diff --git a/features/cloudformation/step_definitions/cloudformation.js b/features/cloudformation/step_definitions/cloudformation.js
index 2ae2558063..8dd3bb3653 100644
--- a/features/cloudformation/step_definitions/cloudformation.js
+++ b/features/cloudformation/step_definitions/cloudformation.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module.exports = function() {
   this.Given(/^I create a CloudFormation stack with name prefix "([^"]*)"$/, function(prefix, callback) {
     this.stackName = this.uniqueName(prefix);
     this.templateBody = '{"Resources":{"member":{"Type":"AWS::SQS::Queue"}}}';
-    var params = { TemplateBody: this.templateBody, StackName: this.stackName };
+    var params = { TemplateBody: this.templateBody, StackName: this.stackName, EnableTerminationProtection: true };
     this.request(null, 'createStack', params, callback, false);
   });
 };