diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/elb_target_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/elb_target_facts.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad162fee31
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+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/elb_target_facts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,434 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# Copyright: (c) 2018, Yaakov Kuperman <ykuperman@gmail.com>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ # (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {"metadata_version": "1.1",
+                    "status": ["preview"],
+                    "supported_by": "community"}
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION = """
+---
+module: elb_target_facts
+short_description: Gathers which target groups a target is associated with.
+description:
+  - This module will search through every target group in a region to find
+    which ones have registered a given instance ID or IP.
+
+version_added: "2.7"
+author: "Yaakov Kuperman (@yaakov-github)"
+options:
+  instance_id:
+    description:
+      - What instance ID to get facts for.
+    type: str
+    required: true
+  get_unused_target_groups:
+    description:
+      - Whether or not to get target groups not used by any load balancers.
+    type: bool
+    default: true
+
+requirements:
+    - boto3
+    - botocore
+extends_documentation_fragment:
+    - aws
+    - ec2
+"""
+
+EXAMPLES = """
+# practical use case - dynamically deregistering and reregistering nodes
+
+  - name: Get EC2 Metadata
+    action: ec2_metadata_facts
+
+  - name: Get initial list of target groups
+    delegate_to: localhost
+    elb_target_facts:
+      instance_id: "{{ ansible_ec2_instance_id }}"
+      region: "{{ ansible_ec2_placement_region }}"
+    register: target_facts
+
+  - name: save fact for later
+    set_fact:
+      original_tgs: "{{ target_facts.instance_target_groups }}"
+
+  - name: Deregister instance from all target groups
+    delegate_to: localhost
+    elb_target:
+        target_group_arn: "{{ item.0.target_group_arn }}"
+        target_port: "{{ item.1.target_port }}"
+        target_az: "{{ item.1.target_az }}"
+        target_id: "{{ item.1.target_id }}"
+        state: absent
+        target_status: "draining"
+        region: "{{ ansible_ec2_placement_region }}"
+    with_subelements:
+      - "{{ original_tgs }}"
+      - "targets"
+
+    # This avoids having to wait for 'elb_target' to serially deregister each
+    # target group.  An alternative would be to run all of the 'elb_target'
+    # tasks async and wait for them to finish.
+
+  - name: wait for all targets to deregister simultaneously
+    delegate_to: localhost
+    elb_target_facts:
+      get_unused_target_groups: false
+      instance_id: "{{ ansible_ec2_instance_id }}"
+      region: "{{ ansible_ec2_placement_region }}"
+    register: target_facts
+    until: (target_facts.instance_target_groups | length) == 0
+    retries: 60
+    delay: 10
+
+  - name: reregister in elbv2s
+    elb_target:
+      region: "{{ ansible_ec2_placement_region }}"
+      target_group_arn: "{{ item.0.target_group_arn }}"
+      target_port: "{{ item.1.target_port }}"
+      target_az: "{{ item.1.target_az }}"
+      target_id: "{{ item.1.target_id }}"
+      state: present
+      target_status: "initial"
+    with_subelements:
+      - "{{ original_tgs }}"
+      - "targets"
+
+  # wait until all groups associated with this instance are 'healthy' or
+  # 'unused'
+  - name: wait for registration
+    elb_target_facts:
+      get_unused_target_groups: false
+      instance_id: "{{ ansible_ec2_instance_id }}"
+      region: "{{ ansible_ec2_placement_region }}"
+    register: target_facts
+    until: (target_facts.instance_target_groups |
+            map(attribute='targets') |
+            flatten |
+            map(attribute='target_health') |
+            rejectattr('state', 'equalto', 'healthy') |
+            rejectattr('state', 'equalto', 'unused') |
+            list |
+            length) == 0
+    retries: 61
+    delay: 10
+
+# using the target groups to generate AWS CLI commands to reregister the
+# instance - useful in case the playbook fails mid-run and manual
+#            rollback is required
+  - name: "reregistration commands: ELBv2s"
+    debug:
+      msg: >
+             aws --region {{ansible_ec2_placement_region}} elbv2
+             register-targets --target-group-arn {{item.target_group_arn}}
+             --targets{%for target in item.targets%}
+             Id={{target.target_id}},
+             Port={{target.target_port}}{%if target.target_az%},AvailabilityZone={{target.target_az}}
+             {%endif%}
