diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/README.md
index 2f5d463067a35..f4721f21fda00 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/README.md
@@ -700,6 +700,20 @@ new tasks.EmrCreateCluster(this, 'Create Cluster', {
 });
 ```
 
+If you want to use an [auto-termination policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-auto-termination-policy.html),
+you can specify the `autoTerminationPolicy` property. Set the `idleTimeout` as a `Duration` between 60 seconds and 7 days.
+`autoTerminationPolicy` requires the EMR release label to be 5.30.0 or above.
+
+```ts
+new tasks.EmrCreateCluster(this, 'Create Cluster', {
+  instances: {},
+  name: 'ClusterName',
+  autoTerminationPolicy: {
+    idleTimeout: Duration.seconds(120),
+  },
+});
+```
+
 ### Termination Protection
 
 Locks a cluster (job flow) so the EC2 instances in the cluster cannot be
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/emr/emr-create-cluster.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/emr/emr-create-cluster.ts
index 4cac7c7180bde..eed78656efec0 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/emr/emr-create-cluster.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/emr/emr-create-cluster.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import { integrationResourceArn, validatePatternSupported } from '../private/task-utils';
 import {
   ApplicationConfigPropertyToJson,
+  AutoTerminationPolicyPropertyToJson,
   BootstrapActionConfigToJson,
   ConfigurationPropertyToJson,
   InstancesConfigPropertyToJson,
@@ -67,6 +68,15 @@ export interface EmrCreateClusterProps extends sfn.TaskStateBaseProps {
    */
   readonly autoScalingRole?: iam.IRole;
 
+  /**
+   * An auto-termination policy for an Amazon EMR cluster. An auto-termination policy defines the amount of
+   * idle time in seconds after which a cluster automatically terminates. The value must be between
+   * 60 seconds and 7 days.
+   *
+   * @default - None
+   */
+  readonly autoTerminationPolicy?: EmrCreateCluster.AutoTerminationPolicyProperty;
+
   /**
    * A list of bootstrap actions to run before Hadoop starts on the cluster nodes.
    *
@@ -269,6 +279,7 @@ export class EmrCreateCluster extends sfn.TaskStateBase {
         AdditionalInfo: cdk.stringToCloudFormation(this.props.additionalInfo),
         Applications: cdk.listMapper(ApplicationConfigPropertyToJson)(this.props.applications),
         AutoScalingRole: cdk.stringToCloudFormation(this._autoScalingRole?.roleName),
+        AutoTerminationPolicy: this.props.autoTerminationPolicy ? AutoTerminationPolicyPropertyToJson(this.props.autoTerminationPolicy) : undefined,
         BootstrapActions: cdk.listMapper(BootstrapActionConfigToJson)(this.props.bootstrapActions),
         Configurations: cdk.listMapper(ConfigurationPropertyToJson)(this.props.configurations),
         CustomAmiId: cdk.stringToCloudFormation(this.props.customAmiId),
@@ -1389,6 +1400,20 @@ export namespace EmrCreateCluster {
     readonly version?: string;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Auto-termination policy for the EMR cluster.
+   *
+   * @see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/APIReference/API_AutoTerminationPolicy.html
+   *
+   */
+  export interface AutoTerminationPolicyProperty {
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies the amount of idle time after which the cluster automatically terminates.
+     */
+    readonly idleTimeout: cdk.Duration;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Configuration of the script to run during a bootstrap action.
    *
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/emr/private/cluster-utils.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/emr/private/cluster-utils.ts
index c8ae8a50a360c..fd05d71370584 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/emr/private/cluster-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/emr/private/cluster-utils.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import { EmrModifyInstanceGroupByName } from '../emr-modify-instance-group-by-na
 
 /**
  * Render the KerberosAttributesProperty as JSON
- *
- * @param property
  */
 export function KerberosAttributesPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.KerberosAttributesProperty) {
   return {
@@ -19,8 +17,6 @@ export function KerberosAttributesPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.Kerb
 
 /**
  * Render the InstancesConfigProperty to JSON
- *
- * @param property
  */
 export function InstancesConfigPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.InstancesConfigProperty) {
   return {
@@ -46,8 +42,6 @@ export function InstancesConfigPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.Instanc
 
 /**
  * Render the ApplicationConfigProperty as JSON
- *
- * @param property
  */
 export function ApplicationConfigPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.ApplicationConfigProperty) {
   return {
@@ -58,10 +52,17 @@ export function ApplicationConfigPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.Appli
   };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Render the AutoTerminationPolicyProperty as JSON
+ */
+export function AutoTerminationPolicyPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.AutoTerminationPolicyProperty) {
+  return {
+    IdleTimeout: cdk.numberToCloudFormation(property.idleTimeout.toSeconds()),
+  };
+}
+
 /**
  * Render the ConfigurationProperty as JSON
- *
- * @param property
  */
 export function ConfigurationPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.ConfigurationProperty) {
   return {
@@ -73,8 +74,6 @@ export function ConfigurationPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.Configura
 
 /**
  * Render the EbsBlockDeviceConfigProperty as JSON
- *
- * @param property
  */
 export function EbsBlockDeviceConfigPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.EbsBlockDeviceConfigProperty) {
   return {
@@ -89,8 +88,6 @@ export function EbsBlockDeviceConfigPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.Eb
 
 /**
  * Render the EbsConfigurationProperty to JSON
- *
- * @param property
  */
 export function EbsConfigurationPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.EbsConfigurationProperty) {
   return {
@@ -117,8 +114,6 @@ export function InstanceTypeConfigPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.Inst
 
 /**
  * Render the InstanceFleetProvisioningSpecificationsProperty to JSON
- *
- * @param property
  */
 export function InstanceFleetProvisioningSpecificationsPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.InstanceFleetProvisioningSpecificationsProperty) {
   return {
@@ -133,8 +128,6 @@ export function InstanceFleetProvisioningSpecificationsPropertyToJson(property:
 
 /**
  * Render the InstanceFleetConfigProperty as JSON
- *
- * @param property
  */
 export function InstanceFleetConfigPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.InstanceFleetConfigProperty) {
   return {
@@ -152,8 +145,6 @@ export function InstanceFleetConfigPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.Ins
 
 /**
  * Render the MetricDimensionProperty as JSON
- *
- * @param property
  */
 export function MetricDimensionPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.MetricDimensionProperty) {
   return {
@@ -164,8 +155,6 @@ export function MetricDimensionPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.MetricD
 
 /**
  * Render the ScalingTriggerProperty to JSON
- *
- * @param property
  */
 export function ScalingTriggerPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.ScalingTriggerProperty) {
   return {
@@ -185,8 +174,6 @@ export function ScalingTriggerPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.ScalingT
 
 /**
  * Render the ScalingActionProperty to JSON
- *
- * @param property
  */
 export function ScalingActionPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.ScalingActionProperty) {
   return {
@@ -201,8 +188,6 @@ export function ScalingActionPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.ScalingAc
 
 /**
  * Render the ScalingRuleProperty to JSON
- *
- * @param property
  */
 export function ScalingRulePropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.ScalingRuleProperty) {
   return {
@@ -215,8 +200,6 @@ export function ScalingRulePropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.ScalingRule
 
 /**
  * Render the AutoScalingPolicyProperty to JSON
- *
- * @param property
  */
 export function AutoScalingPolicyPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.AutoScalingPolicyProperty) {
   return {
@@ -230,8 +213,6 @@ export function AutoScalingPolicyPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.AutoS
 
 /**
  * Render the InstanceGroupConfigProperty to JSON
- *
- * @param property
  */
 export function InstanceGroupConfigPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.InstanceGroupConfigProperty) {
   return {
@@ -250,8 +231,6 @@ export function InstanceGroupConfigPropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.Ins
 
 /**
  * Render the PlacementTypeProperty to JSON
- *
- * @param property
  */
 export function PlacementTypePropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.PlacementTypeProperty) {
   return {
@@ -262,8 +241,6 @@ export function PlacementTypePropertyToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.Placement
 
 /**
  * Render the BootstrapActionProperty as JSON
- *
- * @param property
  */
 export function BootstrapActionConfigToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.BootstrapActionConfigProperty) {
   return {
@@ -277,8 +254,6 @@ export function BootstrapActionConfigToJson(property: EmrCreateCluster.Bootstrap
 
 /**
  * Render the InstanceGroupModifyConfigProperty to JSON
- *
- * @param property
  */
 export function InstanceGroupModifyConfigPropertyToJson(property: EmrModifyInstanceGroupByName.InstanceGroupModifyConfigProperty) {
   return {
@@ -291,8 +266,6 @@ export function InstanceGroupModifyConfigPropertyToJson(property: EmrModifyInsta
 
 /**
  * Render the ShrinkPolicyProperty to JSON
- *
- * @param property
  */
 function ShrinkPolicyPropertyToJson(property: EmrModifyInstanceGroupByName.ShrinkPolicyProperty) {
   return {
@@ -303,8 +276,6 @@ function ShrinkPolicyPropertyToJson(property: EmrModifyInstanceGroupByName.Shrin
 
 /**
  * Render the InstanceResizePolicyProperty to JSON
- *
- * @param property
  */
 function InstanceResizePolicyPropertyToJson(property: EmrModifyInstanceGroupByName.InstanceResizePolicyProperty) {
   return {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/test/emr/emr-create-cluster.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/test/emr/emr-create-cluster.test.ts
index 3effd99e5eed0..74342d66efb53 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/test/emr/emr-create-cluster.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/test/emr/emr-create-cluster.test.ts
@@ -864,6 +864,58 @@ test('Create Cluster with InstanceFleet with allocation strategy=capacity-optimi
   });
 });
 
+test('Create Cluster with AutoTerminationPolicy', () => {
+  // WHEN
+  const task = new EmrCreateCluster(stack, 'Task', {
+    instances: {},
+    clusterRole,
+    name: 'Cluster',
+    serviceRole,
+    autoScalingRole,
+    autoTerminationPolicy: {
+      idleTimeout: cdk.Duration.seconds(120),
+    },
+    integrationPattern: sfn.IntegrationPattern.REQUEST_RESPONSE,
+  });
+
+  // THEN
+  expect(stack.resolve(task.toStateJson())).toEqual({
+    Type: 'Task',
+    Resource: {
+      'Fn::Join': [
+        '',
+        [
+          'arn:',
+          {
+            Ref: 'AWS::Partition',
+          },
+          ':states:::elasticmapreduce:createCluster',
+        ],
+      ],
+    },
+    End: true,
+    Parameters: {
+      Name: 'Cluster',
+      Instances: {
+        KeepJobFlowAliveWhenNoSteps: true,
+      },
+      VisibleToAllUsers: true,
+      JobFlowRole: {
+        Ref: 'ClusterRoleD9CA7471',
+      },
+      ServiceRole: {
+        Ref: 'ServiceRole4288B192',
+      },
+      AutoScalingRole: {
+        Ref: 'AutoScalingRole015ADA0A',
+      },
+      AutoTerminationPolicy: {
+        IdleTimeout: 120,
+      },
+    },
+  });
+});
+
 test('Create Cluster with InstanceFleet', () => {
   // WHEN
   const task = new EmrCreateCluster(stack, 'Task', {