diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/README.md
index 22d4798ea7f36..ffee66fe6cc96 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/README.md
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ You can customize the health check for your target group; otherwise it defaults
 
 Fargate services will use the `LATEST` platform version by default, but you can override by providing a value for the `platformVersion` property in the constructor.
 
+By setting `redirectHTTP` to true, CDK will automatically create a listener on port 80 that redirects HTTP traffic to the HTTPS port.
+
 Additionally, if more than one application target group are needed, instantiate one of the following:
 
 * `ApplicationMultipleTargetGroupsEc2Service`
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/base/application-load-balanced-service-base.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/base/application-load-balanced-service-base.ts
index afd8bed71247b..0edd9e70d0171 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/base/application-load-balanced-service-base.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/lib/base/application-load-balanced-service-base.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { IVpc } from '@aws-cdk/aws-ec2';
 import { AwsLogDriver, BaseService, CloudMapOptions, Cluster, ContainerImage, ICluster, LogDriver, PropagatedTagSource, Secret } from '@aws-cdk/aws-ecs';
 import {
   ApplicationListener, ApplicationLoadBalancer, ApplicationProtocol, ApplicationTargetGroup,
-  IApplicationLoadBalancer, ListenerCertificate,
+  IApplicationLoadBalancer, ListenerCertificate, ListenerAction,
 } from '@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2';
 import { IRole } from '@aws-cdk/aws-iam';
 import { ARecord, IHostedZone, RecordTarget } from '@aws-cdk/aws-route53';
@@ -168,6 +168,14 @@ export interface ApplicationLoadBalancedServiceBaseProps {
    * @default - AWS Cloud Map service discovery is not enabled.
    */
   readonly cloudMapOptions?: CloudMapOptions;
+
+  /**
+   * Specifies whether the load balancer should redirect traffic on port 80 to port 443 to support HTTP->HTTPS redirects
+   * This is only valid if the protocol of the ALB is HTTPS
+   *
+   * @default false
+   */
+  readonly redirectHTTP?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface ApplicationLoadBalancedTaskImageOptions {
@@ -276,6 +284,11 @@ export abstract class ApplicationLoadBalancedServiceBase extends cdk.Construct {
    */
   public readonly listener: ApplicationListener;
 
+  /**
+   * The redirect listener for the service if redirectHTTP is enabled.
+   */
+  public readonly redirectListener?: ApplicationListener;
+
   /**
    * The target group for the service.
    */
@@ -322,6 +335,9 @@ export abstract class ApplicationLoadBalancedServiceBase extends cdk.Construct {
     if (props.certificate !== undefined && props.protocol !== undefined && props.protocol !== ApplicationProtocol.HTTPS) {
       throw new Error('The HTTPS protocol must be used when a certificate is given');
     }
+    if (props.protocol !== ApplicationProtocol.HTTPS && props.redirectHTTP === true) {
+      throw new Error('The HTTPS protocol must be used when redirecting HTTP traffic');
+    }
     const protocol = props.protocol !== undefined ? props.protocol :
       (props.certificate ? ApplicationProtocol.HTTPS : ApplicationProtocol.HTTP);
 
@@ -353,6 +369,18 @@ export abstract class ApplicationLoadBalancedServiceBase extends cdk.Construct {
     if (this.certificate !== undefined) {
       this.listener.addCertificates('Arns', [ListenerCertificate.fromCertificateManager(this.certificate)]);
     }
+    if (props.redirectHTTP) {
+      this.redirectListener = loadBalancer.addListener('PublicRedirectListener', {
+        protocol: ApplicationProtocol.HTTP,
+        port: 80,
+        open: true,
+        defaultAction: ListenerAction.redirect({
+          port: props.listenerPort?.toString() || '443',
+          protocol: ApplicationProtocol.HTTPS,
+          permanent: true,
+        }),
+      });
+    }
 
     let domainName = loadBalancer.loadBalancerDnsName;
     if (typeof props.domainName !== 'undefined') {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.load-balanced-fargate-service.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.load-balanced-fargate-service.expected.json
index 57ef1e2c0e4a9..9a49968b7df63 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.load-balanced-fargate-service.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.load-balanced-fargate-service.expected.json
@@ -396,6 +396,13 @@
             "FromPort": 443,
             "IpProtocol": "tcp",
             "ToPort": 443
+          },
+          {
+            "CidrIp": "0.0.0.0/0",
+            "Description": "Allow from anyone on port 80",
+            "FromPort": 80,
+            "IpProtocol": "tcp",
+            "ToPort": 80
           }
         ],
         "VpcId": {
@@ -460,6 +467,26 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "myServiceLBPublicRedirectListener0EEF9DCA": {
+      "Type": "AWS::ElasticLoadBalancingV2::Listener",
+      "Properties": {
+        "DefaultActions": [
+          {
+            "RedirectConfig": {
+              "Port": "443",
+              "Protocol": "HTTPS",
+              "StatusCode": "HTTP_301"
+            },
+            "Type": "redirect"
+          }
+        ],
+        "LoadBalancerArn": {
+          "Ref": "myServiceLB168895E1"
+        },
+        "Port": 80,
+        "Protocol": "HTTP"
+      }
+    },
     "myServiceCertificate152F9DDA": {
       "Type": "AWS::CertificateManager::Certificate",
       "Properties": {
@@ -480,7 +507,7 @@
         "Type": "A",
         "AliasTarget": {
           "DNSName": {
-            "Fn::Join":
+            "Fn::Join": 
             [
               "",
               [
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.load-balanced-fargate-service.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.load-balanced-fargate-service.ts
index f4ecc0f0a5616..aac90206ac978 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.load-balanced-fargate-service.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.load-balanced-fargate-service.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ new ApplicationLoadBalancedFargateService(stack, 'myService', {
     stack,
     node: stack.node,
   },
+  redirectHTTP: true,
 });
 
 app.synth();
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