diff --git a/.changeset/fresh-icons-vanish.md b/.changeset/fresh-icons-vanish.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad8fd36ff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fresh-icons-vanish.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@guardian/cdk": minor
+---
+
+: feat(asg): Allow setting the detailedMonitoring option on launch templates provisioned by our EC2 patterns
diff --git a/src/constructs/autoscaling/asg.ts b/src/constructs/autoscaling/asg.ts
index 4626e66ac8..6579609772 100644
--- a/src/constructs/autoscaling/asg.ts
+++ b/src/constructs/autoscaling/asg.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export interface GuAutoScalingGroupProps
   targetGroup?: ApplicationTargetGroup;
   withoutImdsv2?: boolean;
   httpPutResponseHopLimit?: number;
+  enabledDetailedInstanceMonitoring?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ export class GuAutoScalingGroup extends GuAppAwareConstruct(AutoScalingGroup) {
       withoutImdsv2 = false,
       httpPutResponseHopLimit,
       updatePolicy,
+      enabledDetailedInstanceMonitoring,
     } = props;
 
     // Ensure min and max are defined in the same way. Throwing an `Error` when necessary. For example when min is defined via a Mapping, but max is not.
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ export class GuAutoScalingGroup extends GuAppAwareConstruct(AutoScalingGroup) {
     const launchTemplateId = `${scope.stack}-${scope.stage}-${app}`;
     const launchTemplate = new LaunchTemplate(scope, launchTemplateId, {
       blockDevices,
+      detailedMonitoring: enabledDetailedInstanceMonitoring,
       instanceType,
       machineImage: {
         getImage: (): MachineImageConfig => {
diff --git a/src/patterns/ec2-app/base.test.ts b/src/patterns/ec2-app/base.test.ts
index 41b2e0f5d6..6bf343f46e 100644
--- a/src/patterns/ec2-app/base.test.ts
+++ b/src/patterns/ec2-app/base.test.ts
@@ -1123,4 +1123,32 @@ UserData from accessed construct`);
       },
     });
   });
+
+  it("set detailed monitoring on the ASG launch template when set", function () {
+    const stack = simpleGuStackForTesting();
+    new GuEc2App(stack, {
+      applicationPort: 3000,
+      app: "test-gu-ec2-app",
+      access: { scope: AccessScope.PUBLIC },
+      instanceType: InstanceType.of(InstanceClass.T4G, InstanceSize.MEDIUM),
+      monitoringConfiguration: { noMonitoring: true },
+      userData: UserData.forLinux(),
+      certificateProps: {
+        domainName: "domain-name-for-your-application.example",
+      },
+      scaling: {
+        minimumInstances: 1,
+      },
+      enabledDetailedInstanceMonitoring: true,
+    });
+    Template.fromStack(stack).hasResource("AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate", {
+      Properties: {
+        LaunchTemplateData: {
+          Monitoring: {
+            Enabled: true,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/patterns/ec2-app/base.ts b/src/patterns/ec2-app/base.ts
index dc6ff3f70d..a8952ba3cd 100644
--- a/src/patterns/ec2-app/base.ts
+++ b/src/patterns/ec2-app/base.ts
@@ -308,6 +308,13 @@ export interface GuEc2AppProps extends AppIdentity {
    * and must rely on riffraff to do so.
    */
   updatePolicy?: UpdatePolicy;
+
+  /**
+   * This setting configures the launch template to enable or disable detailed monitoring on instances.
+   *
+   * @see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-properties-ec2-launchtemplate-monitoring.html
+   */
+  enabledDetailedInstanceMonitoring?: boolean;
 }
 
 function restrictedCidrRanges(ranges: IPeer[]) {
@@ -363,6 +370,7 @@ export class GuEc2App extends Construct {
       publicSubnets = GuVpc.subnetsFromParameter(scope, { type: SubnetType.PUBLIC, app }),
       instanceMetadataHopLimit,
       updatePolicy,
+      enabledDetailedInstanceMonitoring,
     } = props;
 
     super(scope, app); // The assumption is `app` is unique
@@ -414,6 +422,7 @@ export class GuEc2App extends Construct {
       imageRecipe,
       httpPutResponseHopLimit: instanceMetadataHopLimit,
       updatePolicy,
+      enabledDetailedInstanceMonitoring,
     });
 
     // This allows automatic shipping of instance Cloud Init logs when using the