+             {%endfor%}
+    with_items: "{{target_facts.instance_target_groups}}"
+
+"""
+
+RETURN = """
+instance_target_groups:
+    description: a list of target groups to which the instance is registered to
+    returned: always
+    type: complex
+    contains:
+        target_group_arn:
+            description: The ARN of the target group
+            type: string
+            returned: always
+            sample:
+                - "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:eu-west-1:111111111111:targetgroup/target-group/deadbeefdeadbeef"
+        target_group_type:
+            description: Which target type is used for this group
+            returned: always
+            type: string
+            sample:
+                - ip
+                - instance
+        targets:
+            description: A list of targets that point to this instance ID
+            returned: always
+            type: complex
+            contains:
+                target_id:
+                    description: the target ID referiing to this instance
+                    type: str
+                    returned: always
+                    sample:
+                        - i-deadbeef
+                        - 1.2.3.4
+                target_port:
+                    description: which port this target is listening on
+                    type: str
+                    returned: always
+                    sample:
+                        - 80
+                target_az:
+                    description: which availability zone is explicitly
+                                 associated with this target
+                    type: str
+                    returned: when an AZ is associated with this instance
+                    sample:
+                        - us-west-2a
+                target_health:
+                    description: the target health description
+                                 (see U(https://boto3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+                                  reference/services/elbv2.html#ElasticLoadBalancingv2.Client.describe_target_health))
+                                 for all possible values
+                    returned: always
+                    type: complex
+                    contains:
+                        description:
+                            description: description of target health
+                            returned: if I(state!=present)
+                            sample:
+                                - "Target desregistration is in progress"
+                        reason:
+                            description: reason code for target health
+                            returned: if I(state!=healthy)
+                            sample:
+                                - "Target.Deregistration in progress"
+                        state:
+                            description: health state
+                            returned: always
+                            sample:
+                                - "healthy"
+                                - "draining"
+                                - "initial"
+                                - "unhealthy"
+                                - "unused"
+                                - "unavailable"
+"""
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+try:
+    from botocore.exceptions import ClientError, BotoCoreError
+except ImportError:
+    # we can handle the lack of boto3 based on the ec2 module
+    pass
+
+from ansible.module_utils.aws.core import AnsibleAWSModule
+from ansible.module_utils.ec2 import (HAS_BOTO3, camel_dict_to_snake_dict,
+                                      AWSRetry)
+
+
+class Target(object):
+    """Models a target in a target group"""
+    def __init__(self, target_id, port, az, raw_target_health):
+        self.target_port = port
+        self.target_id = target_id
+        self.target_az = az
+        self.target_health = self.convert_target_health(raw_target_health)
+
+    def convert_target_health(self, raw_target_health):
+        return camel_dict_to_snake_dict(raw_target_health)
+
+
+class TargetGroup(object):
+    """Models an elbv2 target group"""
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        self.target_group_type = kwargs["target_group_type"]
+        self.target_group_arn = kwargs["target_group_arn"]
+        # the relevant targets associated with this group
+        self.targets = []
+
+    def add_target(self, target_id, target_port, target_az, raw_target_health):
+        self.targets.append(Target(target_id,
+                                   target_port,
+                                   target_az,
+                                   raw_target_health))
+
+    def to_dict(self):
+        object_dict = vars(self)
