diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 466b992..5806c64 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ However, you have to be consistent across variables, you cannot mix styles.
 | node\_selector                       | Map of labels and values for node selection                                                                                                                             | `map(string)`  | `{}`                                                                                                           |    no    |
 | ports                                | Map of ports to expose, and associated settings.                                                                                                                        | `any`          | `{}`                                                                                                           |    no    |
 | readiness\_probes                    | Map of readiness probes per container. Pass the regular terraform object as is : https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/kubernetes/r/deployment.html#readiness_probe-1 | `any`          | n/a                                                                                                            |   yes    |
+| replicas                             | Amount of replicas                                                                                                                                                      | `number`       | `1`                                                                                                            |    no    |
 | resources\_limits                    | Map of resources limits to assign to the container                                                                                                                      | `map`          | <pre>{<br>  "cpu": "0.2",<br>  "memory": "256Mi"<br>}</pre>                                                    |    no    |
 | resources\_requests                  | Map of resources requests to assign to the container                                                                                                                    | `map`          | <pre>{<br>  "cpu": "0.1",<br>  "memory": "128Mi"<br>}</pre>                                                    |    no    |
 | volume\_mounts                       | Map of volumes to mount.                                                                                                                                                | `any`          | `{}`                                                                                                           |    no    |
diff --git a/deployment.tf b/deployment.tf
index c55452b..d1aa573 100644
--- a/deployment.tf
+++ b/deployment.tf
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment" "container" {
       }
     }
 
+    replicas = var.replicas
+
     template {
       metadata {
         labels = {
diff --git a/test/terraform_apply_destroy_test.go b/test/terraform_apply_destroy_test.go
index e445ea9..b230de2 100644
--- a/test/terraform_apply_destroy_test.go
+++ b/test/terraform_apply_destroy_test.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ func TestApplyAndDestroyWithDefaultValues(t *testing.T) {
 	k8s.KubectlApply(t, k8sOptions, kubeResourcePath)
 
 	options.Vars["image"] = map[string]interface{}{"test-container": "training/webapp:latest"}
+	options.Vars["replicas"] = 2
 	options.Vars["annotations"] = map[string]interface{}{"foo": "bar"}
 
 	options.Vars["ports"] = map[string]interface{}{
@@ -83,9 +84,12 @@ func TestApplyAndDestroyWithDefaultValues(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err = terraform.InitAndApplyE(t, options)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	pod := k8s.ListPods(t, k8sOptions, metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: "app=test-name"})[0]
+	pods := k8s.ListPods(t, k8sOptions, metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: "app=test-name"})
+
+	pod := pods[0]
 	container := pod.Spec.Containers[0]
 
+    assert.Equal(t,len(pods),2)
 	assert.Equal(t, "training/webapp:latest", container.Image)
 	assert.NotContains(t, pod.ObjectMeta.Annotations, "linkerd.io/inject")
 	assert.Contains(t, pod.ObjectMeta.Annotations, "foo")
@@ -167,9 +171,12 @@ func TestApplyAndDestroyWithSingleContainer(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err = terraform.InitAndApplyE(t, options)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	pod := k8s.ListPods(t, k8sOptions, metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: "app=test-name"})[0]
+	pods := k8s.ListPods(t, k8sOptions, metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: "app=test-name"})
+
+	pod := pods[0]
 	container := pod.Spec.Containers[0]
 
+    assert.Equal(t,len(pods),1)
 	assert.Equal(t, "training/webapp:latest", container.Image)
 	assert.Contains(t, pod.ObjectMeta.Annotations, "linkerd.io/inject")
 	assert.Contains(t, pod.ObjectMeta.Annotations, "foo")
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 59f3416..bb6388d 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ variable "image" {
   description = "The image to deploy."
 }
 
+variable "replicas" {
+  type        = number
+  default     = 1
+  description = "The number of replicas."
+}
+
 variable "inject_linkerd" {
   type        = bool
   default     = false