diff --git a/pkg/model/awsmodel/spotinst.go b/pkg/model/awsmodel/spotinst.go
index ccbfa9d9754f2..bb3344cc19887 100644
--- a/pkg/model/awsmodel/spotinst.go
+++ b/pkg/model/awsmodel/spotinst.go
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ const (
 	// SpotClusterLabelResourceTagSpecificationVolumes
 	// Specify if Volume resources will be tagged with Virtual Node Group tags or Ocean tags.
 	SpotClusterLabelResourceTagSpecificationVolumes = "spotinst.io/resource-tag-specification-volumes"
+
+	// SpotClusterLabelAutoScalerAggressiveScaleDown
+	// configure the aggressive scale down feature, the default is false. cluster.autoScaler.down.aggressiveScaleDown.isEnabled
+	SpotClusterLabelAutoScalerAggressiveScaleDown = "spotinst.io/autoscaler-aggressive-scale-down"
 )
 
 // SpotInstanceGroupModelBuilder configures SpotInstanceGroup objects
@@ -406,6 +410,11 @@ func (b *SpotInstanceGroupModelBuilder) buildOcean(c *fi.CloudupModelBuilderCont
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+		case SpotClusterLabelAutoScalerAggressiveScaleDown:
+			ocean.AutoScalerAggressiveScaleDown, err = parseBool(v)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/spotinsttasks/ocean.go b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/spotinsttasks/ocean.go
index e66902a0ec909..e8a7b89feda34 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/spotinsttasks/ocean.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/spotinsttasks/ocean.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ type Ocean struct {
 	SpreadNodesBy                   *string
 	AvailabilityVsCost              *string
 	ResourceTagSpecificationVolumes *bool
+	AutoScalerAggressiveScaleDown   *bool
 }
 
 var (
@@ -324,9 +325,14 @@ func (o *Ocean) Find(c *fi.CloudupContext) (*Ocean, error) {
 
 			// Scale down.
 			if down := ocean.AutoScaler.Down; down != nil {
-				actual.AutoScalerOpts.Down = &AutoScalerDownOpts{
-					MaxPercentage:     down.MaxScaleDownPercentage,
-					EvaluationPeriods: down.EvaluationPeriods,
+				if down.MaxScaleDownPercentage != nil || down.EvaluationPeriods != nil {
+					actual.AutoScalerOpts.Down = &AutoScalerDownOpts{
+						MaxPercentage:     down.MaxScaleDownPercentage,
+						EvaluationPeriods: down.EvaluationPeriods,
+					}
+				}
+				if down.AggressiveScaleDown != nil {
+					actual.AutoScalerAggressiveScaleDown = down.AggressiveScaleDown.IsEnabled
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -585,6 +591,16 @@ func (_ *Ocean) create(cloud awsup.AWSCloud, a, e, changes *Ocean) error {
 						MaxMemoryGiB: limits.MaxMemory,
 					}
 				}
+				// create AutoScalerAggressiveScaleDown
+				{
+					if e.AutoScalerAggressiveScaleDown != nil {
+						aggressiveScaleDown := new(aws.AggressiveScaleDown)
+						if down := autoScaler.Down; down == nil {
+							autoScaler.Down = new(aws.AutoScalerDown)
+						}
+						autoScaler.Down.SetAggressiveScaleDown(aggressiveScaleDown.SetIsEnabled(fi.PtrTo(*e.AutoScalerAggressiveScaleDown)))
+					}
+				}
 
 				ocean.SetAutoScaler(autoScaler)
 			}
@@ -1084,6 +1100,15 @@ func (_ *Ocean) update(cloud awsup.AWSCloud, a, e, changes *Ocean) error {
 				} else if a.AutoScalerOpts.ResourceLimits != nil {
 					autoScaler.SetResourceLimits(nil)
 				}
+				// AutoScaler aggressive scale down
+				if changes.AutoScalerAggressiveScaleDown != nil {
+					aggressiveScaleDown := new(aws.AggressiveScaleDown)
+					if down := autoScaler.Down; down == nil {
+						autoScaler.Down = new(aws.AutoScalerDown)
+					}
+					autoScaler.Down.SetAggressiveScaleDown(aggressiveScaleDown.SetIsEnabled(fi.PtrTo(*changes.AutoScalerAggressiveScaleDown)))
+					changes.AutoScalerAggressiveScaleDown = nil
+				}
 
 				ocean.SetAutoScaler(autoScaler)
 				changed = true