diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_sns_topic.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_sns_topic.go
index 4174e8732..62f2450c0 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_sns_topic.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_sns_topic.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 
 // Mutable attributes
 var SNSAttributeMap = map[string]string{
+	"arn":             "TopicArn",
 	"display_name":    "DisplayName",
 	"policy":          "Policy",
 	"delivery_policy": "DeliveryPolicy",
@@ -163,7 +164,6 @@ func resourceAwsSnsTopicRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	attributeOutput, err := snsconn.GetTopicAttributes(&sns.GetTopicAttributesInput{
 		TopicArn: aws.String(d.Id()),
 	})
-
 	if err != nil {
 		if awsErr, ok := err.(awserr.Error); ok && awsErr.Code() == "NotFound" {
 			log.Printf("[WARN] SNS Topic (%s) not found, error code (404)", d.Id())
@@ -198,6 +198,17 @@ func resourceAwsSnsTopicRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// If we have no name set (import) then determine it from the ARN.
+	// This is a bit of a heuristic for now since AWS provides no other
+	// way to get it.
+	if _, ok := d.GetOk("name"); !ok {
+		arn := d.Get("arn").(string)
+		idx := strings.LastIndex(arn, ":")
+		if idx > -1 {
+			d.Set("name", arn[idx+1:])
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_sns_topic_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_sns_topic_test.go
index 2852c36fb..2b74c7abb 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_sns_topic_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_sns_topic_test.go
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ import (
 
 func TestAccAWSSNSTopic_basic(t *testing.T) {
 	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
-		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
-		Providers:    testAccProviders,
-		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSSNSTopicDestroy,
+		PreCheck:      func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		IDRefreshName: "aws_sns_topic.test_topic",
+		Providers:     testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy:  testAccCheckAWSSNSTopicDestroy,
 		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
 			resource.TestStep{
 				Config: testAccAWSSNSTopicConfig,
@@ -29,9 +30,10 @@ func TestAccAWSSNSTopic_basic(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestAccAWSSNSTopic_withIAMRole(t *testing.T) {
 	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
-		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
-		Providers:    testAccProviders,
-		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSSNSTopicDestroy,
+		PreCheck:      func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		IDRefreshName: "aws_sns_topic.test_topic",
+		Providers:     testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy:  testAccCheckAWSSNSTopicDestroy,
 		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
 			resource.TestStep{
 				Config: testAccAWSSNSTopicConfig_withIAMRole,