diff --git a/ecs/cmd/main/main.go b/ecs/cmd/main/main.go
index 75b6c2b7d..183404768 100644
--- a/ecs/cmd/main/main.go
+++ b/ecs/cmd/main/main.go
@@ -76,7 +76,19 @@ func ComposeCommand(clusteropts *clusterOptions) *cobra.Command {
 	return cmd
 }
 
+type upOptions struct {
+	loadBalancerArn string
+}
+
+func (o upOptions) LoadBalancerArn() *string {
+	if o.loadBalancerArn == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return &o.loadBalancerArn
+}
+
 func UpCommand(clusteropts *clusterOptions, projectOpts *compose.ProjectOptions) *cobra.Command {
+	opts := upOptions{}
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use: "up",
 		RunE: compose.WithProject(projectOpts, func(project *compose.Project, args []string) error {
@@ -84,22 +96,30 @@ func UpCommand(clusteropts *clusterOptions, projectOpts *compose.ProjectOptions)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			return client.ComposeUp(project)
+			return client.ComposeUp(project, opts.LoadBalancerArn())
 		}),
 	}
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.loadBalancerArn, "load-balancer", "", "")
 	return cmd
 }
 
-func DownCommand(clusteropts *clusterOptions, opts *compose.ProjectOptions) *cobra.Command {
+type downOptions struct {
+	KeepLoadBalancer bool
+}
+
+
+func DownCommand(clusteropts *clusterOptions, projectOpts *compose.ProjectOptions) *cobra.Command {
+	opts := downOptions{}
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use: "down",
-		RunE: compose.WithProject(opts, func(project *compose.Project, args []string) error {
+		RunE: compose.WithProject(projectOpts, func(project *compose.Project, args []string) error {
 			client, err := amazon.NewClient(clusteropts.profile, clusteropts.cluster, clusteropts.region)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			return client.ComposeDown(project)
+			return client.ComposeDown(project, opts.KeepLoadBalancer)
 		}),
 	}
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.KeepLoadBalancer, "keep-load-balancer", false, "Keep Load Balancer for further use")
 	return cmd
 }
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diff --git a/ecs/pkg/amazon/down.go b/ecs/pkg/amazon/down.go
index e68c31329..dbd5b6842 100644
--- a/ecs/pkg/amazon/down.go
+++ b/ecs/pkg/amazon/down.go
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-func (c *client) ComposeDown(project *compose.Project) error {
-	err := c.DeleteLoadBalancer(project)
+func (c *client) ComposeDown(project *compose.Project, keepLoadBalancer bool) error {
+	err := c.DeleteLoadBalancer(project, keepLoadBalancer)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/ecs/pkg/amazon/loadBalancer.go b/ecs/pkg/amazon/loadBalancer.go
index 6edc79556..6972406e4 100644
--- a/ecs/pkg/amazon/loadBalancer.go
+++ b/ecs/pkg/amazon/loadBalancer.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func (c client) CreateLoadBalancer(project *compose.Project, subnets []*string)
 	return alb.LoadBalancers[0].LoadBalancerArn, nil
 }
 
-func (c client) DeleteLoadBalancer(project *compose.Project) error {
+func (c client) DeleteLoadBalancer(project *compose.Project, keepLoadBalancer bool) error {
 	logrus.Debug("Delete Load Balancer")
 	// FIXME We can tag LoadBalancer but not search by tag ?
 	loadBalancer, err := c.ELB.DescribeLoadBalancers(&elbv2.DescribeLoadBalancersInput{
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ func (c client) DeleteLoadBalancer(project *compose.Project) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	_, err = c.ELB.DeleteLoadBalancer(&elbv2.DeleteLoadBalancerInput{LoadBalancerArn: arn})
+	if !keepLoadBalancer {
+		_, err = c.ELB.DeleteLoadBalancer(&elbv2.DeleteLoadBalancerInput{LoadBalancerArn: arn})
+	}
 	return err
 }
 
diff --git a/ecs/pkg/amazon/up.go b/ecs/pkg/amazon/up.go
index d0b84b2a6..0dbc35c92 100644
--- a/ecs/pkg/amazon/up.go
+++ b/ecs/pkg/amazon/up.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-func (c *client) ComposeUp(project *compose.Project) error {
+func (c *client) ComposeUp(project *compose.Project, loadBalancerArn *string) error {
 	type mapping struct {
 		service *types.ServiceConfig
 		task *ecs.RegisterTaskDefinitionInput
@@ -41,9 +41,11 @@ func (c *client) ComposeUp(project *compose.Project) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	loadBalancer, err := c.CreateLoadBalancer(project, subnets)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	if loadBalancerArn == nil {
+		loadBalancerArn, err = c.CreateLoadBalancer(project, subnets)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	logGroup, err := c.GetOrCreateLogGroup(project)
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ func (c *client) ComposeUp(project *compose.Project) error {
 				TargetGroupArn: targetgroup,
 			})
 
-			err = c.CreateListener(port, loadBalancer, targetgroup)
+			err = c.CreateListener(port, loadBalancerArn, targetgroup)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/ecs/pkg/compose/api.go b/ecs/pkg/compose/api.go
index cd6eb7878..ceebacb89 100644
--- a/ecs/pkg/compose/api.go
+++ b/ecs/pkg/compose/api.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package compose
 
 type API interface {
-	ComposeUp(project *Project) error
-	ComposeDown(project *Project) error
+	ComposeUp(project *Project, loadBalancerArn *string) error
+	ComposeDown(project *Project, keepLoadBalancer bool) error
 }
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