diff --git a/src/templates/cromwell/cromwell-resources.template.yaml b/src/templates/cromwell/cromwell-resources.template.yaml
index 12f6a3a1e..1f90a9591 100644
--- a/src/templates/cromwell/cromwell-resources.template.yaml
+++ b/src/templates/cromwell/cromwell-resources.template.yaml
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ Resources:
                 - "ecr:BatchCheckLayerAvailability"
                 - "ecr:GetDownloadUrlForLayer"
                 - "ecr:PutImage"
+                - "ecr:CreateRepository"
 
         - PolicyName: !Sub CromwellServer-S3-Access-${AWS::Region}
           PolicyDocument: