diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go
index 53b6a6987..cd394216f 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go
@@ -238,6 +238,19 @@ func resourceAwsDbInstance() *schema.Resource {
 				Elem:     &schema.Schema{Type: schema.TypeString},
 			},
 
+			"snapshot_identifier": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: false,
+				Optional: true,
+				Elem:     &schema.Schema{Type: schema.TypeString},
+			},
+
+			"auto_minor_version_upgrade": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeBool,
+				Computed: false,
+				Optional: true,
+			},
+
 			"tags": tagsSchema(),
 		},
 	}
@@ -273,6 +286,66 @@ func resourceAwsDbInstanceCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Error creating DB Instance: %s", err)
 		}
+	} else if _, ok := d.GetOk("snapshot_identifier"); ok {
+		opts := rds.RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshotInput{
+			DBInstanceClass:      aws.String(d.Get("instance_class").(string)),
+			DBInstanceIdentifier: aws.String(d.Get("identifier").(string)),
+			DBSnapshotIdentifier: aws.String(d.Get("snapshot_identifier").(string)),
+			Tags:                 tags,
+		}
+
+		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("auto_minor_version_upgrade"); ok {
+			opts.AutoMinorVersionUpgrade = aws.Boolean(attr.(bool))
+		}
+
+		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("availability_zone"); ok {
+			opts.AvailabilityZone = aws.String(attr.(string))
+		}
+
+		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("db_subnet_group_name"); ok {
+			opts.DBSubnetGroupName = aws.String(attr.(string))
+		}
+
+		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("engine"); ok {
+			opts.Engine = aws.String(attr.(string))
+		}
+
+		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("iops"); ok {
+			opts.IOPS = aws.Long(int64(attr.(int)))
+		}
+
+		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("license_model"); ok {
+			opts.LicenseModel = aws.String(attr.(string))
+		}
+
+		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("multi_az"); ok {
+			opts.MultiAZ = aws.Boolean(attr.(bool))
+		}
+
+		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("option_group_name"); ok {
+			opts.OptionGroupName = aws.String(attr.(string))
+		}
+
+		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("port"); ok {
+			opts.Port = aws.Long(int64(attr.(int)))
+		}
+
+		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("publicly_accessible"); ok {
+			opts.PubliclyAccessible = aws.Boolean(attr.(bool))
+		}
+
+		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("tde_credential_arn"); ok {
+			opts.TDECredentialARN = aws.String(attr.(string))
+		}
+
+		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("storage_type"); ok {
+			opts.StorageType = aws.String(attr.(string))
+		}
+
+		_, err := conn.RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot(&opts)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Error creating DB Instance: %s", err)
+		}
 	} else {
 		opts := rds.CreateDBInstanceInput{
 			AllocatedStorage:     aws.Long(int64(d.Get("allocated_storage").(int))),
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/db_instance.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/db_instance.html.markdown
index 784ade649..c2f0063f4 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/db_instance.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/db_instance.html.markdown
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ database, and to use this value as the source database. This correlates to the
 [DB Instance Replication][1] and
 [Working with PostgreSQL and MySQL Read Replicas](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_ReadRepl.html) for
  more information on using Replication.
-
+* `snapshot_identifier` - (Optional) Specifies whether or not to create this database from a snapshot. This correlates to the snapshot ID you'd find in the RDS console, e.g: rds:production-2015-06-26-06-05.
 
 ~> **NOTE:** Removing the `replicate_source_db` attribute from an existing RDS
 Replicate database managed by Terraform will promote the database to a fully