diff --git a/hacking/aws_config/testing_policies/ec2-policy.json b/hacking/aws_config/testing_policies/ec2-policy.json
index 2ccababf7f0..54c8c53fba1 100644
--- a/hacking/aws_config/testing_policies/ec2-policy.json
+++ b/hacking/aws_config/testing_policies/ec2-policy.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
                 "ec2:CreateInternetGateway",
                 "ec2:CreateKeyPair",
                 "ec2:CreateNatGateway",
+                "ec2:CreateRoute",
                 "ec2:CreateRouteTable",
                 "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup",
                 "ec2:CreateSnapshot",
@@ -24,14 +25,18 @@
                 "ec2:CreateTags",
                 "ec2:CreateVpc",
                 "ec2:DeleteKeyPair",
+                "ec2:DeleteInternetGateway",
                 "ec2:DeleteNatGateway",
                 "ec2:DeleteSnapshot",
                 "ec2:DeleteSubnet",
+                "ec2:DeleteRoute",
+                "ec2:DeleteRouteTable",
                 "ec2:DeleteTags",
                 "ec2:DeleteVpc",
                 "ec2:DeleteTags",
                 "ec2:DeregisterImage",
                 "ec2:Describe*",
+                "ec2:DetachInternetGateway",
                 "ec2:DisassociateAddress",
                 "ec2:DisassociateRouteTable",
                 "ec2:ImportKeyPair",
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ec2_vpc_route_table/aliases b/test/integration/targets/ec2_vpc_route_table/aliases
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ebdf4aa5720
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ec2_vpc_route_table/aliases
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+cloud/aws
+posix/ci/cloud/group1/aws
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ec2_vpc_route_table/meta/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/ec2_vpc_route_table/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f64f1169a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ec2_vpc_route_table/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+dependencies:
+  - prepare_tests
+  - setup_ec2
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ec2_vpc_route_table/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/ec2_vpc_route_table/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e5fa8ef6b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ec2_vpc_route_table/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,372 @@
+- block:
+
+  - name: set connection information for all tasks
+    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: create VPC
+    ec2_vpc_net:
+      cidr_block: 10.228.228.0/22
+      name: "{{ resource_prefix }}_vpc"
+      state: present
+      <<: *aws_connection_info
+    register: vpc
+
+  - name: create public subnet
+    ec2_vpc_subnet:
+      cidr: "{{ item.cidr }}"
+      az: "{{ aws_region}}{{ item.az }}"
+      vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+      state: present
+      tags:
+        Public: "{{ item.public|string }}"
+        Name: "{{ item.public|ternary('public', 'private') }}-{{ item.az }}"
+      <<: *aws_connection_info
+    with_items:
+      - cidr: 10.228.228.0/24
+        az: "a"
+        public: "True"
+      - cidr: 10.228.229.0/24
+        az: "b"
+        public: "True"
+      - cidr: 10.228.230.0/24
+        az: "a"
+        public: "False"
+      - cidr: 10.228.231.0/24
+        az: "b"
+        public: "False"
+    register: subnets
+
+  - ec2_vpc_subnet_facts:
+      filters:
+        vpc-id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+      <<: *aws_connection_info
+    register: vpc_subnets
+
+  - name: create IGW
+    ec2_vpc_igw:
+      vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+      <<: *aws_connection_info
+
+
+  - name: create NAT GW
+    ec2_vpc_nat_gateway:
+      if_exist_do_not_create: yes
+      wait: yes
+      subnet_id: "{{ subnets.results[0].subnet.id }}"
+      <<: *aws_connection_info
+    register: nat_gateway
+
+
+  - name: create public route table
+    ec2_vpc_route_table:
+      vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+      tags:
+        Public: "true"
+        Name: "Public route table"
+      <<: *aws_connection_info
+    register: create_public_table
+
+  - name: assert that public route table has an id
+    assert:
+      that:
+        - create_public_table.changed
+        - "create_public_table.route_table.id.startswith('rtb-')"
+        - "'Public' in create_public_table.route_table.tags and create_public_table.route_table.tags['Public'] == 'true'"
+
+  - name: recreate public route table
+    ec2_vpc_route_table:
+      vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+      tags:
+        Public: "true"
+        Name: "Public route table"
+      <<: *aws_connection_info
+    register: recreate_public_route_table
+
+  - name: assert that public route table did not change
+    assert:
+      that:
+        - not recreate_public_route_table.changed
+
+  - name: add a route to public route table
+    ec2_vpc_route_table:
+      vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+      tags:
+        Public: "true"
+        Name: "Public route table"
+      routes:
+      - dest: 0.0.0.0/0
+        gateway_id: igw
+      <<: *aws_connection_info
+    register: add_routes
+
+  - name: add subnets to public route table
