diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/config.go b/builtin/providers/aws/config.go
index a20405997..badc3e20e 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/config.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/config.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ecs"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/efs"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/elasticache"
+	elasticsearch "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/elasticsearchservice"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/elb"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/iam"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/kinesis"
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ type AWSClient struct {
 	ecsconn            *ecs.ECS
 	efsconn            *efs.EFS
 	elbconn            *elb.ELB
+	esconn             *elasticsearch.ElasticsearchService
 	autoscalingconn    *autoscaling.AutoScaling
 	s3conn             *s3.S3
 	sqsconn            *sqs.SQS
@@ -157,6 +159,9 @@ func (c *Config) Client() (interface{}, error) {
 		log.Println("[INFO] Initializing EFS Connection")
 		client.efsconn = efs.New(awsConfig)
 
+		log.Println("[INFO] Initializing ElasticSearch Connection")
+		client.esconn = elasticsearch.New(awsConfig)
+
 		log.Println("[INFO] Initializing Route 53 connection")
 		client.r53conn = route53.New(usEast1AwsConfig)
 
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/provider.go b/builtin/providers/aws/provider.go
index c915c61fb..42b1d6242 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/provider.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/provider.go
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ func Provider() terraform.ResourceProvider {
 			"aws_elasticache_parameter_group":  resourceAwsElasticacheParameterGroup(),
 			"aws_elasticache_security_group":   resourceAwsElasticacheSecurityGroup(),
 			"aws_elasticache_subnet_group":     resourceAwsElasticacheSubnetGroup(),
+			"aws_elasticsearch_domain":         resourceAwsElasticSearchDomain(),
 			"aws_elb":                          resourceAwsElb(),
 			"aws_flow_log":                     resourceAwsFlowLog(),
 			"aws_iam_access_key":               resourceAwsIamAccessKey(),
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elasticsearch_domain.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elasticsearch_domain.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f2d6c9c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elasticsearch_domain.go
@@ -0,0 +1,399 @@
+package aws
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"regexp"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/awserr"
+	elasticsearch "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/elasticsearchservice"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
+)
+
+func resourceAwsElasticSearchDomain() *schema.Resource {
+	return &schema.Resource{
+		Create: resourceAwsElasticSearchDomainCreate,
+		Read:   resourceAwsElasticSearchDomainRead,
+		Update: resourceAwsElasticSearchDomainUpdate,
+		Delete: resourceAwsElasticSearchDomainDelete,
+
+		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+			"access_policies": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:      schema.TypeString,
+				StateFunc: normalizeJson,
+				Optional:  true,
+			},
+			"advanced_options": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeMap,
+				Optional: true,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+			"domain_name": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Required: true,
+				ForceNew: true,
+				ValidateFunc: func(v interface{}, k string) (ws []string, errors []error) {
+					value := v.(string)
+					if !regexp.MustCompile(`^[0-9A-Za-z]+`).MatchString(value) {
+						errors = append(errors, fmt.Errorf(
+							"%q must start with a letter or number", k))
+					}
+					if !regexp.MustCompile(`^[0-9A-Za-z][0-9a-z-]+$`).MatchString(value) {
+						errors = append(errors, fmt.Errorf(
+							"%q can only contain lowercase characters, numbers and hyphens", k))
+					}
+					return
+				},
+			},
+			"arn": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+			"domain_id": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+			"endpoint": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+			"ebs_options": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeList,
+				Optional: true,
+				Computed: true,
+				Elem: &schema.Resource{
+					Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+						"ebs_enabled": &schema.Schema{
+							Type:     schema.TypeBool,
+							Required: true,
+						},
+						"iops": &schema.Schema{
+							Type:     schema.TypeInt,
+							Optional: true,
+						},
+						"volume_size": &schema.Schema{
+							Type:     schema.TypeInt,
+							Optional: true,
+						},
+						"volume_type": &schema.Schema{
+							Type:     schema.TypeString,
+							Optional: true,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			"cluster_config": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeList,
+				Optional: true,
+				Computed: true,
+				Elem: &schema.Resource{
+					Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+						"dedicated_master_count": &schema.Schema{
+							Type:     schema.TypeInt,
+							Optional: true,
+						},
+						"dedicated_master_enabled": &schema.Schema{
+							Type:     schema.TypeBool,
+							Optional: true,
+							Default:  false,
+						},
+						"dedicated_master_type": &schema.Schema{
+							Type:     schema.TypeString,
+							Optional: true,
+						},
+						"instance_count": &schema.Schema{
+							Type:     schema.TypeInt,
+							Optional: true,
+							Default:  1,
+						},
+						"instance_type": &schema.Schema{
+							Type:     schema.TypeString,
+							Optional: true,
+							Default:  "m3.medium.elasticsearch",
+						},
+						"zone_awareness_enabled": &schema.Schema{
+							Type:     schema.TypeBool,
+							Optional: true,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			"snapshot_options": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeList,
+				Optional: true,
+				Elem: &schema.Resource{
+					Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+						"automated_snapshot_start_hour": &schema.Schema{
+							Type:     schema.TypeInt,
+							Required: true,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func resourceAwsElasticSearchDomainCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
+	conn := meta.(*AWSClient).esconn
+
+	input := elasticsearch.CreateElasticsearchDomainInput{
+		DomainName: aws.String(d.Get("domain_name").(string)),
+	}
+
+	if v, ok := d.GetOk("access_policies"); ok {
+		input.AccessPolicies = aws.String(v.(string))
+	}
+
+	if v, ok := d.GetOk("advanced_options"); ok {
+		input.AdvancedOptions = stringMapToPointers(v.(map[string]interface{}))
+	}
+
+	if v, ok := d.GetOk("ebs_options"); ok {
+		options := v.([]interface{})
+
+		if len(options) > 1 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Only a single ebs_options block is expected")
+		} else if len(options) == 1 {
+			if options[0] == nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("At least one field is expected inside ebs_options")
+			}
+
+			s := options[0].(map[string]interface{})
+			input.EBSOptions = expandESEBSOptions(s)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if v, ok := d.GetOk("cluster_config"); ok {
+		config := v.([]interface{})
+
+		if len(config) > 1 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Only a single cluster_config block is expected")
+		} else if len(config) == 1 {
+			if config[0] == nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("At least one field is expected inside cluster_config")
+			}
+			m := config[0].(map[string]interface{})
+			input.ElasticsearchClusterConfig = expandESClusterConfig(m)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if v, ok := d.GetOk("snapshot_options"); ok {
+		options := v.([]interface{})
+
+		if len(options) > 1 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Only a single snapshot_options block is expected")
+		} else if len(options) == 1 {
+			if options[0] == nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("At least one field is expected inside snapshot_options")
+			}
+
+			o := options[0].(map[string]interface{})
+
+			snapshotOptions := elasticsearch.SnapshotOptions{
+				AutomatedSnapshotStartHour: aws.Int64(int64(o["automated_snapshot_start_hour"].(int))),
+			}
+
+			input.SnapshotOptions = &snapshotOptions
+		}
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Creating ElasticSearch domain: %s", input)
+	out, err := conn.CreateElasticsearchDomain(&input)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	d.SetId(*out.DomainStatus.ARN)
+
+	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Waiting for ElasticSearch domain %q to be created", d.Id())
+	err = resource.Retry(15*time.Minute, func() error {
+		out, err := conn.DescribeElasticsearchDomain(&elasticsearch.DescribeElasticsearchDomainInput{
+			DomainName: aws.String(d.Get("domain_name").(string)),
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return resource.RetryError{Err: err}
+		}
+
+		if !*out.DomainStatus.Processing && out.DomainStatus.Endpoint != nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		return fmt.Errorf("%q: Timeout while waiting for the domain to be created", d.Id())
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("[DEBUG] ElasticSearch domain %q created", d.Id())
+
+	return resourceAwsElasticSearchDomainRead(d, meta)
+}
+
+func resourceAwsElasticSearchDomainRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
+	conn := meta.(*AWSClient).esconn
+
+	out, err := conn.DescribeElasticsearchDomain(&elasticsearch.DescribeElasticsearchDomainInput{
+		DomainName: aws.String(d.Get("domain_name").(string)),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Received ElasticSearch domain: %s", out)
+
+	ds := out.DomainStatus
+
+	d.Set("access_policies", *ds.AccessPolicies)
+	err = d.Set("advanced_options", pointersMapToStringList(ds.AdvancedOptions))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	d.Set("domain_id", *ds.DomainId)
+	d.Set("domain_name", *ds.DomainName)
+	if ds.Endpoint != nil {
+		d.Set("endpoint", *ds.Endpoint)
+	}
+
+	err = d.Set("ebs_options", flattenESEBSOptions(ds.EBSOptions))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	err = d.Set("cluster_config", flattenESClusterConfig(ds.ElasticsearchClusterConfig))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if ds.SnapshotOptions != nil {
+		d.Set("snapshot_options", map[string]interface{}{
+			"automated_snapshot_start_hour": *ds.SnapshotOptions.AutomatedSnapshotStartHour,
+		})
+	}
+
+	d.Set("arn", *ds.ARN)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func resourceAwsElasticSearchDomainUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
+	conn := meta.(*AWSClient).esconn
+
+	input := elasticsearch.UpdateElasticsearchDomainConfigInput{
+		DomainName: aws.String(d.Get("domain_name").(string)),
+	}
+
+	if d.HasChange("access_policies") {
+		input.AccessPolicies = aws.String(d.Get("access_policies").(string))
+	}
+
+	if d.HasChange("advanced_options") {
+		input.AdvancedOptions = stringMapToPointers(d.Get("advanced_options").(map[string]interface{}))
+	}
+
+	if d.HasChange("ebs_options") {
+		options := d.Get("ebs_options").([]interface{})
+
+		if len(options) > 1 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Only a single ebs_options block is expected")
+		} else if len(options) == 1 {
+			s := options[0].(map[string]interface{})
+			input.EBSOptions = expandESEBSOptions(s)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if d.HasChange("cluster_config") {
+		config := d.Get("cluster_config").([]interface{})
+
+		if len(config) > 1 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Only a single cluster_config block is expected")
+		} else if len(config) == 1 {
+			m := config[0].(map[string]interface{})
+			input.ElasticsearchClusterConfig = expandESClusterConfig(m)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if d.HasChange("snapshot_options") {
+		options := d.Get("snapshot_options").([]interface{})
+
+		if len(options) > 1 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Only a single snapshot_options block is expected")
+		} else if len(options) == 1 {
+			o := options[0].(map[string]interface{})
+
+			snapshotOptions := elasticsearch.SnapshotOptions{
+				AutomatedSnapshotStartHour: aws.Int64(int64(o["automated_snapshot_start_hour"].(int))),
+			}
+
+			input.SnapshotOptions = &snapshotOptions
+		}
+	}
+
+	_, err := conn.UpdateElasticsearchDomainConfig(&input)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = resource.Retry(25*time.Minute, func() error {
+		out, err := conn.DescribeElasticsearchDomain(&elasticsearch.DescribeElasticsearchDomainInput{
+			DomainName: aws.String(d.Get("domain_name").(string)),
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return resource.RetryError{Err: err}
+		}
+
+		if *out.DomainStatus.Processing == false {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		return fmt.Errorf("%q: Timeout while waiting for changes to be processed", d.Id())
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return resourceAwsElasticSearchDomainRead(d, meta)
+}
+
+func resourceAwsElasticSearchDomainDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
+	conn := meta.(*AWSClient).esconn
+
+	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Deleting ElasticSearch domain: %q", d.Get("domain_name").(string))
+	_, err := conn.DeleteElasticsearchDomain(&elasticsearch.DeleteElasticsearchDomainInput{
+		DomainName: aws.String(d.Get("domain_name").(string)),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Waiting for ElasticSearch domain %q to be deleted", d.Get("domain_name").(string))
+	err = resource.Retry(15*time.Minute, func() error {
+		out, err := conn.DescribeElasticsearchDomain(&elasticsearch.DescribeElasticsearchDomainInput{
+			DomainName: aws.String(d.Get("domain_name").(string)),
+		})
+
+		if err != nil {
+			awsErr, ok := err.(awserr.Error)
+			if !ok {
+				return resource.RetryError{Err: err}
+			}
+
+			if awsErr.Code() == "ResourceNotFoundException" {
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			return resource.RetryError{Err: awsErr}
+		}
+
+		if !*out.DomainStatus.Processing {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		return fmt.Errorf("%q: Timeout while waiting for the domain to be deleted", d.Id())
+	})
+
+	d.SetId("")
+
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/structure.go b/builtin/providers/aws/structure.go
index dc7b6d89b..b738027f8 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/structure.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/structure.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ec2"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ecs"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/elasticache"
+	elasticsearch "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/elasticsearchservice"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/elb"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/rds"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/route53"
@@ -479,3 +480,113 @@ func validateRdsId(v interface{}, k string) (ws []string, errors []error) {
 	}
 	return
 }
+
+func expandESClusterConfig(m map[string]interface{}) *elasticsearch.ElasticsearchClusterConfig {
+	config := elasticsearch.ElasticsearchClusterConfig{}
+
+	if v, ok := m["dedicated_master_enabled"]; ok {
+		isEnabled := v.(bool)
+		config.DedicatedMasterEnabled = aws.Bool(isEnabled)
+
+		if isEnabled {
+			if v, ok := m["dedicated_master_count"]; ok && v.(int) > 0 {
+				config.DedicatedMasterCount = aws.Int64(int64(v.(int)))
+			}
+			if v, ok := m["dedicated_master_type"]; ok && v.(string) != "" {
+				config.DedicatedMasterType = aws.String(v.(string))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if v, ok := m["instance_count"]; ok {
+		config.InstanceCount = aws.Int64(int64(v.(int)))
+	}
+	if v, ok := m["instance_type"]; ok {
+		config.InstanceType = aws.String(v.(string))
+	}
+
+	if v, ok := m["zone_awareness_enabled"]; ok {
+		config.ZoneAwarenessEnabled = aws.Bool(v.(bool))
+	}
+
+	return &config
+}
+
+func flattenESClusterConfig(c *elasticsearch.ElasticsearchClusterConfig) []map[string]interface{} {
+	m := map[string]interface{}{}
+
+	if c.DedicatedMasterCount != nil {
+		m["dedicated_master_count"] = *c.DedicatedMasterCount
+	}
+	if c.DedicatedMasterEnabled != nil {
+		m["dedicated_master_enabled"] = *c.DedicatedMasterEnabled
+	}
+	if c.DedicatedMasterType != nil {
+		m["dedicated_master_type"] = *c.DedicatedMasterType
+	}
+	if c.InstanceCount != nil {
+		m["instance_count"] = *c.InstanceCount
+	}
+	if c.InstanceType != nil {
+		m["instance_type"] = *c.InstanceType
+	}
+	if c.ZoneAwarenessEnabled != nil {
+		m["zone_awareness_enabled"] = *c.ZoneAwarenessEnabled
+	}
+
+	return []map[string]interface{}{m}
+}
+
+func flattenESEBSOptions(o *elasticsearch.EBSOptions) []map[string]interface{} {
+	m := map[string]interface{}{}
+
+	if o.EBSEnabled != nil {
+		m["ebs_enabled"] = *o.EBSEnabled
+	}
+	if o.Iops != nil {
+		m["iops"] = *o.Iops
+	}
+	if o.VolumeSize != nil {
+		m["volume_size"] = *o.VolumeSize
+	}
+	if o.VolumeType != nil {
+		m["volume_type"] = *o.VolumeType
+	}
+
+	return []map[string]interface{}{m}
+}
+
+func expandESEBSOptions(m map[string]interface{}) *elasticsearch.EBSOptions {
+	options := elasticsearch.EBSOptions{}
+
+	if v, ok := m["ebs_enabled"]; ok {
+		options.EBSEnabled = aws.Bool(v.(bool))
+	}
+	if v, ok := m["iops"]; ok && v.(int) > 0 {
+		options.Iops = aws.Int64(int64(v.(int)))
+	}
+	if v, ok := m["volume_size"]; ok && v.(int) > 0 {
+		options.VolumeSize = aws.Int64(int64(v.(int)))
+	}
+	if v, ok := m["volume_type"]; ok && v.(string) != "" {
+		options.VolumeType = aws.String(v.(string))
+	}
+
+	return &options
+}
+
+func pointersMapToStringList(pointers map[string]*string) map[string]interface{} {
+	list := make(map[string]interface{}, len(pointers))
+	for i, v := range pointers {
+		list[i] = *v
+	}
+	return list
+}
+
+func stringMapToPointers(m map[string]interface{}) map[string]*string {
+	list := make(map[string]*string, len(m))
+	for i, v := range m {
+		list[i] = aws.String(v.(string))
+	}
+	return list
+}