diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/aws/core.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/aws/core.py
index 56fe93b646b..aa54018df8e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/aws/core.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/aws/core.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 from ansible.module_utils.ec2 import HAS_BOTO3, camel_dict_to_snake_dict, ec2_argument_spec, boto3_conn, get_aws_connection_info
 
 # We will also export HAS_BOTO3 so end user modules can use it.
-__all__ = ('AnsibleAWSModule', 'HAS_BOTO3',)
+__all__ = ('AnsibleAWSModule', 'HAS_BOTO3', 'is_boto3_error_code')
 
 
 class AnsibleAWSModule(object):
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/cloudformation_stack_set.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/cloudformation_stack_set.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b2ae3cc1e46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/cloudformation_stack_set.py
@@ -0,0 +1,672 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# Copyright: (c) 2018, Ansible Project
+# 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
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1',
+                    'status': ['preview'],
+                    'supported_by': 'community'}
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: cloudformation_stack_set
+short_description: Manage groups of CloudFormation stacks
+description:
+     - Launches/updates/deletes AWS CloudFormation Stack Sets
+notes:
+     - To make an individual stack, you want the cloudformation module.
+version_added: "2.7"
+options:
+  name:
+    description:
+      - name of the cloudformation stack set
+    required: true
+  description:
+    description:
+      - A description of what this stack set creates
+  parameters:
+    description:
+      - A list of hashes of all the template variables for the stack. The value can be a string or a dict.
+      - Dict can be used to set additional template parameter attributes like UsePreviousValue (see example).
+    default: {}
+  state:
+    description:
+      - If state is "present", stack will be created.  If state is "present" and if stack exists and template has changed, it will be updated.
+        If state is "absent", stack will be removed.
+    default: present
+    choices: [ present, absent ]
+  template:
+    description:
+      - The local path of the cloudformation template.
+      - This must be the full path to the file, relative to the working directory. If using roles this may look
+        like "roles/cloudformation/files/cloudformation-example.json".
+      - If 'state' is 'present' and the stack does not exist yet, either 'template', 'template_body' or 'template_url'
+        must be specified (but only one of them). If 'state' is present, the stack does exist, and neither 'template',
+        'template_body' nor 'template_url' are specified, the previous template will be reused.
+  template_body:
+    description:
+      - Template body. Use this to pass in the actual body of the Cloudformation template.
+      - If 'state' is 'present' and the stack does not exist yet, either 'template', 'template_body' or 'template_url'
+        must be specified (but only one of them). If 'state' is present, the stack does exist, and neither 'template',
+        'template_body' nor 'template_url' are specified, the previous template will be reused.
+  template_url:
+    description:
+      - Location of file containing the template body. The URL must point to a template (max size 307,200 bytes) located in an S3 bucket in the same region
+        as the stack.
+      - If 'state' is 'present' and the stack does not exist yet, either 'template', 'template_body' or 'template_url'
+        must be specified (but only one of them). If 'state' is present, the stack does exist, and neither 'template',
+        'template_body' nor 'template_url' are specified, the previous template will be reused.
+  purge_stacks:
+    description:
+    - Only applicable when I(state=absent). Sets whether, when deleting a stack set, the stack instances should also be deleted.
+    - By default, instances will be deleted. Set to 'no' or 'false' to keep stacks when stack set is deleted.
+    type: bool
+    default: true
+  wait:
+    description:
+    - Whether or not to wait for stack operation to complete. This includes waiting for stack instances to reach UPDATE_COMPLETE status.
+    - If you choose not to wait, this module will not notify when stack operations fail because it will not wait for them to finish.
+    type: bool
+    default: false
+  wait_timeout:
+    description:
+    - How long to wait (in seconds) for stacks to complete create/update/delete operations.
+    default: 900
+  capabilities:
+    description:
+    - Capabilities allow stacks to create and modify IAM resources, which may include adding users or roles.
+    - Currently the only available values are 'CAPABILITY_IAM' and 'CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM'. Either or both may be provided.
+    - >
+        The following resources require that one or both of these parameters is specified: AWS::IAM::AccessKey,
+        AWS::IAM::Group, AWS::IAM::InstanceProfile, AWS::IAM::Policy, AWS::IAM::Role, AWS::IAM::User, AWS::IAM::UserToGroupAddition
+    choices:
+    - 'CAPABILITY_IAM'
+    - 'CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM'
+  regions:
+    description:
+    - A list of AWS regions to create instances of a stack in. The I(region) parameter chooses where the Stack Set is created, and I(regions)
+      specifies the region for stack instances.
+    - At least one region must be specified to create a stack set. On updates, if fewer regions are specified only the specified regions will
+      have their stack instances updated.
