diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_zone.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_zone.go
index 44f3a92c8..5c55fb3e1 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_zone.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_zone.go
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package aws
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/hashcode"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
 
@@ -31,6 +33,15 @@ func resourceAwsRoute53Zone() *schema.Resource {
 				Computed: true,
 			},
 
+			"name_servers": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeSet,
+				Elem:     &schema.Schema{Type: schema.TypeString},
+				Computed: true,
+				Set: func(v interface{}) int {
+					return hashcode.String(v.(string))
+				},
+			},
+
 			"tags": tagsSchema(),
 		},
 	}
@@ -80,7 +91,7 @@ func resourceAwsRoute53ZoneCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) erro
 
 func resourceAwsRoute53ZoneRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	r53 := meta.(*AWSClient).r53conn
-	_, err := r53.GetHostedZone(&route53.GetHostedZoneInput{ID: aws.String(d.Id())})
+	zone, err := r53.GetHostedZone(&route53.GetHostedZoneInput{ID: aws.String(d.Id())})
 	if err != nil {
 		// Handle a deleted zone
 		if r53err, ok := err.(aws.APIError); ok && r53err.Code == "NoSuchHostedZone" {
@@ -90,6 +101,14 @@ func resourceAwsRoute53ZoneRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 		return err
 	}
 
+	ns := make([]string, len(zone.DelegationSet.NameServers))
+	for i := range zone.DelegationSet.NameServers {
+		ns[i] = *zone.DelegationSet.NameServers[i]
+	}
+	if err := d.Set("name_servers", ns); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("[DEBUG] Error setting name servers for: %s, error: %#v", d.Id(), err)
+	}
+
 	// get tags
 	req := &route53.ListTagsForResourceInput{
 		ResourceID:   aws.String(d.Id()),
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_zone_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_zone_test.go
index eedad0ac1..4686831e0 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_zone_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_zone_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/hashcode"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/terraform"
 
@@ -114,6 +115,15 @@ func testAccCheckRoute53ZoneExists(n string, zone *route53.HostedZone) resource.
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Hosted zone err: %v", err)
 		}
+
+		for _, ns := range resp.DelegationSet.NameServers {
+			attribute := fmt.Sprintf("name_servers.%d", hashcode.String(*ns))
+			dsns := rs.Primary.Attributes[attribute]
+			if dsns != *ns {
+				return fmt.Errorf("Got: %v for %v, Expected: %v", dsns, attribute, ns)
+			}
+		}
+
 		*zone = *resp.HostedZone
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/route53_zone.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/route53_zone.html.markdown
index 7b0cf9388..67a5f79f1 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/route53_zone.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/route53_zone.html.markdown
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ resource "aws_route53_zone" "main" {
 
 resource "aws_route53_zone" "dev" {
   name = "dev.example.com"
-  parent_route53_zone = "${aws_route53_zone.main.zone_id}"
 }
 
 resource "aws_route53_record" "dev-ns" {
@@ -37,7 +36,12 @@ resource "aws_route53_record" "dev-ns" {
     name = "dev.example.com"
     type = "NS"
     ttl = "30"
-    records = ["127.0.0.1", "127.0.0.27"]
+    records = [
+        "${aws_route53_zone.dev.delegation_set_name_servers.0}",
+        "${aws_route53_zone.dev.delegation_set_name_servers.1}",
+        "${aws_route53_zone.dev.delegation_set_name_servers.2}",
+        "${aws_route53_zone.dev.delegation_set_name_servers.3}"
+    ]
 }
 ```