+        object_dict["targets"] = [vars(each) for each in self.get_targets()]
+        return object_dict
+
+    def get_targets(self):
+        return list(self.targets)
+
+
+class TargetFactsGatherer(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, module, instance_id, get_unused_target_groups):
+        self.module = module
+        try:
+            self.ec2 = self.module.client(
+                "ec2",
+                retry_decorator=AWSRetry.jittered_backoff(retries=10)
+            )
+        except (ClientError, BotoCoreError) as e:
+            self.module.fail_json_aws(e,
+                                      msg="Couldn't connect to ec2"
+                                      )
+
+        try:
+            self.elbv2 = self.module.client(
+                "elbv2",
+                retry_decorator=AWSRetry.jittered_backoff(retries=10)
+            )
+        except (BotoCoreError, ClientError) as e:
+            self.module.fail_json_aws(e,
+                                      msg="Could not connect to elbv2"
+                                      )
+
+        self.instance_id = instance_id
+        self.get_unused_target_groups = get_unused_target_groups
+        self.tgs = self._get_target_groups()
+
+    def _get_instance_ips(self):
+        """Fetch all IPs associated with this instance so that we can determine
+           whether or not an instance is in an IP-based target group"""
+        try:
+            # get ahold of the instance in the API
+            reservations = self.ec2.describe_instances(
+                InstanceIds=[self.instance_id],
+                aws_retry=True
+            )["Reservations"]
+        except (BotoCoreError, ClientError) as e:
+            # typically this will happen if the instance doesn't exist
+            self.module.fail_json_aws(e,
+                                      msg="Could not get instance info" +
+                                          " for instance '%s'" %
+                                          (self.instance_id)
+                                      )
+
+        if len(reservations) < 1:
+            self.module.fail_json(
+                msg="Instance ID %s could not be found" % self.instance_id
+            )
+
+        instance = reservations[0]["Instances"][0]
+
+        # IPs are represented in a few places in the API, this should
+        # account for all of them
+        ips = set()
+        ips.add(instance["PrivateIpAddress"])
+        for nic in instance["NetworkInterfaces"]:
+            ips.add(nic["PrivateIpAddress"])
+            for ip in nic["PrivateIpAddresses"]:
+                ips.add(ip["PrivateIpAddress"])
+
+        return list(ips)
+
+    def _get_target_group_objects(self):
+        """helper function to build a list of TargetGroup objects based on
+           the AWS API"""
+        try:
+            paginator = self.elbv2.get_paginator(
+                "describe_target_groups"
+            )
+            tg_response = paginator.paginate().build_full_result()
+        except (BotoCoreError, ClientError) as e:
+            self.module.fail_json_aws(e,
+                                      msg="Could not describe target" +
+                                          " groups"
+                                      )
+
+        # build list of TargetGroup objects representing every target group in
+        # the system
+        target_groups = []
+        for each_tg in tg_response["TargetGroups"]:
+            if not self.get_unused_target_groups and \
+                    len(each_tg["LoadBalancerArns"]) < 1:
+                # only collect target groups that actually are connected
+                # to LBs
+                continue
+
+            target_groups.append(
+                TargetGroup(target_group_arn=each_tg["TargetGroupArn"],
+                            target_group_type=each_tg["TargetType"],
+                            )
+            )
+        return target_groups
+
+    def _get_target_descriptions(self, target_groups):
+        """Helper function to build a list of all the target descriptions
+           for this target in a target group"""
+        # Build a list of all the target groups pointing to this instance
+        # based on the previous list
+        tgs = set()
+        # Loop through all the target groups
+        for tg in target_groups:
+            try:
+                # Get the list of targets for that target group
+                response = self.elbv2.describe_target_health(
+                    TargetGroupArn=tg.target_group_arn,
+                    aws_retry=True
+                )
+            except (BotoCoreError, ClientError) as e:
+                self.module.fail_json_aws(e,
