diff --git a/grails-app/services/com/netflix/asgard/AwsLoadBalancerService.groovy b/grails-app/services/com/netflix/asgard/AwsLoadBalancerService.groovy
index bc424acf..d52ef223 100644
--- a/grails-app/services/com/netflix/asgard/AwsLoadBalancerService.groovy
+++ b/grails-app/services/com/netflix/asgard/AwsLoadBalancerService.groovy
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.AttachLoadBalancerToSub
 import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.ConfigureHealthCheckRequest
 import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.CreateLoadBalancerListenersRequest
 import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.CreateLoadBalancerRequest
+import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.CrossZoneLoadBalancing
 import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.DeleteLoadBalancerListenersRequest
 import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.DeleteLoadBalancerRequest
 import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.DeregisterInstancesFromLoadBalancerRequest
@@ -35,7 +36,9 @@ import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.EnableAvailabilityZones
 import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.Instance
 import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.InstanceState
 import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.Listener
+import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.LoadBalancerAttributes
 import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.LoadBalancerDescription
+import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.ModifyLoadBalancerAttributesRequest
 import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.RegisterInstancesWithLoadBalancerRequest
 import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.SourceSecurityGroup
 import com.google.common.collect.ArrayListMultimap
@@ -233,7 +236,11 @@ class AwsLoadBalancerService implements CacheInitializer, InitializingBean {
             } else {
                 request.withAvailabilityZones(zoneList)
             }
-            awsClient.by(userContext.region).createLoadBalancer(request)  // has result
+            def client = awsClient.by(userContext.region)
+            client.createLoadBalancer(request)
+            def modifyRequest = new ModifyLoadBalancerAttributesRequest(loadBalancerName: name, loadBalancerAttributes:
+                    new LoadBalancerAttributes(crossZoneLoadBalancing: new CrossZoneLoadBalancing(enabled: true)))
+            client.modifyLoadBalancerAttributes(modifyRequest)
         }, Link.to(EntityType.loadBalancer, name))
         getLoadBalancer(userContext, name)
     }
diff --git a/src/groovy/com/netflix/asgard/mock/MockAmazonElasticLoadBalancingClient.groovy b/src/groovy/com/netflix/asgard/mock/MockAmazonElasticLoadBalancingClient.groovy
index f3a415da..44e79310 100644
--- a/src/groovy/com/netflix/asgard/mock/MockAmazonElasticLoadBalancingClient.groovy
+++ b/src/groovy/com/netflix/asgard/mock/MockAmazonElasticLoadBalancingClient.groovy
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.InstanceState
 import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.Listener
 import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.ListenerDescription
 import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.LoadBalancerDescription
+import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.ModifyLoadBalancerAttributesRequest
+import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.ModifyLoadBalancerAttributesResult
 import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.Policies
 import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.RegisterInstancesWithLoadBalancerRequest
 import com.amazonaws.services.elasticloadbalancing.model.RegisterInstancesWithLoadBalancerResult
@@ -133,6 +135,10 @@ class MockAmazonElasticLoadBalancingClient extends AmazonElasticLoadBalancingCli
 
     CreateLoadBalancerResult createLoadBalancer(CreateLoadBalancerRequest createLoadBalancerRequest) { null }
 
+    ModifyLoadBalancerAttributesResult modifyLoadBalancerAttributes(ModifyLoadBalancerAttributesRequest request) {
+        null
+    }
+
     EnableAvailabilityZonesForLoadBalancerResult enableAvailabilityZonesForLoadBalancer(
             EnableAvailabilityZonesForLoadBalancerRequest enableAvailabilityZonesForLoadBalancerRequest) { null }