diff --git a/aws/data_source_aws_launch_template.go b/aws/data_source_aws_launch_template.go
index 648585382db..01234573c48 100644
--- a/aws/data_source_aws_launch_template.go
+++ b/aws/data_source_aws_launch_template.go
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ func dataSourceAwsLaunchTemplate() *schema.Resource {
 				Elem: &schema.Resource{
 					Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 						"associate_public_ip_address": {
-							Type:     schema.TypeBool,
+							Type:     schema.TypeString,
 							Computed: true,
 						},
 						"delete_on_termination": {
diff --git a/aws/data_source_aws_launch_template_test.go b/aws/data_source_aws_launch_template_test.go
index c17f1502eb4..68a91c71103 100644
--- a/aws/data_source_aws_launch_template_test.go
+++ b/aws/data_source_aws_launch_template_test.go
@@ -103,6 +103,41 @@ func TestAccAWSLaunchTemplateDataSource_metadataOptions(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccAWSLaunchTemplateDataSource_associatePublicIPAddress(t *testing.T) {
+	rName := acctest.RandomWithPrefix("tf-acc-test")
+	dataSourceName := "data.aws_launch_template.test"
+	resourceName := "aws_launch_template.test"
+
+	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSLaunchTemplateDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccAWSLaunchTemplateDataSourceConfig_associatePublicIpAddress(rName, "true"),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair(dataSourceName, "network_interfaces.#", resourceName, "network_interfaces.#"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair(dataSourceName, "network_interfaces.0.associate_public_ip_address", resourceName, "network_interfaces.0.associate_public_ip_address"),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				Config: testAccAWSLaunchTemplateDataSourceConfig_associatePublicIpAddress(rName, "false"),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair(dataSourceName, "network_interfaces.#", resourceName, "network_interfaces.#"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair(dataSourceName, "network_interfaces.0.associate_public_ip_address", resourceName, "network_interfaces.0.associate_public_ip_address"),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				Config: testAccAWSLaunchTemplateDataSourceConfig_associatePublicIpAddress(rName, "null"),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair(dataSourceName, "network_interfaces.#", resourceName, "network_interfaces.#"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair(dataSourceName, "network_interfaces.0.associate_public_ip_address", resourceName, "network_interfaces.0.associate_public_ip_address"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func testAccAWSLaunchTemplateDataSourceConfig_Basic(rName string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "aws_launch_template" "test" {
@@ -166,3 +201,19 @@ data "aws_launch_template" "test" {
 }
 `, rName)
 }
+
+func testAccAWSLaunchTemplateDataSourceConfig_associatePublicIpAddress(rName, associatePublicIPAddress string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "aws_launch_template" "test" {
+  name = %[1]q
+
+  network_interfaces {
+	associate_public_ip_address = %[2]s
+  }
+}
+
+data "aws_launch_template" "test" {
+  name = aws_launch_template.test.name
+}
+`, rName, associatePublicIPAddress)
+}