groups={{ .BalanceSimilarNodeGroups }}
             - --cloud-provider={{ $.CloudProvider }}
+            {{ if (eq $.CloudProvider "aws") }}
+            - --aws-use-static-instance-list={{ .AWSUseStaticInstanceList }}
+            {{ end }}
             - --expander={{ .Expander }}
             {{ range $name, $spec := GetNodeInstanceGroups }}
             {{ if WithDefaultBool $spec.Autoscale true }}