+  accounts:
+    description:
+    - A list of AWS accounts in which to create instance of CloudFormation stacks.
+    - At least one region must be specified to create a stack set. On updates, if fewer regions are specified only the specified regions will
+      have their stack instances updated.
+  administration_role_arn:
+    description:
+    - ARN of the administration role, meaning the role that CloudFormation Stack Sets use to assume the roles in your child accounts.
+    - This defaults to I(arn:aws:iam::{{ account ID }}:role/AWSCloudFormationStackSetAdministrationRole) where I({{ account ID }}) is replaced with the
+      account number of the current IAM role/user/STS credentials.
+    aliases:
+    - admin_role_arn
+    - admin_role
+    - administration_role
+  execution_role_name:
+    description:
+    - ARN of the execution role, meaning the role that CloudFormation Stack Sets assumes in your child accounts.
+    - This MUST NOT be an ARN, and the roles must exist in each child account specified.
+    - The default name for the execution role is I(AWSCloudFormationStackSetExecutionRole)
+    aliases:
+    - exec_role_name
+    - exec_role
+    - execution_role
+  tags:
+    description:
+      - Dictionary of tags to associate with stack and its resources during stack creation. Can be updated later, updating tags removes previous entries.
+  failure_tolerance:
+    description:
+    - Settings to change what is considered "failed" when running stack instance updates, and how many to do at a time.
+
+author: "Ryan Scott Brown (@ryansb)"
+extends_documentation_fragment:
+- aws
+- ec2
+requirements: [ boto3>=1.6, botocore>=1.10.26 ]
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: Create a stack set with instances in two accounts
+  cloudformation_stack_set:
+    name: my-stack
+    description: Test stack in two accounts
+    state: present
+    template_url: https://s3.amazonaws.com/my-bucket/cloudformation.template
+    accounts: [1234567890, 2345678901]
+    regions:
+    - us-east-1
+
+- name: on subsequent calls, templates are optional but parameters and tags can be altered
+  cloudformation_stack_set:
+    name: my-stack
+    state: present
+    parameters:
+      InstanceName: my_stacked_instance
+    tags:
+      foo: bar
+      test: stack
+    accounts: [1234567890, 2345678901]
+    regions:
+    - us-east-1
+
+- name: The same type of update, but wait for the update to complete in all stacks
+  cloudformation_stack_set:
+    name: my-stack
+    state: present
+    wait: true
+    parameters:
+      InstanceName: my_restacked_instance
+    tags:
+      foo: bar
+      test: stack
+    accounts: [1234567890, 2345678901]
+    regions:
+    - us-east-1
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+operations_log:
+  type: list
+  description: Most recent events in Cloudformation's event log. This may be from a previous run in some cases.
+  returned: always
+  sample:
+  - action: CREATE
+    creation_timestamp: '2018-06-18T17:40:46.372000+00:00'
+    end_timestamp: '2018-06-18T17:41:24.560000+00:00'
+    operation_id: Ansible-StackInstance-Create-0ff2af5b-251d-4fdb-8b89-1ee444eba8b8
+    status: FAILED
+    stack_instances:
+    - account: '1234567890'
+      region: us-east-1
+      stack_set_id: TestStackPrime:19f3f684-aae9-4e67-ba36-e09f92cf5929
+      status: OUTDATED
+      status_reason: Account 1234567890 should have 'AWSCloudFormationStackSetAdministrationRole' role with trust relationship to CloudFormation service.
+
+operations:
+  description: All operations initiated by this run of the cloudformation_stack_set module
+  returned: always
+  type: list
+  sample:
+  - action: CREATE
+    administration_role_arn: arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/AWSCloudFormationStackSetAdministrationRole
+    creation_timestamp: '2018-06-18T17:40:46.372000+00:00'
+    end_timestamp: '2018-06-18T17:41:24.560000+00:00'
+    execution_role_name: AWSCloudFormationStackSetExecutionRole
+    operation_id: Ansible-StackInstance-Create-0ff2af5b-251d-4fdb-8b89-1ee444eba8b8
+    operation_preferences:
+      region_order:
+      - us-east-1
+      - us-east-2
+    stack_set_id: TestStackPrime:19f3f684-aae9-4e67-ba36-e09f92cf5929
+    status: FAILED
+stack_instances:
+  description: CloudFormation stack instances that are members of this stack set. This will also include their region and account ID.
+  returned: state == present
+  type: list
+  sample:
+    - account: '1234567890'
+      region: us-east-1
+      stack_set_id: TestStackPrime:19f3f684-aae9-4e67-ba36-e09f92cf5929
+      status: OUTDATED
+      status_reason: >
+        Account 1234567890 should have 'AWSCloudFormationStackSetAdministrationRole' role with trust relationship to CloudFormation service.
+    - account: '1234567890'
+      region: us-east-2
+      stack_set_id: TestStackPrime:19f3f684-aae9-4e67-ba36-e09f92cf5929
+      status: OUTDATED
+      status_reason: Cancelled since failure tolerance has exceeded
+stack_set:
+  type: dict
+  description: Facts about the currently deployed stack set, its parameters, and its tags
+  returned: state == present
+  sample:
+    administration_role_arn: arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/AWSCloudFormationStackSetAdministrationRole
+    capabilities: []
+    description: test stack PRIME
+    execution_role_name: AWSCloudFormationStackSetExecutionRole
+    parameters: []
+    stack_set_arn: arn:aws:cloudformation:us-east-1:1234567890:stackset/TestStackPrime:19f3f684-aae9-467-ba36-e09f92cf5929
+    stack_set_id: TestStackPrime:19f3f684-aae9-4e67-ba36-e09f92cf5929
+    stack_set_name: TestStackPrime
+    status: ACTIVE
+    tags:
+      Some: Thing
+      an: other
+    template_body: |
+      AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
+      Parameters: {}
+      Resources:
+        Bukkit:
+          Type: "AWS::S3::Bucket"
+          Properties: {}
+        other:
+          Type: "AWS::SNS::Topic"
+          Properties: {}
+
+'''  # NOQA
+
+import time
+import datetime
+import uuid
+import itertools
+
+try:
+    import boto3
+    import botocore.exceptions
+    from botocore.exceptions import ClientError, BotoCoreError
+except ImportError:
+    # handled by AnsibleAWSModule
+    pass
+
+from ansible.module_utils.ec2 import AWSRetry, boto3_tag_list_to_ansible_dict, ansible_dict_to_boto3_tag_list, camel_dict_to_snake_dict
+from ansible.module_utils.aws.core import AnsibleAWSModule, is_boto3_error_code
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
+
+
+def create_stack_set(module, stack_params, cfn):
+    try:
+        cfn.create_stack_set(aws_retry=True, **stack_params)
+        return await_stack_set_exists(cfn, stack_params['StackSetName'])
+    except (ClientError, BotoCoreError) as err:
+        module.fail_json_aws(err, msg="Failed to create stack set {0}.".format(stack_params.get('StackSetName')))
+
+
+def update_stack_set(module, stack_params, cfn):
+    # if the state is present and the stack already exists, we try to update it.
+    # AWS will tell us if the stack template and parameters are the same and
+    # don't need to be updated.
+    try:
+        cfn.update_stack_set(**stack_params)
+    except is_boto3_error_code('StackSetNotFound') as err:  # pylint: disable=duplicate-except
+        module.fail_json_aws(err, msg="Failed to find stack set. Check the name & region.")
+    except is_boto3_error_code('StackInstanceNotFound') as err:  # pylint: disable=duplicate-except
+        module.fail_json_aws(err, msg="One or more stack instances were not found for this stack set. Double check "
+                             "the `accounts` and `regions` parameters.")
+    except is_boto3_error_code('OperationInProgressException') as err:  # pylint: disable=duplicate-except
+        module.fail_json_aws(
+            err, msg="Another operation is already in progress on this stack set - please try again later. When making "
+            "multiple cloudformation_stack_set calls, it's best to enable `wait: yes` to avoid unfinished op errors.")
+    except (ClientError, BotoCoreError) as err:  # pylint: disable=duplicate-except
+        module.fail_json_aws(err, msg="Could not update stack set.")
+    if module.params.get('wait'):
+        await_stack_set_operation(
+            module, cfn, operation_id=stack_params['OperationId'],
+            stack_set_name=stack_params['StackSetName'],
+            max_wait=module.params.get('wait_timeout'),
+        )
+
+    return True
+
+
+def compare_stack_instances(cfn, stack_set_name, accounts, regions):
+    instance_list = cfn.list_stack_instances(
+        aws_retry=True,
+        StackSetName=stack_set_name,
+    )['Summaries']
+    desired_stack_instances = set(itertools.product(accounts, regions))
+    existing_stack_instances = set((i['Account'], i['Region']) for i in instance_list)
+    # new stacks, existing stacks, unspecified stacks
+    return (desired_stack_instances - existing_stack_instances), existing_stack_instances, (existing_stack_instances - desired_stack_instances)
+
+
+@AWSRetry.backoff(tries=3, delay=4)
+def stack_set_facts(cfn, stack_set_name):
+    try:
+        ss = cfn.describe_stack_set(StackSetName=stack_set_name)['StackSet']
+        ss['Tags'] = boto3_tag_list_to_ansible_dict(ss['Tags'])
+        return ss
+    except cfn.exceptions.from_code('StackSetNotFound'):
+        # catch NotFound error before the retry kicks in to avoid waiting
+        # if the stack does not exist
+        return
+
+
+def await_stack_set_operation(module, cfn, stack_set_name, operation_id, max_wait):
+    wait_start = datetime.datetime.now()
+    operation = None
+    for i in range(max_wait // 15):
+        try:
+            operation = cfn.describe_stack_set_operation(StackSetName=stack_set_name, OperationId=operation_id)
+            if operation['StackSetOperation']['Status'] not in ('RUNNING', 'STOPPING'):
+                # Stack set has completed operation
+                break
+        except is_boto3_error_code('StackSetNotFound'):  # pylint: disable=duplicate-except
+            pass
+        except is_boto3_error_code('OperationNotFound'):  # pylint: disable=duplicate-except
+            pass
+        time.sleep(15)
+
+    if operation and operation['StackSetOperation']['Status'] not in ('FAILED', 'STOPPED'):
+        await_stack_instance_completion(
+            module, cfn,
+            stack_set_name=stack_set_name,
+            # subtract however long we waited already
+            max_wait=int(max_wait - (datetime.datetime.now() - wait_start).total_seconds()),
+        )
+    elif operation and operation['StackSetOperation']['Status'] in ('FAILED', 'STOPPED'):
+        pass
+    else:
+        module.warn(
+            "Timed out waiting for operation {0} on stack set {1} after {2} seconds. Returning unfinished operation".format(
+                operation_id, stack_set_name, max_wait
+            )
+        )
+
+
+def await_stack_instance_completion(module, cfn, stack_set_name, max_wait):
+    to_await = None
+    for i in range(max_wait // 15):
+        try:
+            stack_instances = cfn.list_stack_instances(StackSetName=stack_set_name)
+            to_await = [inst for inst in stack_instances['Summaries']
+                        if inst['Status'] != 'CURRENT']
+            if not to_await:
+                return stack_instances['Summaries']
+        except is_boto3_error_code('StackSetNotFound'):  # pylint: disable=duplicate-except
+            # this means the deletion beat us, or the stack set is not yet propagated
+            pass
+        time.sleep(15)
+
+    module.warn(
+        "Timed out waiting for stack set {0} instances {1} to complete after {2} seconds. Returning unfinished operation".format(
+            stack_set_name, ', '.join(s['StackId'] for s in to_await), max_wait
+        )
+    )
+
+
+def await_stack_set_exists(cfn, stack_set_name):
+    # AWSRetry will retry on `NotFound` errors for us
+    ss = cfn.describe_stack_set(StackSetName=stack_set_name, aws_retry=True)['StackSet']
+    ss['Tags'] = boto3_tag_list_to_ansible_dict(ss['Tags'])
+    return camel_dict_to_snake_dict(ss, ignore_list=('Tags',))
+
+
+def describe_stack_tree(module, stack_set_name, operation_ids=None):
+    cfn = module.client('cloudformation', retry_decorator=AWSRetry.jittered_backoff(retries=5, delay=3, max_delay=5))
+    result = dict()
+    result['stack_set'] = camel_dict_to_snake_dict(
+        cfn.describe_stack_set(
+            StackSetName=stack_set_name,
+            aws_retry=True,
+        )['StackSet']
+    )
+    result['stack_set']['tags'] = boto3_tag_list_to_ansible_dict(result['stack_set']['tags'])
+    result['operations_log'] = sorted(
+        camel_dict_to_snake_dict(
+            cfn.list_stack_set_operations(
+                StackSetName=stack_set_name,
+                aws_retry=True,
+            )
+        )['summaries'],
+        key=lambda x: x['creation_timestamp']
+    )
+    result['stack_instances'] = sorted(
+        [
+            camel_dict_to_snake_dict(i) for i in
+            cfn.list_stack_instances(StackSetName=stack_set_name)['Summaries']
+        ],
+        key=lambda i: i['region'] + i['account']
+    )
+
+    if operation_ids:
+        result['operations'] = []
+        for op_id in operation_ids:
+            try:
+                result['operations'].append(camel_dict_to_snake_dict(
+                    cfn.describe_stack_set_operation(
+                        StackSetName=stack_set_name,
+                        OperationId=op_id,
+                    )['StackSetOperation']
+                ))
+            except is_boto3_error_code('OperationNotFoundException'):  # pylint: disable=duplicate-except
+                pass
+    return result
+
+
+def get_operation_preferences(module):
+    params = dict()
+    if module.params.get('regions'):
+        params['RegionOrder'] = list(module.params['regions'])
+    for param, api_name in {
+        'fail_count': 'FailureToleranceCount',
+        'fail_percentage': 'FailureTolerancePercentage',
+        'parallel_percentage': 'MaxConcurrentPercentage',
+        'parallel_count': 'MaxConcurrentCount',
+    }.items():
+        if module.params.get('failure_tolerance', {}).get(param):
+            params[api_name] = module.params.get('failure_tolerance', {}).get(param)
+    return params
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_spec = dict(
+        name=dict(required=True),
+        description=dict(),
+        wait=dict(type='bool', default=False),
+        wait_timeout=dict(type='int', default=900),
+        state=dict(default='present', choices=['present', 'absent']),
+        purge_stacks=dict(type='bool', default=True),
+        parameters=dict(type='dict', default={}),
+        template=dict(type='path'),
+        template_url=dict(),
+        template_body=dict(),
+        capabilities=dict(type='list', choices=['CAPABILITY_IAM', 'CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM']),
+        regions=dict(type='list'),
+        accounts=dict(type='list'),
+        failure_tolerance=dict(
+            type='dict',
+            default={},
+            options=dict(
+                fail_count=dict(type='int'),
+                fail_percentage=dict(type='int'),
+                parallel_percentage=dict(type='int'),
+                parallel_count=dict(type='int'),
+            ),
+            mutually_exclusive=[
+                ['fail_count', 'fail_percentage'],
+                ['parallel_count', 'parallel_percentage'],
+            ],
+        ),
+        administration_role_arn=dict(aliases=['admin_role_arn', 'administration_role', 'admin_role']),
+        execution_role_name=dict(aliases=['execution_role', 'exec_role', 'exec_role_name']),
+        tags=dict(type='dict'),
+    )
+
+    module = AnsibleAWSModule(
+        argument_spec=argument_spec,
+        mutually_exclusive=[['template_url', 'template', 'template_body']],
+        supports_check_mode=True
+    )
+    if not (module.boto3_at_least('1.6.0') and module.botocore_at_least('1.10.26')):
+        module.fail_json(msg="Boto3 or botocore version is too low. This module requires at least boto3 1.6 and botocore 1.10.26")
+
+    # Wrap the cloudformation client methods that this module uses with
+    # automatic backoff / retry for throttling error codes
+    cfn = module.client('cloudformation', retry_decorator=AWSRetry.jittered_backoff(retries=10, delay=3, max_delay=30))
+    existing_stack_set = stack_set_facts(cfn, module.params['name'])
+
+    operation_uuid = to_native(uuid.uuid4())
+    operation_ids = []
+    # collect the parameters that are passed to boto3. Keeps us from having so many scalars floating around.
+    stack_params = {}
+    state = module.params['state']
+    if state == 'present' and not module.params['accounts']:
+        module.fail_json(
+            msg="Can't create a stack set without choosing at least one account. "
+                "To get the ID of the current account, use the aws_caller_facts module."
+        )
+
+    module.params['accounts'] = [to_native(a) for a in module.params['accounts']]
+
+    stack_params['StackSetName'] = module.params['name']
+    if module.params.get('description'):
+        stack_params['Description'] = module.params['description']
+
+    if module.params.get('capabilities'):
+        stack_params['Capabilities'] = module.params['capabilities']
+
+    if module.params['template'] is not None:
+        with open(module.params['template'], 'r') as tpl:
+            stack_params['TemplateBody'] = tpl.read()
+    elif module.params['template_body'] is not None:
+        stack_params['TemplateBody'] = module.params['template_body']
+    elif module.params['template_url'] is not None:
+        stack_params['TemplateURL'] = module.params['template_url']
+    else:
+        # no template is provided, but if the stack set exists already, we can use the existing one.
+        if existing_stack_set:
+            stack_params['UsePreviousTemplate'] = True
+        else:
+            module.fail_json(
+                msg="The Stack Set {0} does not exist, and no template was provided. Provide one of `template`, "
+                    "`template_body`, or `template_url`".format(module.params['name'])
+            )
+
+    stack_params['Parameters'] = []
+    for k, v in module.params['parameters'].items():
+        if isinstance(v, dict):
+            # set parameter based on a dict to allow additional CFN Parameter Attributes
+            param = dict(ParameterKey=k)
+
+            if 'value' in v:
+                param['ParameterValue'] = to_native(v['value'])
+
+            if 'use_previous_value' in v and bool(v['use_previous_value']):
+                param['UsePreviousValue'] = True
+                param.pop('ParameterValue', None)
+
+            stack_params['Parameters'].append(param)
+        else:
+            # allow default k/v configuration to set a template parameter
+            stack_params['Parameters'].append({'ParameterKey': k, 'ParameterValue': str(v)})
+
+    if module.params.get('tags') and isinstance(module.params.get('tags'), dict):
+        stack_params['Tags'] = ansible_dict_to_boto3_tag_list(module.params['tags'])
+
+    if module.params.get('administration_role_arn'):
+        # TODO loosen the semantics here to autodetect the account ID and build the ARN
+        stack_params['AdministrationRoleARN'] = module.params['administration_role_arn']
+    if module.params.get('execution_role_name'):
+        stack_params['ExecutionRoleName'] = module.params['execution_role_name']
+
+    result = {}
+
+    if module.check_mode:
+        if state == 'absent' and existing_stack_set:
+            module.exit_json(changed=True, msg='Stack set would be deleted', meta=[])
+        elif state == 'absent' and not existing_stack_set:
+            module.exit_json(changed=False, msg='Stack set doesn\'t exist', meta=[])
+        elif state == 'present' and not existing_stack_set:
+            module.exit_json(changed=True, msg='New stack set would be created', meta=[])
+        elif state == 'present' and existing_stack_set:
+            new_stacks, existing_stacks, unspecified_stacks = compare_stack_instances(
+                cfn,
+                module.params['name'],
+                module.params['accounts'],
+                module.params['regions'],
+            )
+            if new_stacks:
+                module.exit_json(changed=True, msg='New stack instance(s) would be created', meta=[])
+            elif unspecified_stacks and module.params.get('purge_stack_instances'):
+                module.exit_json(changed=True, msg='Old stack instance(s) would be deleted', meta=[])
+        else:
+            # TODO: need to check the template and other settings for correct check mode
+            module.exit_json(changed=False, msg='No changes detected', meta=[])
+
+    changed = False
+    if state == 'present':
+        if not existing_stack_set:
+            # on create this parameter has a different name, and cannot be referenced later in the job log
+            stack_params['ClientRequestToken'] = 'Ansible-StackSet-Create-{0}'.format(operation_uuid)
+            changed = True
+            create_stack_set(module, stack_params, cfn)
+        else:
+            stack_params['OperationId'] = 'Ansible-StackSet-Update-{0}'.format(operation_uuid)
+            operation_ids.append(stack_params['OperationId'])
+            if module.params.get('regions'):
+                stack_params['OperationPreferences'] = get_operation_preferences(module)
+            changed |= update_stack_set(module, stack_params, cfn)
+
+        # now create/update any appropriate stack instances
+        new_stack_instances, existing_stack_instances, unspecified_stack_instances = compare_stack_instances(
+            cfn,
+            module.params['name'],
+            module.params['accounts'],
+            module.params['regions'],
+        )
+        if new_stack_instances:
+            operation_ids.append('Ansible-StackInstance-Create-{0}'.format(operation_uuid))
+            changed = True
+            cfn.create_stack_instances(
+                StackSetName=module.params['name'],
+                Accounts=list(set(acct for acct, region in new_stack_instances)),
+                Regions=list(set(region for acct, region in new_stack_instances)),
+                OperationPreferences=get_operation_preferences(module),
+                OperationId=operation_ids[-1],
+            )
+        else:
+            operation_ids.append('Ansible-StackInstance-Update-{0}'.format(operation_uuid))
+            cfn.update_stack_instances(
+                StackSetName=module.params['name'],
+                Accounts=list(set(acct for acct, region in existing_stack_instances)),
+                Regions=list(set(region for acct, region in existing_stack_instances)),
+                OperationPreferences=get_operation_preferences(module),
+                OperationId=operation_ids[-1],
+            )
+        for op in operation_ids:
+            await_stack_set_operation(
+                module, cfn, operation_id=op,
+                stack_set_name=module.params['name'],
+                max_wait=module.params.get('wait_timeout'),
+            )
+
+    elif state == 'absent':
+        if not existing_stack_set:
+            module.exit_json(msg='Stack set {0} does not exist'.format(module.params['name']))
+        if module.params.get('purge_stack_instances') is False:
+            pass
+        try:
+            cfn.delete_stack_set(
+                StackSetName=module.params['name'],
+            )
+            module.exit_json(msg='Stack set {0} deleted'.format(module.params['name']))
+        except is_boto3_error_code('OperationInProgressException') as e:  # pylint: disable=duplicate-except
+            module.fail_json_aws(e, msg='Cannot delete stack {0} while there is an operation in progress'.format(module.params['name']))
+        except is_boto3_error_code('StackSetNotEmptyException'):  # pylint: disable=duplicate-except
+            delete_instances_op = 'Ansible-StackInstance-Delete-{0}'.format(operation_uuid)
+            cfn.delete_stack_instances(
+                StackSetName=module.params['name'],
+                Accounts=module.params['accounts'],
+                Regions=module.params['regions'],
+                RetainStacks=(not module.params.get('purge_stacks')),
+                OperationId=delete_instances_op
+            )
+            await_stack_set_operation(
+                module, cfn, operation_id=delete_instances_op,
+                stack_set_name=stack_params['StackSetName'],
+                max_wait=module.params.get('wait_timeout'),
+            )
+            try:
+                cfn.delete_stack_set(
+                    StackSetName=module.params['name'],
+                )
+            except is_boto3_error_code('StackSetNotEmptyException') as exc:  # pylint: disable=duplicate-except
+                # this time, it is likely that either the delete failed or there are more stacks.
+                instances = cfn.list_stack_instances(
+                    StackSetName=module.params['name'],
+                )
+                stack_states = ', '.join('(account={Account}, region={Region}, state={Status})'.format(**i) for i in instances['Summaries'])
+                module.fail_json_aws(exc, msg='Could not purge all stacks, or not all accounts/regions were chosen for deletion: ' + stack_states)
+            module.exit_json(changed=True, msg='Stack set {0} deleted'.format(module.params['name']))
+
+    result.update(**describe_stack_tree(module, stack_params['StackSetName'], operation_ids=operation_ids))
+    if any(o['status'] == 'FAILED' for o in result['operations']):
+        module.fail_json(msg="One or more operations failed to execute", **result)
+    module.exit_json(changed=changed, **result)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/cloudformation_stack_set/aliases b/test/integration/targets/cloudformation_stack_set/aliases
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..56927195182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/cloudformation_stack_set/aliases
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+cloud/aws
+unsupported
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/cloudformation_stack_set/files/test_bucket_stack.yml b/test/integration/targets/cloudformation_stack_set/files/test_bucket_stack.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dfbc5224199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/cloudformation_stack_set/files/test_bucket_stack.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
+Parameters: {}
+Resources:
+  Bukkit:
+    Type: "AWS::S3::Bucket"
+    Properties: {}
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/cloudformation_stack_set/files/test_modded_bucket_stack.yml b/test/integration/targets/cloudformation_stack_set/files/test_modded_bucket_stack.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68df61c6178
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/cloudformation_stack_set/files/test_modded_bucket_stack.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
+Parameters: {}
+Resources:
+  Bukkit:
+    Type: "AWS::S3::Bucket"
+    Properties: {}
+  other:
+    Type: "AWS::SNS::Topic"
+    Properties: {}
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/cloudformation_stack_set/playbooks/full_test.yml b/test/integration/targets/cloudformation_stack_set/playbooks/full_test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46b314caed6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/cloudformation_stack_set/playbooks/full_test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+- hosts: localhost
+  connection: local
+
+  roles:
+    - ../../cloudformation_stack_set
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/cloudformation_stack_set/runme.sh b/test/integration/targets/cloudformation_stack_set/runme.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..7223f5a94d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/cloudformation_stack_set/runme.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# We don't set -u here, due to pypa/virtualenv#150
+set -ex
+
+MYTMPDIR=$(mktemp -d 2>/dev/null || mktemp -d -t 'mytmpdir')
+
+trap 'rm -rf "${MYTMPDIR}"' EXIT
+
+# This is needed for the ubuntu1604py3 tests
+# Ubuntu patches virtualenv to make the default python2
+# but for the python3 tests we need virtualenv to use python3
+PYTHON=${ANSIBLE_TEST_PYTHON_INTERPRETER:-python}
+
+# Run full test suite
+virtualenv --system-site-packages --python "${PYTHON}" "${MYTMPDIR}/botocore-recent"
+source "${MYTMPDIR}/botocore-recent/bin/activate"
+$PYTHON -m pip install 'botocore>1.10.26' boto3
+ansible-playbook -i ../../inventory -e @../../integration_config.yml -e @../../cloud-config-aws.yml -v playbooks/full_test.yml "$@"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/cloudformation_stack_set/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/cloudformation_stack_set/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ccc5dd3fcd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/cloudformation_stack_set/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+---
+# tasks file for cloudformation_stack_set module tests
+# These tests require access to two separate AWS accounts
+
+- 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 }}"
+    aws_secondary_connection_info: &aws_secondary_connection_info
+      aws_access_key: "{{ secondary_aws_access_key }}"
+      aws_secret_key: "{{ secondary_aws_secret_key }}"
+      security_token: "{{ secondary_security_token }}"
+      region: "{{ aws_region }}"
+  no_log: yes
+
+- block:
+    - name: Get current account ID
+      aws_caller_facts:
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      register: whoami
+    - name: Get current account ID
+      aws_caller_facts:
+        <<: *aws_secondary_connection_info
+      register: target_acct
+
+    - name: Policy to allow assuming stackset execution role
+      iam_managed_policy:
+        policy_name: AssumeCfnStackSetExecRole
+        state: present
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+        policy:
+          Version: '2012-10-17'
+          Statement:
+          - Action: 'sts:AssumeRole'
+            Effect: Allow
+            Resource: arn:aws:iam::*:role/CfnStackSetExecRole
+        policy_description: Assume CfnStackSetExecRole
+
+    - name: Create an execution role for us to use
+      iam_role:
+        name: CfnStackSetExecRole
+        <<: *aws_secondary_connection_info
+        assume_role_policy_document:
+          Version: '2012-10-17'
+          Statement:
+          - Action: 'sts:AssumeRole'
+            Effect: Allow
+            Principal:
+              AWS: '{{ whoami.account }}'
+        managed_policy:
+        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/PowerUserAccess
+
+    - name: Create an administration role for us to use
+      iam_role:
+        name: CfnStackSetAdminRole
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+        assume_role_policy_document:
+          Version: '2012-10-17'
+          Statement:
+          - Action: 'sts:AssumeRole'
+            Effect: Allow
+            Principal:
+              Service: 'cloudformation.amazonaws.com'
+        managed_policy:
+        - arn:aws:iam::{{ whoami.account }}:policy/AssumeCfnStackSetExecRole
+          #- arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/PowerUserAccess
+
+    - name: Should fail without account/regions
+      cloudformation_stack_set:
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+        name: TestSetOne
+        description: TestStack Prime
+        tags:
+          Some: Thing
+          Type: Test
+        wait: true
+        template: test_bucket_stack.yml
+      register: result
+      ignore_errors: true
+    - name: assert that running with no account fails
+      assert:
+        that:
+          - result is failed
+          - >
+              "Can't create a stack set without choosing at least one account" in result.msg
+    - name: Should fail without roles
+      cloudformation_stack_set:
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+        name: TestSetOne
+        description: TestStack Prime
+        tags:
+          Some: Thing
+          Type: Test
+        wait: true
+        regions:
+          - '{{ aws_region }}'
+        accounts:
+          - '{{ whoami.account }}'
+        template_body: '{{ lookup("file", "test_bucket_stack.yml") }}'
+      register: result
+      ignore_errors: true
+    - name: assert that running with no account fails
+      assert:
+        that:
+          - result is failed
+
+    - name: Create an execution role for us to use
+      iam_role:
+        name: CfnStackSetExecRole
+        state: absent
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+        assume_role_policy_document:
+          Version: '2012-10-17'
+          Statement:
+          - Action: 'sts:AssumeRole'
+            Effect: Allow
+            Principal:
+              AWS: arn:aws:iam::{{ whoami.account }}:root
+        managed_policy:
+        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/PowerUserAccess
+
+    - name: Create stack with roles
+      cloudformation_stack_set:
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+        name: TestSetTwo
+        description: TestStack Dos
+        tags:
+          Some: Thing
+          Type: Test
+        wait: true
+        regions:
+          - '{{ aws_region }}'
+        accounts:
+          - '{{ target_acct.account }}'
+        exec_role_name: CfnStackSetExecRole
+        admin_role_arn: arn:aws:iam::{{ whoami.account }}:role/CfnStackSetAdminRole
+        template_body: '{{ lookup("file", "test_bucket_stack.yml") }}'
+      register: result
+
+    - name: Update stack with roles
+      cloudformation_stack_set:
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+        name: TestSetTwo
+        description: TestStack Dos
+        tags:
+          Some: Thing
+          Type: Test
+        wait: true
+        regions:
+          - '{{ aws_region }}'
+        accounts:
+          - '{{ target_acct.account }}'
+        exec_role_name: CfnStackSetExecRole
+        admin_role_arn: arn:aws:iam::{{ whoami.account }}:role/CfnStackSetAdminRole
+        template_body: '{{ lookup("file", "test_modded_bucket_stack.yml") }}'
+  always:
+    - name: Clean up stack one
+      cloudformation_stack_set:
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+        name: TestSetOne
+        wait: true
+        regions:
+          - '{{ aws_region }}'
+        accounts:
+          - '{{ whoami.account }}'
+        purge_stacks: true
+        state: absent
+    - name: Clean up stack two
+      cloudformation_stack_set:
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+        name: TestSetTwo
+        description: TestStack Dos
+        purge_stacks: true
+        tags:
+          Some: Thing
+          Type: Test
+        wait: true
+        regions:
+          - '{{ aws_region }}'
+        accounts:
+          - '{{ target_acct.account }}'
+        template_body: '{{ lookup("file", "test_bucket_stack.yml") }}'
+        state: absent