+    ec2_vpc_route_table:
+      vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+      tags:
+        Public: "true"
+        Name: "Public route table"
+      routes:
+      - dest: 0.0.0.0/0
+        gateway_id: igw
+      subnets: "{{ vpc_subnets|json_query('subnets[?tags.Public == `True`].id') }}"
+      <<: *aws_connection_info
+    register: add_subnets
+
+
+  - name: add a route to public route table
+    ec2_vpc_route_table:
+      vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+      tags:
+        Public: "true"
+        Name: "Public route table"
+      routes:
+      - dest: 0.0.0.0/0
+        gateway_id: igw
+      <<: *aws_connection_info
+    register: add_routes
+
+  - name: rerun with purge_routes set to false
+    ec2_vpc_route_table:
+      vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+      tags:
+        Public: "true"
+        Name: "Public route table"
+      purge_routes: no
+      subnets: "{{ vpc_subnets|json_query('subnets[?tags.Public == `True`].id') }}"
+      <<: *aws_connection_info
+    register: no_purge_routes
+
+  - name: assert route table still has routes
+    assert:
+      that:
+        - not no_purge_routes.changed
+        - no_purge_routes.route_table.routes|length == 2
+      # FIXME: - no_purge_routes.route_table.associations|length == 2
+
+  - name: rerun with purge_subnets set to false
+    ec2_vpc_route_table:
+      vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+      tags:
+        Public: "true"
+        Name: "Public route table"
+      purge_subnets: no
+      routes:
+      - dest: 0.0.0.0/0
+      <<: *aws_connection_info
+    register: no_purge_subnets
+
+  - name: assert route table still has subnets
+    assert:
+      that:
+      # FIXME: - not no_purge_subnets.changed
+        - no_purge_subnets.route_table.routes|length == 2
+      # FIXME: - no_purge_subnets.route_table.associations|length == 2
+
+#  FIXME: purge_tags doesn't exist yet
+#
+#  - name: rerun with purge_tags not set (implicitly false)
+#    ec2_vpc_route_table:
+#      vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+#      routes:
+#      - dest: 0.0.0.0/0
+#      subnets: "{{ vpc_subnets|json_query('subnets[?tags.Public == `True`].id') }}"
+#      <<: *aws_connection_info
+#    register: no_purge_tags
+#
+#  - name: assert route table still has tags
+#    assert:
+#      that:
+#        - not no_purge_tags.changed
+#        - "'Public' in no_purge_tags.route_table.tags and no_purge_tags.route_table.tags['Public'] == 'true'"
+
+  - name: purge subnets
+    ec2_vpc_route_table:
+      vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+      routes:
+      - dest: 0.0.0.0/0
+      tags:
+        Public: "true"
+        Name: "Public route table"
+      <<: *aws_connection_info
+    register: purge_subnets
+
+# FIXME: this doesn't currently work but with no associations present difficult to see why not
+#  - name: assert purge subnets worked
+#    assert:
+#      that:
+#        - purge_subnets.changed
+#      # FIXME:  - purge_subnets.route_table.associations|length == 0
+#        - purge_subnets.route_table.id == create_public_table.route_table.id
+
+  - name: purge routes
+    ec2_vpc_route_table:
+      vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+      tags:
+        Public: "true"
+        Name: "Public route table"
+      <<: *aws_connection_info
+    register: purge_routes
+
+  - name: assert purge routes worked
+    assert:
+      that:
+        - purge_routes.changed
+        # FIXME: purge_routes does work but the result is not up to date and returns
+        # the route - a wait period might help
+        # - purge_routes.route_table.routes|length == 1
+        - purge_routes.route_table.id == create_public_table.route_table.id
+
+  - name: update tags
+    ec2_vpc_route_table:
+      vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+      route_table_id: "{{ create_public_table.route_table.id }}"
+      lookup: id
+      # FIXME: purge_tags: yes
+      tags:
+        Updated: new_tag
+      <<: *aws_connection_info
+    register: update_tags
+
+  - name: assert purge tags worked
+    assert:
+      that:
+        - update_tags.changed
+        - "'Updated' in update_tags.route_table.tags and update_tags.route_table.tags['Updated'] == 'new_tag'"
+      # FIXME: - "'Public' not in update_tags.route_table.tags"
+
+  - name: create private route table
+    ec2_vpc_route_table:
+      vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+      tags:
+        Public: no
+        Name: private route table
+      routes:
+      - gateway_id: "{{ nat_gateway.nat_gateway_id }}"
+        dest: 0.0.0.0/0
+      subnets: "{{ vpc_subnets|json_query('subnets[?tags.Public == `False`].id') }}"
+      <<: *aws_connection_info
+    register: create_private_table
+
+  - name: assert creating private route table worked
+    assert:
+      that:
+        - create_private_table.changed
+        - create_private_table.route_table.id != create_public_table.route_table.id
+        - "'Public' in create_private_table.route_table.tags"
+
+  - name: destroy public route table
+    ec2_vpc_route_table:
+      route_table_id: "{{ create_public_table.route_table.id }}"
+      lookup: id
+      vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"  # FIXME: why is this required?