+                                          msg="Could not describe target " +
+                                              "health for target group %s" %
+                                              tg.target_group_arn
+                                          )
+
+            for t in response["TargetHealthDescriptions"]:
+                # If the target group has this instance as a target, add to
+                # list. This logic also accounts for the possibility of a
+                # target being in the target group multiple times with
+                # overridden ports
+                if t["Target"]["Id"] == self.instance_id or \
+                   t["Target"]["Id"] in self.instance_ips:
+
+                    # The 'AvailabilityZone' parameter is a weird one, see the
+                    # API docs for more.  Basically it's only supposed to be
+                    # there under very specific circumstances, so we need
+                    # to account for that
+                    az = t["Target"]["AvailabilityZone"] \
+                        if "AvailabilityZone" in t["Target"] \
+                        else None
+
+                    tg.add_target(t["Target"]["Id"],
+                                  t["Target"]["Port"],
+                                  az,
+                                  t["TargetHealth"])
+                    # since tgs is a set, each target group will be added only
+                    # once, even though we call add on each successful match
+                    tgs.add(tg)
+        return list(tgs)
+
+    def _get_target_groups(self):
+        # do this first since we need the IPs later on in this function
+        self.instance_ips = self._get_instance_ips()
+
+        # build list of target groups
+        target_groups = self._get_target_group_objects()
+        return self._get_target_descriptions(target_groups)
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_spec = dict(
+        instance_id={"required": True, "type": "str"},
+        get_unused_target_groups={"required": False,
+                                  "default": True, "type": "bool"}
+    )
+
+    module = AnsibleAWSModule(
+        argument_spec=argument_spec,
+        supports_check_mode=True,
+    )
+
+    instance_id = module.params["instance_id"]
+    get_unused_target_groups = module.params["get_unused_target_groups"]
+
+    tg_gatherer = TargetFactsGatherer(module,
+                                      instance_id,
+                                      get_unused_target_groups
+                                      )
+
+    instance_target_groups = [each.to_dict() for each in tg_gatherer.tgs]
+
+    module.exit_json(instance_target_groups=instance_target_groups)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/elb_target_facts/aliases b/test/integration/targets/elb_target_facts/aliases
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5692719518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/elb_target_facts/aliases
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+cloud/aws
+unsupported
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/elb_target_facts/playbooks/full_test.yml b/test/integration/targets/elb_target_facts/playbooks/full_test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6364c620c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/elb_target_facts/playbooks/full_test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+- hosts: localhost
+  connection: local
+
+  roles:
+    - elb_target_facts
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/elb_target_facts/playbooks/roles/elb_target_facts/defaults/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/elb_target_facts/playbooks/roles/elb_target_facts/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75df402a02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/elb_target_facts/playbooks/roles/elb_target_facts/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+ec2_ami_image:
+  us-east-1: ami-8c1be5f6
+  us-east-2: ami-c5062ba0
+
+tg_name: "ansible-test-{{ resource_prefix | regex_search('([0-9]+)$') }}-tg"
+lb_name: "ansible-test-{{ resource_prefix | regex_search('([0-9]+)$') }}-lb"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/elb_target_facts/playbooks/roles/elb_target_facts/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/elb_target_facts/playbooks/roles/elb_target_facts/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6fb307daca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/elb_target_facts/playbooks/roles/elb_target_facts/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,532 @@
+---
+  - name: set up elb_target_facts test prerequisites
+
+    block:
+
+    - name:
+      debug: msg="********** Setting up elb_target_facts test dependencies **********"
