diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/import_aws_iam_group_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/import_aws_iam_group_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76da67d25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/import_aws_iam_group_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package aws
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
+)
+
+func TestAccAWSIAMGroup_importBasic(t *testing.T) {
+	resourceName := "aws_iam_group.group"
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSGroupDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccAWSGroupConfig,
+			},
+
+			resource.TestStep{
+				ResourceName:      resourceName,
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_group.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_group.go
index f2415f585..ecc5cae8e 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_group.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_group.go
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ func resourceAwsIamGroup() *schema.Resource {
 		Read:   resourceAwsIamGroupRead,
 		Update: resourceAwsIamGroupUpdate,
 		Delete: resourceAwsIamGroupDelete,
+		Importer: &schema.ResourceImporter{
+			State: schema.ImportStatePassthrough,
+		},
 
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 			"arn": &schema.Schema{
@@ -53,15 +56,16 @@ func resourceAwsIamGroupCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error creating IAM Group %s: %s", name, err)
 	}
+	d.SetId(*createResp.Group.GroupName)
+
 	return resourceAwsIamGroupReadResult(d, createResp.Group)
 }
 
 func resourceAwsIamGroupRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	iamconn := meta.(*AWSClient).iamconn
-	name := d.Get("name").(string)
 
 	request := &iam.GetGroupInput{
-		GroupName: aws.String(name),
+		GroupName: aws.String(d.Id()),
 	}
 
 	getResp, err := iamconn.GetGroup(request)
@@ -76,7 +80,6 @@ func resourceAwsIamGroupRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 }
 
 func resourceAwsIamGroupReadResult(d *schema.ResourceData, group *iam.Group) error {
-	d.SetId(*group.GroupName)
 	if err := d.Set("name", group.GroupName); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_group_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_group_test.go
index 977889bd6..ae895b0a0 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_group_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_group_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func TestAccAWSIAMGroup_basic(t *testing.T) {
 			resource.TestStep{
 				Config: testAccAWSGroupConfig2,
 				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
-					testAccCheckAWSGroupExists("aws_iam_group.group", &conf),
+					testAccCheckAWSGroupExists("aws_iam_group.group2", &conf),
 					testAccCheckAWSGroupAttributes(&conf, "test-group2", "/funnypath/"),
 				),
 			},
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ resource "aws_iam_group" "group" {
 }
 `
 const testAccAWSGroupConfig2 = `
-resource "aws_iam_group" "group" {
+resource "aws_iam_group" "group2" {
 	name = "test-group2"
 	path = "/funnypath/"
 }