diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_lc.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_lc.py
index 1839f813af..7723717553 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_lc.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_lc.py
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ options:
       - A list of security group id's with which to associate the ClassicLink VPC instances.
     required: false
     version_added: "2.0"
+  vpc_id:
+    description:
+      - VPC ID, used when resolving security group names to IDs.
+    required: false
+    version_added: "2.4"
 extends_documentation_fragment:
     - aws
     - ec2
@@ -189,8 +194,9 @@ def create_launch_config(connection, module):
     name = module.params.get('name')
     image_id = module.params.get('image_id')
     key_name = module.params.get('key_name')
+    vpc_id = module.params.get('vpc_id')
     try:
-        security_groups = get_ec2_security_group_ids_from_names(module.params.get('security_groups'), ec2_connect(module), vpc_id=None, boto3=False)
+        security_groups = get_ec2_security_group_ids_from_names(module.params.get('security_groups'), ec2_connect(module), vpc_id=vpc_id, boto3=False)
     except ValueError as e:
         module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
     user_data = module.params.get('user_data')
@@ -319,7 +325,8 @@ def main():
             instance_monitoring=dict(default=False, type='bool'),
             assign_public_ip=dict(type='bool'),
             classic_link_vpc_security_groups=dict(type='list'),
-            classic_link_vpc_id=dict(type='str')
+            classic_link_vpc_id=dict(type='str'),
+            vpc_id=dict(type='str')
         )
     )