diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_rds_cluster.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_rds_cluster.go
index 0e3d9339a..897fe31ed 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_rds_cluster.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_rds_cluster.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package aws
 import (
         "fmt"
         "log"
+        "regexp"
         "time"
 
         "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
@@ -69,6 +70,25 @@ func resourceAwsRDSCluster() *schema.Resource {
                                 Computed: true,
                         },
 
+                        "final_snapshot_identifier": &schema.Schema{
+                                Type:     schema.TypeString,
+                                Optional: true,
+                                ValidateFunc: func(v interface{}, k string) (ws []string, es []error) {
+                                        value := v.(string)
+                                        if !regexp.MustCompile(`^[0-9A-Za-z-]+$`).MatchString(value) {
+                                                es = append(es, fmt.Errorf(
+                                                        "only alphanumeric characters and hyphens allowed in %q", k))
+                                        }
+                                        if regexp.MustCompile(`--`).MatchString(value) {
+                                                es = append(es, fmt.Errorf("%q cannot contain two consecutive hyphens", k))
+                                        }
+                                        if regexp.MustCompile(`-$`).MatchString(value) {
+                                                es = append(es, fmt.Errorf("%q cannot end in a hyphen", k))
+                                        }
+                                        return
+                                },
+                        },
+
                         "master_username": &schema.Schema{
                                 Type:     schema.TypeString,
                                 Required: true,
@@ -167,7 +187,6 @@ func resourceAwsRDSClusterRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 
         resp, err := conn.DescribeDBClusters(&rds.DescribeDBClustersInput{
                 DBClusterIdentifier: aws.String(d.Id()),
-                // final snapshot identifier
         })
 
         if err != nil {
@@ -256,11 +275,20 @@ func resourceAwsRDSClusterDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
         conn := meta.(*AWSClient).rdsconn
         log.Printf("[DEBUG] Destroying RDS Cluster (%s)", d.Id())
 
-        _, err := conn.DeleteDBCluster(&rds.DeleteDBClusterInput{
+        deleteOpts := rds.DeleteDBClusterInput{
                 DBClusterIdentifier: aws.String(d.Id()),
-                SkipFinalSnapshot:   aws.Bool(true),
-                // final snapshot identifier
-        })
+        }
+
+        finalSnapshot := d.Get("final_snapshot_identifier").(string)
+        if finalSnapshot == "" {
+                deleteOpts.SkipFinalSnapshot = aws.Bool(true)
+        } else {
+                deleteOpts.FinalDBSnapshotIdentifier = aws.String(finalSnapshot)
+                deleteOpts.SkipFinalSnapshot = aws.Bool(false)
+        }
+
+        log.Printf("[DEBUG] RDS Cluster delete options: %s", deleteOpts)
+        _, err := conn.DeleteDBCluster(&deleteOpts)
 
         stateConf := &resource.StateChangeConf{
                 Pending:    []string{"deleting", "backing-up", "modifying"},
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_rds_cluster_instance_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_rds_cluster_instance_test.go
index aff6aa786..f923c1712 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_rds_cluster_instance_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_rds_cluster_instance_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
         "github.com/hashicorp/terraform/terraform"
 
         "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
+        "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/awserr"
         "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/rds"
 )
 
@@ -54,7 +55,13 @@ func testAccCheckAWSClusterInstanceDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
                         }
                 }
 
-                //check for an expected "Cluster not found" type error
+                // Return nil if the Cluster Instance is already destroyed
+                if awsErr, ok := err.(awserr.Error); ok {
+                        if awsErr.Code() == "DBInstanceNotFound" {
+                                return nil
+                        }
+                }
+
                 return err
 
         }
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_rds_cluster_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_rds_cluster_test.go
index 18ffa7bf2..2fd768949 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_rds_cluster_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_rds_cluster_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
         "github.com/hashicorp/terraform/terraform"
 
         "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
+        "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/awserr"
         "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/rds"
 )
 
@@ -52,9 +53,14 @@ func testAccCheckAWSClusterDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
                         }
                 }
 
-                // check for an expected "Cluster not found" type error
-                return err
+                // Return nil if the cluster is already destroyed
+                if awsErr, ok := err.(awserr.Error); ok {
+                        if awsErr.Code() == "DBClusterNotFound" {
+                                return nil
+                        }
+                }
 
+                return err
         }
 
         return nil
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/rds_cluster.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/rds_cluster.html.markdown
index 64870b889..c45814f46 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/rds_cluster.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/rds_cluster.html.markdown
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ string.
 * `master_password` - (Required) Password for the master DB user. Note that this may
     show up in logs, and it will be stored in the state file
 * `master_username` - (Required) Username for the master DB user
+* `final_snapshot_identifier` - (Optional) The name of your final DB snapshot
+    when this DB cluster is deleted. If omitted, no final snapshot will be
+    made.
 * `availability_zones` - (Optional) A list of EC2 Availability Zones that
   instances in the DB cluster can be created in
 * `backup_retention_period` - (Optional) The days to retain backups for. Default
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/rds_cluster_instance.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/rds_cluster_instance.html.markdown
index 1571beab7..76792cc51 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/rds_cluster_instance.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/rds_cluster_instance.html.markdown
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ the [AWS official documentation](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/Com
 
 The following arguments are supported:
 
-* `identifier` - (Required) The Instance Identifier. Must be a lower case
-string.
+* `identifier` - (Optional) The Instance Identifier. Must be a lower case
+string. If omited, a unique identifier will be generated.
 * `cluster_identifier` - (Required) The Cluster Identifier for this Instance to
 join. Must be a lower case
 string.