+      state: absent
+      <<: *aws_connection_info
+    register: destroy_table
+
+  - name: assert destroy table worked
+    assert:
+      that:
+        - destroy_table.changed
+
+# FIXME: this currently throws an exception
+#  - name: redestroy public route table
+#    ec2_vpc_route_table:
+#      route_table_id: "{{ create_public_table.route_table.id }}"
+#      lookup: id
+#      state: absent
+#      <<: *aws_connection_info
+#    register: redestroy_table
+#
+#  - name: assert redestroy table worked
+#    assert:
+#      that:
+#        - not redestroy_table.changed
+
+#  FIXME: After boto3 port, test updating NAT gateway
+#
+#  - name: destroy NAT GW
+#    ec2_vpc_nat_gateway:
+#      vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+#      state: absent
+#      wait: yes
+#      release_eip: yes
+#      <<: *aws_connection_info
+#    register: nat_gateway
+#
+#  - name: create NAT GW
+#    ec2_vpc_nat_gateway:
+#      vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+#      if_exist_do_not_create: yes
+#      <<: *aws_connection_info
+#    register: nat_gateway
+
+  always:
+  #############################################################################
+  # TEAR DOWN STARTS HERE
+  #############################################################################
+  - name: destroy route tables
+    ec2_vpc_route_table:
+      route_table_id: "{{ item.route_table.id }}"
+      vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"  # FIXME: why is this required?
+      lookup: id
+      state: absent
+      <<: *aws_connection_info
+    with_items:
+      - "{{ create_public_table|default() }}"
+      - "{{ create_private_table|default() }}"
+    when: item and not item.failed
+    ignore_errors: yes
+
+  - name: destroy NAT GW
+    ec2_vpc_nat_gateway:
+      state: absent
+      wait: yes
+      release_eip: yes
+      subnet_id: "{{ subnets.results[0].subnet.id }}"
+      nat_gateway_id: "{{ nat_gateway.nat_gateway_id }}"
+      <<: *aws_connection_info
+    ignore_errors: yes
+
+  - name: destroy IGW
+    ec2_vpc_igw:
+      vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+      state: absent
+      <<: *aws_connection_info
+    ignore_errors: yes
+
+  - name: destroy subnets
+    ec2_vpc_subnet:
+      cidr: "{{ item.cidr }}"
+      vpc_id: "{{ vpc.vpc.id }}"
+      state: absent
+      <<: *aws_connection_info
+    with_items:
+      - cidr: 10.228.228.0/24
+      - cidr: 10.228.229.0/24
+      - cidr: 10.228.230.0/24
+      - cidr: 10.228.231.0/24
+    ignore_errors: yes
+
+    # FIXME: ec2_vpc_nat_gateway should take care of this, but clearly doesn't always
+  - name: ensure EIP is actually released
+    ec2_eip:
+      state: absent
+      device_id: "{{ item.network_interface_id }}"
+      in_vpc: yes
+      <<: *aws_connection_info
+    with_items: "{{ nat_gateway.nat_gateway_addresses }}"
+    ignore_errors: yes
+
+  - name: destroy VPC
+    ec2_vpc_net:
+      cidr_block: 10.228.228.0/22
+      name: "{{ resource_prefix }}_vpc"
+      state: absent
+      <<: *aws_connection_info
+    ignore_errors: yes