diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 3c8f8826d..4000eb077 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hil"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hil/ast"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/hilmapstructure"
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	// any meaningful directory.
 	Dir string
 
+	Terraform       *Terraform
 	Atlas           *AtlasConfig
 	Modules         []*Module
 	ProviderConfigs []*ProviderConfig
@@ -39,6 +41,12 @@ type Config struct {
 	unknownKeys []string
 }
 
+// Terraform is the Terraform meta-configuration that can be present
+// in configuration files for configuring Terraform itself.
+type Terraform struct {
+	RequiredVersion string `hcl:"required_version"` // Required Terraform version (constraint)
+}
+
 // AtlasConfig is the configuration for building in HashiCorp's Atlas.
 type AtlasConfig struct {
 	Name    string
@@ -236,6 +244,30 @@ func (c *Config) Validate() error {
 			"Unknown root level key: %s", k))
 	}
 
+	// Validate the Terraform config
+	if tf := c.Terraform; tf != nil {
+		if raw := tf.RequiredVersion; raw != "" {
+			// Check that the value has no interpolations
+			rc, err := NewRawConfig(map[string]interface{}{
+				"root": raw,
+			})
+			if err != nil {
+				errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf(
+					"terraform.required_version: %s", err))
+			} else if len(rc.Interpolations) > 0 {
+				errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf(
+					"terraform.required_version: cannot contain interpolations"))
+			} else {
+				// Check it is valid
+				_, err := version.NewConstraint(raw)
+				if err != nil {
+					errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf(
+						"terraform.required_version: invalid syntax: %s", err))
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	vars := c.InterpolatedVariables()
 	varMap := make(map[string]*Variable)
 	for _, v := range c.Variables {
diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
index 7c7776b94..a0078671b 100644
--- a/config/config_test.go
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -137,6 +137,27 @@ func TestConfigValidate(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestConfigValidate_tfVersion(t *testing.T) {
+	c := testConfig(t, "validate-tf-version")
+	if err := c.Validate(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestConfigValidate_tfVersionBad(t *testing.T) {
+	c := testConfig(t, "validate-bad-tf-version")
+	if err := c.Validate(); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("should not be valid")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestConfigValidate_tfVersionInterpolations(t *testing.T) {
+	c := testConfig(t, "validate-tf-version-interp")
+	if err := c.Validate(); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("should not be valid")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestConfigValidate_badDependsOn(t *testing.T) {
 	c := testConfig(t, "validate-bad-depends-on")
 	if err := c.Validate(); err == nil {
diff --git a/config/loader_hcl.go b/config/loader_hcl.go
index 2122d622e..f6ef24a7b 100644
--- a/config/loader_hcl.go
+++ b/config/loader_hcl.go
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@ type hclConfigurable struct {
 
 func (t *hclConfigurable) Config() (*Config, error) {
 	validKeys := map[string]struct{}{
-		"atlas":    struct{}{},
-		"data":     struct{}{},
-		"module":   struct{}{},
-		"output":   struct{}{},
-		"provider": struct{}{},
-		"resource": struct{}{},
-		"variable": struct{}{},
+		"atlas":     struct{}{},
+		"data":      struct{}{},
+		"module":    struct{}{},
+		"output":    struct{}{},
+		"provider":  struct{}{},
+		"resource":  struct{}{},
+		"terraform": struct{}{},
+		"variable":  struct{}{},
 	}
 
 	// Top-level item should be the object list
@@ -37,6 +38,15 @@ func (t *hclConfigurable) Config() (*Config, error) {
 	// Start building up the actual configuration.
 	config := new(Config)
 
+	// Terraform config
+	if o := list.Filter("terraform"); len(o.Items) > 0 {
+		var err error
+		config.Terraform, err = loadTerraformHcl(o)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Build the variables
 	if vars := list.Filter("variable"); len(vars.Items) > 0 {
 		var err error
@@ -190,6 +200,32 @@ func loadFileHcl(root string) (configurable, []string, error) {
 	return result, nil, nil
 }
 
+// Given a handle to a HCL object, this transforms it into the Terraform config
+func loadTerraformHcl(list *ast.ObjectList) (*Terraform, error) {
+	if len(list.Items) > 1 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("only one 'terraform' block allowed per module")
+	}
+
+	// Get our one item
+	item := list.Items[0]
+
+	// NOTE: We purposely don't validate unknown HCL keys here so that
+	// we can potentially read _future_ Terraform version config (to
+	// still be able to validate the required version).
+	//
+	// We should still keep track of unknown keys to validate later, but
+	// HCL doesn't currently support that.
+
+	var config Terraform
+	if err := hcl.DecodeObject(&config, item.Val); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf(
+			"Error reading terraform config: %s",
+			err)
+	}
+
+	return &config, nil
+}
+
 // Given a handle to a HCL object, this transforms it into the Atlas
 // configuration.
 func loadAtlasHcl(list *ast.ObjectList) (*AtlasConfig, error) {
diff --git a/config/loader_test.go b/config/loader_test.go
index 73b09a6fe..8c0dfaa6d 100644
--- a/config/loader_test.go
+++ b/config/loader_test.go
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ func TestLoadFileBasic(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", c.Dir)
 	}
 
+	expectedTF := &Terraform{RequiredVersion: "foo"}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(c.Terraform, expectedTF) {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", c.Terraform)
+	}
+
 	expectedAtlas := &AtlasConfig{Name: "mitchellh/foo"}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(c.Atlas, expectedAtlas) {
 		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", c.Atlas)
diff --git a/config/test-fixtures/basic.tf b/config/test-fixtures/basic.tf
index 45314d54b..aa5a5c6ed 100644
--- a/config/test-fixtures/basic.tf
+++ b/config/test-fixtures/basic.tf
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+terraform {
+    required_version = "foo"
+}
+
 variable "foo" {
     default = "bar"
     description = "bar"
diff --git a/config/test-fixtures/validate-bad-tf-version/main.tf b/config/test-fixtures/validate-bad-tf-version/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47348a350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/test-fixtures/validate-bad-tf-version/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+terraform {
+    required_version = "nope"
+}
diff --git a/config/test-fixtures/validate-tf-version-interp/main.tf b/config/test-fixtures/validate-tf-version-interp/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51e68adb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/test-fixtures/validate-tf-version-interp/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+terraform {
+    required_version = "${var.foo}"
+}
diff --git a/config/test-fixtures/validate-tf-version/main.tf b/config/test-fixtures/validate-tf-version/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9bbc92303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/test-fixtures/validate-tf-version/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+terraform {
+    required_version = "> 0.7.0"
+}