diff --git a/packages/cdktf/lib/backends/remote-backend.ts b/packages/cdktf/lib/backends/remote-backend.ts
index df595775a8..6900ae88cb 100644
--- a/packages/cdktf/lib/backends/remote-backend.ts
+++ b/packages/cdktf/lib/backends/remote-backend.ts
@@ -19,11 +19,22 @@ export class RemoteBackend extends TerraformBackend {
   }
 
   protected synthesizeAttributes(): { [name: string]: any } {
-    return keysToSnakeCase({ ...this.props });
+    return {
+      ...keysToSnakeCase({ ...this.props }),
+      workspaces: this.props.workspaces.toTerraform(),
+    };
   }
 
   protected synthesizeHclAttributes(): { [name: string]: any } {
-    return keysToSnakeCase({ ...this.props });
+    return {
+      ...keysToSnakeCase(this.props),
+      workspaces: {
+        value: this.props.workspaces.toHclTerraform(),
+        isBlock: true,
+        type: "map",
+        storageClassType: "stringmap",
+      },
+    };
   }
 
   public toMetadata() {
@@ -53,26 +64,79 @@ export class DataTerraformRemoteState extends TerraformRemoteState {
   }
 }
 
+export interface DataRemoteBackendConfig {
+  readonly hostname?: string;
+  readonly organization: string;
+  readonly token?: string;
+  workspaces: IRemoteWorkspace;
+}
+
 export interface RemoteBackendConfig {
   readonly hostname?: string;
   readonly organization: string;
   readonly token?: string;
-  readonly workspaces: IRemoteWorkspace;
+  /**
+   * A nested block that specifies which remote Terraform workspaces to use for the current configuration.
+   */
+  readonly workspaces: NamedRemoteWorkspace | PrefixedRemoteWorkspaces;
 }
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-object-type
 export interface IRemoteWorkspace {}
 
+/**
+ * A cloud workspace can either be a single named workspace, or a list of tagged workspaces.
+ */
+export abstract class RemoteWorkspace {
+  public abstract toTerraform(): any;
+}
+
 // eslint-disable-next-line jsdoc/require-jsdoc
-export class NamedRemoteWorkspace implements IRemoteWorkspace {
-  public constructor(public name: string) {}
+export class NamedRemoteWorkspace extends RemoteWorkspace {
+  public constructor(public name: string) {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  public toHclTerraform(): any {
+    return {
+      name: {
+        value: this.name,
+        type: "simple",
+        storageClassType: "string",
+      },
+    };
+  }
+
+  public toTerraform(): any {
+    return {
+      name: this.name,
+    };
+  }
 }
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line jsdoc/require-jsdoc
-export class PrefixedRemoteWorkspaces implements IRemoteWorkspace {
-  public constructor(public prefix: string) {}
+export class PrefixedRemoteWorkspaces extends RemoteWorkspace {
+  public constructor(public prefix: string) {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  public toHclTerraform(): any {
+    return {
+      prefix: {
+        value: this.prefix,
+        type: "simple",
+        storageClassType: "string",
+      },
+    };
+  }
+
+  public toTerraform(): any {
+    return {
+      prefix: this.prefix,
+    };
+  }
 }
 
 export interface DataTerraformRemoteStateRemoteConfig
   extends DataTerraformRemoteStateConfig,
-    RemoteBackendConfig {}
+    DataRemoteBackendConfig {}
diff --git a/packages/cdktf/test/json-to-hcl.test.ts b/packages/cdktf/test/json-to-hcl.test.ts
index 67c369b600..4bd41599d5 100644
--- a/packages/cdktf/test/json-to-hcl.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cdktf/test/json-to-hcl.test.ts
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ describe("backends", () => {
     `);
   });
 
-  test("remote", async () => {
+  test("remote as datasource", async () => {
     const app = Testing.app();
     const stack = new TerraformStack(app, "test");
 
@@ -676,6 +676,7 @@ describe("backends", () => {
       },
     });
 
+    // Data for terraform_remote_state is different than remote backend configuration
     expect(Testing.synthHcl(stack)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       "
       data "terraform_remote_state" "remote" {
@@ -691,6 +692,59 @@ describe("backends", () => {
     `);
   });
 
+  test("remote as backend", async () => {
+    const app = Testing.app();
+    const stack = new TerraformStack(app, "test");
+
+    new b.RemoteBackend(stack, {
+      organization: "test-organization",
+      workspaces: new b.NamedRemoteWorkspace("test-stack"),
+      hostname: "test.artifactory.local",
+    });
+
+    expect(Testing.synthHcl(stack)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      "terraform {
+      required_providers {
+
+      }
+      backend "remote" {
+      organization = "test-organization"
+      workspaces {
+      name = "test-stack"
+      }
+      hostname = "test.artifactory.local"
+      }
+
+
+      }"
+    `);
+  });
+
+  test("cloud as backend", async () => {
+    const app = Testing.app();
+    const stack = new TerraformStack(app, "test");
+
+    new b.CloudBackend(stack, {
+      organization: "test-organization",
+      workspaces: new b.NamedCloudWorkspace("test-stack"),
+    });
+
+    expect(Testing.synthHcl(stack)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      "terraform {
+      required_providers {
+
+      }
+      cloud {
+      organization = "test-organization"
+      workspaces {
+      name = "test-stack"
+      }
+      }
+
+      }"
+    `);
+  });
+
   test("azurerm", async () => {
     const app = Testing.app();
     const stack = new TerraformStack(app, "test");
@@ -1264,3 +1318,27 @@ test("import block", () => {
     }"
   `);
 });
+
+test("lifecycle ignore", () => {
+  const app = Testing.app();
+  const stack = new TerraformStack(app, "test");
+
+  new TestResource(stack, "test", {
+    name: "test",
+    lifecycle: {
+      ignoreChanges: ["tags"],
+    },
+  });
+
+  expect(Testing.synthHcl(stack)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    "
+    resource "test_resource" "test" {
+    name = "test"
+    lifecycle {
+      ignore_changes = [
+    "tags",
+    ]
+    }
+    }"
+  `);
+});