+    # ============================================================
+
+    - name: set up aws connection info
+      set_fact:
+        aws_connection_info: &aws_connection_info
+          aws_access_key: "{{ aws_access_key }}"
+          aws_secret_key: "{{ aws_secret_key }}"
+          security_token: "{{ security_token }}"
+          region: "{{ aws_region }}"
+      no_log: yes
+
+    # ============================================================
+
+    - name: set up testing VPC
+      ec2_vpc_net:
+        name: "{{ resource_prefix }}-vpc"
+        state: present
+        cidr_block: 20.0.0.0/16
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+        tags:
+          Name: "{{ resource_prefix }}-vpc"
+          Description: "Created by ansible-test"
+      register: vpc
+
+    - name: set up testing internet gateway
+      ec2_vpc_igw:
+        vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+        state: present
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      register: igw
+
+    - name: set up testing subnet
+      ec2_vpc_subnet:
+        state: present
+        vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+        cidr: 20.0.0.0/18
+        az: "{{ aws_region }}a"
+        resource_tags:
+          Name: "{{ resource_prefix }}-subnet"
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      register: subnet_1
+
+    - name: set up testing subnet
+      ec2_vpc_subnet:
+        state: present
+        vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+        cidr: 20.0.64.0/18
+        az: "{{ aws_region }}b"
+        resource_tags:
+          Name: "{{ resource_prefix }}-subnet"
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      register: subnet_2
+
+    - name: create routing rules
+      ec2_vpc_route_table:
+        vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+        tags:
+          created: "{{ resource_prefix }}-route"
+        routes:
+          - dest: 0.0.0.0/0
+            gateway_id: "{{ igw.gateway_id }}"
+        subnets:
+          - "{{ subnet_1.subnet.id }}"
+          - "{{ subnet_2.subnet.id }}"
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      register: route_table
+
+    - name: create testing security group
+      ec2_group:
+        name: "{{ resource_prefix }}-sg"
+        description: a security group for ansible tests
+        vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+        rules:
+          - proto: tcp
+            from_port: 80
+            to_port: 80
+            cidr_ip: 0.0.0.0/0
+          - proto: tcp
+            from_port: 22
+            to_port: 22
+            cidr_ip: 0.0.0.0/0
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      register: sg
+
+    - name: set up testing target group (type=instance)
+      register: alb_target_group
+      elb_target_group:
+        name: "{{ tg_name }}-inst"
+        health_check_port: 80
+        protocol: http
+        port: 80
+        vpc_id: '{{ vpc.vpc.id }}'
+        state: present
+        target_type: instance
+        # set this to 30 to test polling for changes, instead of having everything go out immediately
+        deregistration_delay_timeout: 30
+        tags:
+          Description: "Created by {{ resource_prefix }}"
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+
+    - name: set up testing target group (type=ip)
+      register: nlb_target_group
+      elb_target_group:
+        name: "{{ tg_name }}-ip"
+        health_check_port: 80
+        protocol: tcp
+        port: 80
+        vpc_id: '{{ vpc.vpc.id }}'
+        state: present
+        # set this to 30 to test polling for changes, instead of having everything go out immediately
+        deregistration_delay_timeout: 30
+        target_type: ip 
+        tags:
+          Description: "Created by {{ resource_prefix }}"
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+
+    - name: set up testing target group which will not be associated with any load balancers
+      register: idle_target_group
+      elb_target_group:
+        name: "{{ tg_name }}-idle"
+        health_check_port: 80
+        protocol: tcp
+        port: 80
+        vpc_id: '{{ vpc.vpc.id }}'
+        state: present
+        target_type: instance 
+        tags:
+          Description: "Created by {{ resource_prefix }}"
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+
+    - name: set up ec2 instance to use as a target
+      ec2:
+        group_id: "{{ sg.group_id }}"
+        instance_type: t2.micro
+        image: "{{ ec2_ami_image[aws_region] }}"
+        vpc_subnet_id: "{{ subnet_2.subnet.id }}"
+        instance_tags:
+          Name: "{{ resource_prefix }}-inst"
+        exact_count: 1
+        count_tag:
+          Name: "{{ resource_prefix }}-inst"
