diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index da2186b37..3c8f8826d 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -579,6 +579,20 @@ func (c *Config) Validate() error {
 						"together with a wildcard: %s", n, v))
 			}
 		}
+
+		// Verify ignore_changes has no interpolations
+		rc, err := NewRawConfig(map[string]interface{}{
+			"root": r.Lifecycle.IgnoreChanges,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf(
+				"%s: lifecycle ignore_changes error: %s",
+				n, err))
+		} else if len(rc.Interpolations) > 0 {
+			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf(
+				"%s: lifecycle ignore_changes cannot contain interpolations",
+				n))
+		}
 	}
 
 	for source, vs := range vars {
diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
index 201a62893..7c7776b94 100644
--- a/config/config_test.go
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -265,6 +265,13 @@ func TestConfigValidate_ignoreChangesBad(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestConfigValidate_ignoreChangesInterpolate(t *testing.T) {
+	c := testConfig(t, "validate-ignore-changes-interpolate")
+	if err := c.Validate(); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("should not be valid")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestConfigValidate_moduleNameBad(t *testing.T) {
 	c := testConfig(t, "validate-module-name-bad")
 	if err := c.Validate(); err == nil {
diff --git a/config/test-fixtures/validate-ignore-changes-interpolate/main.tf b/config/test-fixtures/validate-ignore-changes-interpolate/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3b5a87f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/test-fixtures/validate-ignore-changes-interpolate/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+variable "foo" {}
+
+resource aws_instance "web" {
+  lifecycle {
+    ignore_changes = ["${var.foo}"]
+  }
+}