diff --git a/mmv1/products/compute/Autoscaler.yaml b/mmv1/products/compute/Autoscaler.yaml
index 8ca1a6398322..d47edad7e5d5 100644
--- a/mmv1/products/compute/Autoscaler.yaml
+++ b/mmv1/products/compute/Autoscaler.yaml
@@ -153,6 +153,16 @@ properties:
           and time the startup process.
         api_name: coolDownPeriodSec
         default_value: 60
+      - name: 'stabilizationPeriod'
+        type: Integer
+        description: |
+          The number of seconds that the autoscaler waits for load stabilization
+          before making scale-in decisions.
+
+          This might appear as a delay in scaling in but it is an important mechanism
+          for your application to not have fluctuating size due to short term load
+          fluctuations.
+        api_name: stabilizationPeriodSec
       - name: 'mode'
         type: String
         description: |
diff --git a/mmv1/products/compute/RegionAutoscaler.yaml b/mmv1/products/compute/RegionAutoscaler.yaml
index 9c7c9f411f66..614a8c05ce20 100644
--- a/mmv1/products/compute/RegionAutoscaler.yaml
+++ b/mmv1/products/compute/RegionAutoscaler.yaml
@@ -132,6 +132,16 @@ properties:
           and time the startup process.
         api_name: coolDownPeriodSec
         default_value: 60
+      - name: 'stabilizationPeriod'
+        type: Integer
+        description: |
+          The number of seconds that the autoscaler waits for load stabilization
+          before making scale-in decisions.
+
+          This might appear as a delay in scaling in but it is an important mechanism
+          for your application to not have fluctuating size due to short term load
+          fluctuations.
+        api_name: stabilizationPeriodSec
       - name: 'mode'
         type: String
         description: |
diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/autoscaler_basic.tf.tmpl b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/autoscaler_basic.tf.tmpl
index d9854df5960b..93ac3eef20e6 100644
--- a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/autoscaler_basic.tf.tmpl
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/autoscaler_basic.tf.tmpl
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ resource "google_compute_autoscaler" "foobar" {
     max_replicas    = 5
     min_replicas    = 1
     cooldown_period = 60
+    stabilization_period = 300
 
     cpu_utilization {
       target = 0.5
diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/autoscaler_single_instance.tf.tmpl b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/autoscaler_single_instance.tf.tmpl
index 728f2e2416d2..61dbca4e0d16 100644
--- a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/autoscaler_single_instance.tf.tmpl
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/autoscaler_single_instance.tf.tmpl
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ resource "google_compute_autoscaler" "{{$.PrimaryResourceId}}" {
     max_replicas    = 5
     min_replicas    = 1
     cooldown_period = 60
+    stabilization_period = 300
 
     metric {
       name                       = "pubsub.googleapis.com/subscription/num_undelivered_messages"
@@ -76,4 +77,4 @@ provider "google-beta" {
   region = "us-central1"
   zone   = "us-central1-a"
   {{index $.Vars "provider_alias"}}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/region_autoscaler_basic.tf.tmpl b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/region_autoscaler_basic.tf.tmpl
index 0623a608d612..74e97de935cc 100644
--- a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/region_autoscaler_basic.tf.tmpl
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/region_autoscaler_basic.tf.tmpl
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ resource "google_compute_region_autoscaler" "{{$.PrimaryResourceId}}" {
     max_replicas    = 5
     min_replicas    = 1
     cooldown_period = 60
+    stabilization_period = 300
 
     cpu_utilization {
       target = 0.5