diff --git a/clouddriver-aws/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/aws/lifecycle/InstanceTerminationLifecycleAgent.java b/clouddriver-aws/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/aws/lifecycle/InstanceTerminationLifecycleAgent.java
index ff75aebc0f8..d4631d7efc7 100644
--- a/clouddriver-aws/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/aws/lifecycle/InstanceTerminationLifecycleAgent.java
+++ b/clouddriver-aws/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/aws/lifecycle/InstanceTerminationLifecycleAgent.java
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ public void run() {
     ensureTopicExists(amazonSNS, topicARN, allAccountIds, queueARN);
 
     AtomicInteger messagesProcessed = new AtomicInteger(0);
+    AtomicInteger messagesSkipped = new AtomicInteger(0);
     while (messagesProcessed.get() < properties.getMaxMessagesPerCycle()) {
       ReceiveMessageResult receiveMessageResult = amazonSQS.receiveMessage(
         new ReceiveMessageRequest(queueId)
@@ -140,22 +141,26 @@ public void run() {
       }
 
       receiveMessageResult.getMessages().forEach(message -> {
-        try {
-          LifecycleMessage lifecycleMessage = objectMapper.readValue(message.getBody(), LifecycleMessage.class);
-
-          if (SUPPORTED_LIFECYCLE_TRANSITION.equalsIgnoreCase(lifecycleMessage.lifecycleTransition)) {
-            Task originalTask = TaskRepository.threadLocalTask.get();
-            try {
-              TaskRepository.threadLocalTask.set(
-                Optional.ofNullable(originalTask).orElse(new DefaultTask(InstanceTerminationLifecycleAgent.class.getSimpleName()))
-              );
-              handleMessage(lifecycleMessage, TaskRepository.threadLocalTask.get());
-            } finally {
-              TaskRepository.threadLocalTask.set(originalTask);
-            }
+        LifecycleMessage lifecycleMessage = unmarshalLifecycleMessage(message.getBody());
+
+        if (lifecycleMessage != null) {
+          if (!SUPPORTED_LIFECYCLE_TRANSITION.equalsIgnoreCase(lifecycleMessage.lifecycleTransition)) {
+            log.info("Ignoring unsupported lifecycle transition: " + lifecycleMessage.lifecycleTransition);
+            messagesSkipped.incrementAndGet();
+            return;
+          }
+
+          Task originalTask = TaskRepository.threadLocalTask.get();
+          try {
+            TaskRepository.threadLocalTask.set(
+              Optional.ofNullable(originalTask).orElse(new DefaultTask(InstanceTerminationLifecycleAgent.class.getSimpleName()))
+            );
+            handleMessage(lifecycleMessage, TaskRepository.threadLocalTask.get());
+          } finally {
+            TaskRepository.threadLocalTask.set(originalTask);
           }
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-          log.error("Unable to convert NotificationMessage (body: {})", message.getBody(), e);
+        } else {
+          messagesSkipped.incrementAndGet();
         }
 
         deleteMessage(amazonSQS, queueId, message);
@@ -163,7 +168,30 @@ public void run() {
       });
     }
 
-    log.info("Processed {} messages (queueARN: {})", messagesProcessed.get(), queueARN.arn);
+    log.info("Processed {} messages, {} skipped (queueARN: {})", messagesProcessed.get(), messagesSkipped.get(), queueARN.arn);
+  }
+
+  private LifecycleMessage unmarshalLifecycleMessage(String messageBody) {
+    String body = messageBody;
+    try {
+      NotificationMessageWrapper wrapper = objectMapper.readValue(messageBody, NotificationMessageWrapper.class);
+      if (wrapper != null && wrapper.message != null) {
+        body = wrapper.message;
+      }
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      // Try to unwrap a notification message; if that doesn't work,
+      // assume that we're dealing with a message directly from SQS.
+      log.debug("Unable unmarshal NotificationMessageWrapper. Assuming SQS message. (body: {})", messageBody, e);
+    }
+
+    LifecycleMessage lifecycleMessage = null;
+    try {
+      lifecycleMessage = objectMapper.readValue(body, LifecycleMessage.class);
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      log.error("Unable to unmarshal LifecycleMessage (body: {})", body, e);
+    }
+
+    return lifecycleMessage;
   }
 
   private void handleMessage(LifecycleMessage message, Task task) {
diff --git a/clouddriver-aws/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/aws/lifecycle/InstanceTerminationLifecycleAgentSpec.groovy b/clouddriver-aws/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/aws/lifecycle/InstanceTerminationLifecycleAgentSpec.groovy
index 5cfec1562b1..26852f57577 100644
--- a/clouddriver-aws/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/aws/lifecycle/InstanceTerminationLifecycleAgentSpec.groovy
+++ b/clouddriver-aws/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/aws/lifecycle/InstanceTerminationLifecycleAgentSpec.groovy
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import com.netflix.spinnaker.clouddriver.data.task.DefaultTask
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.clouddriver.data.task.Task
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.clouddriver.eureka.deploy.ops.AbstractEurekaSupport.DiscoveryStatus
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.clouddriver.security.AccountCredentialsProvider
+import spock.lang.Shared
 import spock.lang.Specification
 import spock.lang.Subject
 
@@ -56,9 +57,12 @@ class InstanceTerminationLifecycleAgentSpec extends Specification {
   def queueARN = new ARN([mgmtCredentials, testCredentials], "arn:aws:sqs:us-west-2:100:queueName")
   def topicARN = new ARN([mgmtCredentials, testCredentials], "arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:100:topicName")
 
+  @Shared
+  def objectMapper = new ObjectMapper()
+
   @Subject
   def subject = new InstanceTerminationLifecycleAgent(
-    Mock(ObjectMapper),
+    objectMapper,
     Mock(AmazonClientProvider),
     accountCredentialsProvider,
     new InstanceTerminationConfigurationProperties(
@@ -135,4 +139,40 @@ class InstanceTerminationLifecycleAgentSpec extends Specification {
       ['i-1234']
     )
   }
+
+  def 'should process both sns and sqs messages'() {
+    given:
+    LifecycleMessage lifecycleMessage = new LifecycleMessage(
+      accountId: '1234',
+      autoScalingGroupName: 'clouddriver-main-v000',
+      ec2InstanceId: 'i-1324',
+      lifecycleTransition: 'autoscaling:EC2_INSTANCE_TERMINATING'
+    )
+    String sqsMessage = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(lifecycleMessage)
+    String snsMessage = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(new NotificationMessageWrapper(
+      subject: 'lifecycle message',
+      message: sqsMessage
+    ))
+
+    when:
+    LifecycleMessage result = subject.unmarshalLifecycleMessage(snsMessage)
+
+    then:
+    result.accountId == lifecycleMessage.accountId
+    result.autoScalingGroupName == lifecycleMessage.autoScalingGroupName
+    result.ec2InstanceId == lifecycleMessage.ec2InstanceId
+    result.lifecycleTransition == lifecycleMessage.lifecycleTransition
+
+    when:
+    result = subject.unmarshalLifecycleMessage(sqsMessage)
+
+    then:
+    result.accountId == lifecycleMessage.accountId
+    result.autoScalingGroupName == lifecycleMessage.autoScalingGroupName
+    result.ec2InstanceId == lifecycleMessage.ec2InstanceId
+    result.lifecycleTransition == lifecycleMessage.lifecycleTransition
+  }
+
+
+
 }