diff --git a/builtin/providers/test/resource_test.go b/builtin/providers/test/resource_test.go
index 9277e9f62..5aedba214 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/test/resource_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/test/resource_test.go
@@ -1086,3 +1086,86 @@ resource "test_resource" "foo" {
 		},
 	})
 }
+
+// Verify we can use use numeric indices in `ignore_changes` paths.
+func TestResource_ignoreChangesIndex(t *testing.T) {
+	resource.UnitTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckResourceDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: strings.TrimSpace(`
+resource "test_resource" "foo" {
+	required = "yep"
+	required_map = {
+	    key = "value"
+	}
+	list_of_map = [
+		{
+			a = "b"
+		}
+	]
+
+	lifecycle {
+		ignore_changes = [list_of_map[0]["a"]]
+	}
+}
+				`),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"test_resource.foo", "list_of_map.0.a", "b",
+					),
+				),
+			},
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: strings.TrimSpace(`
+resource "test_resource" "foo" {
+	required = "yep"
+	required_map = {
+	    key = "value"
+	}
+	list_of_map = [
+		{
+			a = "c"
+		}
+	]
+
+	lifecycle {
+		ignore_changes = [list_of_map[0]["a"]]
+	}
+}
+				`),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"test_resource.foo", "list_of_map.0.a", "b",
+					),
+				),
+			},
+			// set ignore_changes to a prefix of the changed value
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: strings.TrimSpace(`
+resource "test_resource" "foo" {
+	required = "yep"
+	required_map = {
+	    key = "value"
+	}
+	list_of_map = [
+		{
+			a = "d"
+		}
+	]
+
+	lifecycle {
+		ignore_changes = [list_of_map[0]]
+	}
+}
+				`),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"test_resource.foo", "list_of_map.0.a", "b",
+					),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6b0d58cfe..b491d1593 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.2.1
 	github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20160813154853-07dd2e8dfe18 // indirect
 	github.com/xlab/treeprint v0.0.0-20161029104018-1d6e34225557
-	github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.0.0
+	github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.0.1-0.20190708163926-19588f92a98f
 	github.com/zclconf/go-cty-yaml v0.1.0
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.3.2 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0170dab86..3c39d6c73 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -425,6 +425,8 @@ github.com/zclconf/go-cty v0.0.0-20190516203816-4fecf87372ec h1:MSeYjmyjucsFbecM
 github.com/zclconf/go-cty v0.0.0-20190516203816-4fecf87372ec/go.mod h1:xnAOWiHeOqg2nWS62VtQ7pbOu17FtxJNW8RLEih+O3s=
 github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.0.0 h1:EWtv3gKe2wPLIB9hQRQJa7k/059oIfAqcEkCNnaVckk=
 github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.0.0/go.mod h1:xnAOWiHeOqg2nWS62VtQ7pbOu17FtxJNW8RLEih+O3s=
+github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.0.1-0.20190708163926-19588f92a98f h1:sq2p8SN6ji66CFEQFIWLlD/gFmGtr5hBrOzv5nLlGfA=
+github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.0.1-0.20190708163926-19588f92a98f/go.mod h1:xnAOWiHeOqg2nWS62VtQ7pbOu17FtxJNW8RLEih+O3s=
 github.com/zclconf/go-cty-yaml v0.1.0 h1:OP5nkApyAuXB88t8mRUqxD9gbKZocSLuVovrBAt8z10=
 github.com/zclconf/go-cty-yaml v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Lk26EcRlO3XbaQ8U2fxIJbEtbgEteSZFUpEr3XFTtsU=
 go.opencensus.io v0.18.0 h1:Mk5rgZcggtbvtAun5aJzAtjKKN/t0R3jJPlWILlv938=
diff --git a/terraform/eval_diff.go b/terraform/eval_diff.go
index 3ac23b709..20af9593c 100644
--- a/terraform/eval_diff.go
+++ b/terraform/eval_diff.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
-	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl2/hcl"
@@ -532,7 +531,7 @@ func processIgnoreChangesIndividual(prior, proposed cty.Value, ignoreChanges []h
 		// away any deeper values we already produced at that point.
 		var ignoreTraversal hcl.Traversal
 		for i, candidate := range ignoreChangesPath {
-			if reflect.DeepEqual(path, candidate) {
+			if path.Equals(candidate) {
 				ignoreTraversal = ignoreChanges[i]
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty/path.go b/vendor/github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty/path.go
index bf1a7c15a..b31444954 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty/path.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty/path.go
@@ -71,6 +71,48 @@ func (p Path) GetAttr(name string) Path {
 	return ret
 }
 
+// Equals compares 2 Paths for exact equality.
+func (p Path) Equals(other Path) bool {
+	if len(p) != len(other) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for i := range p {
+		pv := p[i]
+		switch pv := pv.(type) {
+		case GetAttrStep:
+			ov, ok := other[i].(GetAttrStep)
+			if !ok || pv != ov {
+				return false
+			}
+		case IndexStep:
+			ov, ok := other[i].(IndexStep)
+			if !ok {
+				return false
+			}
+
+			if !pv.Key.RawEquals(ov.Key) {
+				return false
+			}
+		default:
+			// Any invalid steps default to evaluating false.
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true
+
+}
+
+// HasPrefix determines if the path p contains the provided prefix.
+func (p Path) HasPrefix(prefix Path) bool {
+	if len(prefix) > len(p) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return p[:len(prefix)].Equals(prefix)
+}
+
 // GetAttrPath is a convenience method to start a new Path with a GetAttrStep.
 func GetAttrPath(name string) Path {
 	return Path{}.GetAttr(name)
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index dbc18a3fa..46da2747d 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/codes
 github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent
 # github.com/xlab/treeprint v0.0.0-20161029104018-1d6e34225557
 github.com/xlab/treeprint
-# github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.0.0
+# github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.0.1-0.20190708163926-19588f92a98f
 github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty
 github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty/gocty
 github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty/convert