diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f79c83..01f241b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ EOF
 | autoscaling\_cpu\_low\_threshold | Autoscaling CPU threshold for scale-down  | string | `40` | no |
 | availability\_zones | List of availability zones which will be provisined by autoscailing group  | list | `[]` | yes |
 | vpc\_id | The ID of VPC | string | - | yes |
+| container\_insights\_monitoring | Defines enable/disable Cloudwatch Container Insights monitoring | string | `disabled` | no |
 
 ### Container definitions default value
 
diff --git a/ecs-cluster.tf b/ecs-cluster.tf
index b07364e..03d7e4b 100644
--- a/ecs-cluster.tf
+++ b/ecs-cluster.tf
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 resource "aws_ecs_cluster" "this" {
   count = var.use_existant_cluster ? 0 : 1
   name  = "${var.project}-${var.environment}"
+
+  setting {
+    name  = "containerInsights"
+    value = var.container_insights_monitoring
+  }
   tags  = merge(local.default_tags, var.tags)
 }
 
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index e8c9b67..faf74c4 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -159,3 +159,7 @@ variable "autoscaling_cpu_low_threshold" {
   default     = "40"
 }
 
+variable "container_insights_monitoring" {
+  description = "Defines enable/disable Cloudwatch Container Insights monitoring"
+  default     = "disabled"
+}