+        assign_public_ip: true
+        volumes: []
+        wait: true
+        ebs_optimized: false
+        user_data: |
+          #cloud-config
+          package_upgrade: true
+          package_update: true
+          packages:
+            - httpd
+          runcmd:
+            - "service httpd start"
+            - echo "HELLO ANSIBLE" > /var/www/html/index.html
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      register: ec2
+
+    - name: create an application load balancer
+      elb_application_lb:
+        name: "{{ lb_name }}-alb"
+        security_groups:
+          - "{{ sg.group_id }}"
+        subnets:
+          - "{{ subnet_1.subnet.id }}"
+          - "{{ subnet_2.subnet.id }}"
+        listeners:
+          - Protocol: HTTP
+            Port: 80
+            DefaultActions:
+              - Type: forward
+                TargetGroupName: "{{ tg_name }}-inst"
+        state: present
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+
+
+    - name: create a network load balancer
+      elb_network_lb:
+        name: "{{ lb_name }}-nlb"
+        subnets:
+          - "{{ subnet_1.subnet.id }}"
+          - "{{ subnet_2.subnet.id }}"
+        listeners:
+          - Protocol: TCP
+            Port: 80
+            DefaultActions:
+              - Type: forward
+                TargetGroupName: "{{ tg_name }}-ip"
+        state: present
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+ 
+    - name: register with the ALB
+      elb_target:
+        target_group_name: "{{ tg_name }}-inst"
+        target_id: "{{ ec2.instance_ids[0] }}"
+        state: present
+        target_status: "initial" 
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+
+    - name: register with the NLB IP target group
+      elb_target:
+        target_group_name: "{{ tg_name }}-ip"
+        target_id: "{{ ec2.instances[0].private_ip }}" 
+        state: present
+        target_status: "initial"
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+
+    # ============================================================
+
+    - debug: msg="********** Running elb_target_facts integration tests **********"
+
+    # ============================================================
+    - name: gather facts
+      elb_target_facts:
+        instance_id: "{{ ec2.instance_ids[0]}}"
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      register: target_facts
+
+    - assert:
+        that:
+          - "{{ alb_target_group.target_group_arn in (target_facts.instance_target_groups | map(attribute='target_group_arn')) }}"
+          - "{{ nlb_target_group.target_group_arn in (target_facts.instance_target_groups | map(attribute='target_group_arn')) }}"
+          - "{{ idle_target_group.target_group_arn not in (target_facts.instance_target_groups | map(attribute='target_group_arn')) }}"
+          - (target_facts.instance_target_groups | length) == 2
+        msg: "target facts showed the target in the right target groups"
+
+
+    - name: register with unused target group
+      elb_target:
+        target_group_name: "{{ tg_name }}-idle"
+        target_id: "{{ ec2.instance_ids[0]}}"
+        state: present
+        target_status: "unused"
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+
+    - name: gather facts again, including the idle group
+      elb_target_facts:
+        instance_id: "{{ ec2.instance_ids[0]}}"
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      register: target_facts
+
+    - assert:
+        that:
+          - "{{ alb_target_group.target_group_arn in (target_facts.instance_target_groups | map(attribute='target_group_arn')) }}"
+          - "{{ nlb_target_group.target_group_arn in (target_facts.instance_target_groups | map(attribute='target_group_arn')) }}"
+          - "{{ idle_target_group.target_group_arn in (target_facts.instance_target_groups | map(attribute='target_group_arn')) }}"
+          - (target_facts.instance_target_groups | length) == 3
+        msg: "target facts reflected the addition of the target to the idle group"
+
+    - name: gather facts again, this time excluding the idle group
+      elb_target_facts:
+        instance_id: "{{ ec2.instance_ids[0]}}"
+        get_unused_target_groups: false
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      register: target_facts
+
+    - assert:
+        that:
+          - "{{ alb_target_group.target_group_arn in (target_facts.instance_target_groups | map(attribute='target_group_arn')) }}"
+          - "{{ nlb_target_group.target_group_arn in (target_facts.instance_target_groups | map(attribute='target_group_arn')) }}"
+          - "{{ idle_target_group.target_group_arn not in (target_facts.instance_target_groups | map(attribute='target_group_arn')) }}"
+          - (target_facts.instance_target_groups | length) == 2
