diff --git a/modules/kubernetes-addons/aws-load-balancer-controller/data.tf b/modules/kubernetes-addons/aws-load-balancer-controller/data.tf
index 8686476ccd..54082b8192 100644
--- a/modules/kubernetes-addons/aws-load-balancer-controller/data.tf
+++ b/modules/kubernetes-addons/aws-load-balancer-controller/data.tf
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ data "aws_iam_policy_document" "aws_lb" {
       "ec2:DescribeVpcPeeringConnections",
       "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
       "ec2:GetCoipPoolUsage",
+      "elasticloadbalancing:AddTags",
       "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeListenerCertificates",
       "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeListeners",
       "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancerAttributes",