diff --git a/cloud/amazon/ec2_elb_lb.py b/cloud/amazon/ec2_elb_lb.py
index 4f475645615..7311a32a8fe 100644
--- a/cloud/amazon/ec2_elb_lb.py
+++ b/cloud/amazon/ec2_elb_lb.py
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ try:
     import boto
     import boto.ec2.elb
     import boto.ec2.elb.attributes
+    import boto.vpc
     from boto.ec2.elb.healthcheck import HealthCheck
     from boto.ec2.tag import Tag
     from boto.regioninfo import RegionInfo
@@ -418,6 +419,12 @@ def _throttleable_operation(max_retries):
         return _do_op
     return _operation_wrapper
 
+def _get_vpc_connection(module, region, aws_connect_params):
+    try:
+        return connect_to_aws(boto.vpc, region, **aws_connect_params)
+    except (boto.exception.NoAuthHandlerFound, AnsibleAWSError) as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
+
 
 _THROTTLING_RETRIES = 5
 
@@ -455,7 +462,7 @@ class ElbManager(object):
         self.wait = wait
         self.wait_timeout = wait_timeout
         self.tags = tags
-        
+
         self.aws_connect_params = aws_connect_params
         self.region = region
 
@@ -497,7 +504,7 @@ class ElbManager(object):
         self._set_instance_ids()
 
         self._set_tags()
-        
+
     def ensure_gone(self):
         """Destroy the ELB"""
         if self.elb:
@@ -609,7 +616,7 @@ class ElbManager(object):
                     info['cross_az_load_balancing'] = 'no'
 
             # return stickiness info?
-            
+
             info['tags'] = self.tags
 
         return info
@@ -1171,7 +1178,7 @@ class ElbManager(object):
         """Add/Delete tags"""
         if self.tags is None:
             return
-        
+
         params = {'LoadBalancerNames.member.1': self.name}
 
         tagdict = dict()
@@ -1182,8 +1189,8 @@ class ElbManager(object):
                                                   [('member', Tag)])
             tagdict = dict((tag.Key, tag.Value) for tag in current_tags
                            if hasattr(tag, 'Key'))
-            
-        # Add missing tags 
+
+        # Add missing tags
         dictact = dict(set(self.tags.items()) - set(tagdict.items()))
         if dictact:
             for i, key in enumerate(dictact):
@@ -1193,7 +1200,7 @@ class ElbManager(object):
             self.elb_conn.make_request('AddTags', params)
             self.changed=True
 
-        # Remove extra tags 
+        # Remove extra tags
         dictact = dict(set(tagdict.items()) - set(self.tags.items()))
         if dictact:
             for i, key in enumerate(dictact):
@@ -1201,7 +1208,7 @@ class ElbManager(object):
 
             self.elb_conn.make_request('RemoveTags', params)
             self.changed=True
-    
+
     def _get_health_check_target(self):
         """Compose target string from healthcheck parameters"""
         protocol = self.health_check['ping_protocol'].upper()
@@ -1275,7 +1282,7 @@ def main():
     wait = module.params['wait']
     wait_timeout = module.params['wait_timeout']
     tags = module.params['tags']
-    
+
     if state == 'present' and not listeners:
         module.fail_json(msg="At least one listener is required for ELB creation")
 
@@ -1289,7 +1296,13 @@ def main():
         security_group_ids = []
         try:
             ec2 = ec2_connect(module)
-            grp_details = ec2.get_all_security_groups()
+            if subnets: # We have at least one subnet, ergo this is a VPC
+                vpc_conn = _get_vpc_connection(module=module, region=region, aws_connect_params=aws_connect_params)
+                vpc_id = vpc_conn.get_all_subnets([subnets[0]])[0].vpc_id
+                filters = {'vpc_id': vpc_id}
+            else:
+                filters = None
+            grp_details = ec2.get_all_security_groups(filters=filters)
 
             for group_name in security_group_names:
                 if isinstance(group_name, basestring):