+        msg: "target_facts.instance_target_groups did not gather unused target groups when variable was set"
+        
+    - name: register twice in the same target group
+      elb_target:
+        target_group_name: "{{ tg_name }}-ip"
+        target_port: 22
+        target_id: "{{ ec2.instances[0].private_ip }}" 
+        state: present
+        target_status: "healthy"
+        target_status_timeout: 300
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+
+    - name: gather facts
+      elb_target_facts:
+        instance_id: "{{ ec2.instance_ids[0] }}"
+        get_unused_target_groups: false
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      register: target_facts
+
+    - assert:
+        that:
+          - alb_target_group.target_group_arn in (target_facts.instance_target_groups | map(attribute='target_group_arn'))
+          - nlb_target_group.target_group_arn in (target_facts.instance_target_groups | map(attribute='target_group_arn'))
+          - (target_facts.instance_target_groups | length) == 2 
+          - (target_facts.instance_target_groups |
+             selectattr('target_group_arn', 'equalto', nlb_target_group.target_group_arn) |
+             map(attribute='targets') |
+             flatten |
+             list |
+             length) == 2
+        msg: "registering a target twice didn't affect the overall target group count, increased target count"
+
+    - set_fact:
+        original_target_groups: "{{ target_facts.instance_target_groups }}"
+
+    - name: Deregister instance from all target groups
+      elb_target:
+          target_group_arn: "{{ item.0.target_group_arn }}"
+          target_port: "{{ item.1.target_port }}"
+          target_az: "{{ item.1.target_az }}"
+          target_id: "{{ item.1.target_id }}"
+          state: absent
+          target_status: "draining"
+          <<: *aws_connection_info
+      with_subelements:
+        - "{{ original_target_groups }}"
+        - "targets"
+
+    - name: wait for all targets to deregister simultaneously
+      elb_target_facts:
+        get_unused_target_groups: false
+        instance_id: "{{ ec2.instance_ids[0] }}"
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      register: target_facts
+      until: (target_facts.instance_target_groups | length) == 0
+      retries: 60
+      delay: 10
+
+    - name: reregister in elbv2s
+      elb_target:
+        target_group_arn: "{{ item.0.target_group_arn }}"
+        target_port: "{{ item.1.target_port }}"
+        target_az: "{{ item.1.target_az }}"
+        target_id: "{{ item.1.target_id }}"
+        state: present
+        target_status: "initial"
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      with_subelements:
+        - "{{ original_target_groups }}"
+        - "targets"
+
+    # wait until all groups associated with this instance are 'healthy' or
+    # 'unused'
+    - name: wait for registration
+      elb_target_facts:
+        get_unused_target_groups: false
+        instance_id: "{{ ec2.instance_ids[0] }}"
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      register: target_facts
+      until: >
+                (target_facts.instance_target_groups |
+                 map(attribute='targets') |
+                 flatten |
+                 map(attribute='target_health') |
+                 rejectattr('state', 'equalto', 'healthy') |
+                 rejectattr('state', 'equalto', 'unused') |
+                 list |
+                 length) == 0
+      retries: 61
+      delay: 10
+
+    - assert:
+        that:
+          - alb_target_group.target_group_arn in (target_facts.instance_target_groups | map(attribute='target_group_arn'))
+          - nlb_target_group.target_group_arn in (target_facts.instance_target_groups | map(attribute='target_group_arn'))
+          - (target_facts.instance_target_groups | length) == 2 
+          - (target_facts.instance_target_groups |
+             selectattr('target_group_arn', 'equalto', nlb_target_group.target_group_arn) |
+             map(attribute='targets') |
+             flatten |
+             list |
+             length) == 2
+      msg: "reregistration completed successfully"
+
+    always:
+
+    - name:
+      debug: msg="********** Tearing down elb_target_facts test dependencies **********"
+
+    - name: remove ec2 instance
+      ec2:
+        group_id: "{{ sg.group_id }}"
+        instance_type: t2.micro
+        image: "{{ ec2_ami_image[aws_region] }}"
+        vpc_subnet_id: "{{ subnet_2.subnet.id }}"
+        instance_tags:
+          Name: "{{ resource_prefix }}-inst"
+        exact_count: 0
+        count_tag:
+          Name: "{{ resource_prefix }}-inst"
+        assign_public_ip: true
+        volumes: []
