diff --git a/ecs/cmd/main/main.go b/ecs/cmd/main/main.go
index cde9be3bd..ab365bd40 100644
--- a/ecs/cmd/main/main.go
+++ b/ecs/cmd/main/main.go
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ func UpCommand(clusteropts *clusterOptions, projectOpts *compose.ProjectOptions)
 
 type downOptions struct {
 	KeepLoadBalancer bool
+	DeleteCluster    bool
 }
 
 func DownCommand(clusteropts *clusterOptions, projectOpts *compose.ProjectOptions) *cobra.Command {
@@ -144,9 +145,10 @@ func DownCommand(clusteropts *clusterOptions, projectOpts *compose.ProjectOption
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			return client.ComposeDown(project, opts.KeepLoadBalancer)
+			return client.ComposeDown(project, opts.KeepLoadBalancer, opts.DeleteCluster)
 		}),
 	}
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.KeepLoadBalancer, "keep-load-balancer", false, "Keep Load Balancer for further use")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.DeleteCluster, "delete-cluster", false, "Delete cluster")
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/ecs/pkg/amazon/down.go b/ecs/pkg/amazon/down.go
index 4976aef14..a7b44892e 100644
--- a/ecs/pkg/amazon/down.go
+++ b/ecs/pkg/amazon/down.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/ecs-plugin/pkg/compose"
 )
 
-func (c *client) ComposeDown(project *compose.Project, keepLoadBalancer bool) error {
+func (c *client) ComposeDown(project *compose.Project, keepLoadBalancer, deleteCluster bool) error {
 	_, err := c.CF.DeleteStack(&cloudformation.DeleteStackInput{
 		StackName: &project.Name,
 	})
@@ -19,7 +19,13 @@ func (c *client) ComposeDown(project *compose.Project, keepLoadBalancer bool) er
 	if err = c.CF.WaitUntilStackDeleteComplete(&cf.DescribeStacksInput{StackName: &project.Name}); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	fmt.Printf("... done.\nDelete cluster %s", c.Cluster)
+	fmt.Printf("... done.\n")
+
+	if !deleteCluster {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("Delete cluster %s", c.Cluster)
 	if err = c.DeleteCluster(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/ecs/pkg/compose/api.go b/ecs/pkg/compose/api.go
index 50f62ccf7..4218de767 100644
--- a/ecs/pkg/compose/api.go
+++ b/ecs/pkg/compose/api.go
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ import "github.com/awslabs/goformation/v4/cloudformation"
 type API interface {
 	Convert(project *Project, loadBalancerArn *string) (*cloudformation.Template, error)
 	ComposeUp(project *Project, loadBalancerArn *string) error
-	ComposeDown(project *Project, keepLoadBalancer bool) error
+	ComposeDown(project *Project, keepLoadBalancer, deleteCluster bool) error
 }