diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/base/queue-processing-service-base.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/base/queue-processing-service-base.ts
index e3e4884d4a631..02d6c75ae1891 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/base/queue-processing-service-base.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/base/queue-processing-service-base.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import { ScalingInterval } from '../../../aws-applicationautoscaling';
 import { IVpc } from '../../../aws-ec2';
 import {
-  AwsLogDriver, BaseService, CapacityProviderStrategy, Cluster, ContainerImage, DeploymentController, DeploymentCircuitBreaker,
+  AwsLogDriver, BaseService, CapacityProviderStrategy, Cluster, DeploymentController, DeploymentCircuitBreaker,
   ICluster, LogDriver, PropagatedTagSource, Secret,
 } from '../../../aws-ecs';
 import { IQueue, Queue } from '../../../aws-sqs';
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@ export interface QueueProcessingServiceBaseProps {
    */
   readonly vpc?: IVpc;
 
-  /**
-   * The image used to start a container.
-   * Image or taskDefinition must be specified, but not both.
-   */
-  readonly image?: ContainerImage;
-
   /**
    * The command that is passed to the container.
    *
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/ecs/queue-processing-ecs-service.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/ecs/queue-processing-ecs-service.ts
index fa53d91f0898d..8a9b8983455a2 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/ecs/queue-processing-ecs-service.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/ecs/queue-processing-ecs-service.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Construct } from 'constructs';
-import { Ec2Service, Ec2TaskDefinition, PlacementConstraint, PlacementStrategy } from '../../../aws-ecs';
+import { ContainerImage, Ec2Service, Ec2TaskDefinition, PlacementConstraint, PlacementStrategy } from '../../../aws-ecs';
 import { FeatureFlags } from '../../../core';
 import * as cxapi from '../../../cx-api';
 import { QueueProcessingServiceBase, QueueProcessingServiceBaseProps } from '../base/queue-processing-service-base';
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ import { QueueProcessingServiceBase, QueueProcessingServiceBaseProps } from '../
  * The properties for the QueueProcessingEc2Service service.
  */
 export interface QueueProcessingEc2ServiceProps extends QueueProcessingServiceBaseProps {
+  /**
+   * The image used to start a container.
+   *
+   */
+  readonly image: ContainerImage;
+
   /**
    * The number of cpu units used by the task.
    *
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/fargate/queue-processing-fargate-service.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/fargate/queue-processing-fargate-service.ts
index 7eb5886c6e3ee..adac20f8e5551 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/fargate/queue-processing-fargate-service.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/fargate/queue-processing-fargate-service.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import * as ec2 from '../../../aws-ec2';
-import { FargateService, FargateTaskDefinition, HealthCheck } from '../../../aws-ecs';
+import { ContainerImage, FargateService, FargateTaskDefinition, HealthCheck } from '../../../aws-ecs';
 import { FeatureFlags } from '../../../core';
 import * as cxapi from '../../../cx-api';
 import { FargateServiceBaseProps } from '../base/fargate-service-base';
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ import { QueueProcessingServiceBase, QueueProcessingServiceBaseProps } from '../
  * The properties for the QueueProcessingFargateService service.
  */
 export interface QueueProcessingFargateServiceProps extends QueueProcessingServiceBaseProps, FargateServiceBaseProps {
+  /**
+   * The image used to start a container.
+   * Image or taskDefinition must be specified, but not both.
+   *
+   * @default - none
+   */
+  readonly image?: ContainerImage;
+
   /**
    * Optional name for the container added.
    * This name is not used when `taskDefinition` is provided.
@@ -65,7 +73,7 @@ export class QueueProcessingFargateService extends QueueProcessingServiceBase {
   /**
    * Constructs a new instance of the QueueProcessingFargateService class.
    */
-  constructor(scope: Construct, id: string, props: QueueProcessingFargateServiceProps) {
+  constructor(scope: Construct, id: string, props: QueueProcessingFargateServiceProps = {}) {
     super(scope, id, props);
 
     if (props.taskDefinition != null && props.image != null) {