+        wait: true
+        ebs_optimized: false
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      ignore_errors: true
+
+    - name: remove application load balancer
+      elb_application_lb:
+        name: "{{ lb_name }}-alb"
+        security_groups:
+          - "{{ sg.group_id }}"
+        subnets:
+          - "{{ subnet_1.subnet.id }}"
+          - "{{ subnet_2.subnet.id }}"
+        listeners:
+          - Protocol: HTTP
+            Port: 80
+            DefaultActions:
+              - Type: forward
+                TargetGroupName: "{{ tg_name }}-inst"
+        state: absent
+        wait: true
+        wait_timeout: 200
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      register: removed
+      retries: 10
+      until: removed is not failed
+      ignore_errors: true
+
+    - name: remove NLB
+      ignore_errors: true
+      elb_network_lb:
+        name: "{{ lb_name }}-nlb"
+        state: absent
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+
+    - name: remove testing target groups
+      elb_target_group:
+        name: "{{ item }}"
+        health_check_port: 80
+        protocol: http
+        port: 80
+        vpc_id: '{{ vpc.vpc.id }}'
+        state: absent
+        target_type: instance
+        tags:
+          Description: "Created by {{ resource_prefix }}"
+        wait: true
+        wait_timeout: 200
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      register: removed
+      retries: 10
+      until: removed is not failed
+      with_items:
+        - "{{ tg_name }}-idle"
+        - "{{ tg_name }}-ip"
+        - "{{ tg_name }}-inst"
+      ignore_errors: true
+
+    - name: remove testing security group
+      ec2_group:
+        state: absent
+        name: "{{ resource_prefix }}-sg"
+        description: a security group for ansible tests
+        vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+        rules:
+          - proto: tcp
+            from_port: 80
+            to_port: 80
+            cidr_ip: 0.0.0.0/0
+          - proto: tcp
+            from_port: 22
+            to_port: 22
+            cidr_ip: 0.0.0.0/0
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      register: removed
+      retries: 10
+      until: removed is not failed
+      ignore_errors: true
+
+    - name: remove routing rules
+      ec2_vpc_route_table:
+        state: absent
+        lookup: id
+        route_table_id: "{{ route_table.route_table.id }}"
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      register: removed
+      retries: 10
+      until: removed is not failed
+      ignore_errors: true
+
+    - name: remove testing subnet
+      ec2_vpc_subnet:
+        state: absent
+        vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+        cidr: 20.0.0.0/18
+        az: "{{ aws_region }}a"
+        resource_tags:
+          Name: "{{ resource_prefix }}-subnet"
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      register: removed
+      retries: 10
+      until: removed is not failed
+      ignore_errors: true
+
+    - name: remove testing subnet
+      ec2_vpc_subnet:
+        state: absent
+        vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+        cidr: 20.0.64.0/18
+        az: "{{ aws_region }}b"
+        resource_tags:
+          Name: "{{ resource_prefix }}-subnet"
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      register: removed
+      retries: 10
+      until: removed is not failed
+      ignore_errors: true
+
+    - name: remove testing internet gateway
+      ec2_vpc_igw:
+        vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+        state: absent
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      register: removed
+      retries: 10
+      until: removed is not failed
+      ignore_errors: true
+
+    - name: remove testing VPC
+      ec2_vpc_net:
+        name: "{{ resource_prefix }}-vpc"
+        state: absent
+        cidr_block: 20.0.0.0/16
+        tags:
+          Name: "{{ resource_prefix }}-vpc"
+          Description: "Created by ansible-test"
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      register: removed
+      retries: 10
+      until: removed is not failed
+
+    # ============================================================
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/elb_target_facts/runme.sh b/test/integration/targets/elb_target_facts/runme.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..736aacd06a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/elb_target_facts/runme.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# We don't set -u here, due to pypa/virtualenv#150
+set -ex
+
+ansible-playbook -i ../../inventory -e @../../integration_config.yml -e @../../cloud-config-aws.yml -v playbooks/full_test.yml "$@"