diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elb.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elb.go
index 036968c62..6c5989e27 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elb.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elb.go
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ func resource_aws_elb_validation() *config.Validator {
 		},
 		Optional: []string{
 			"instances.*",
+			"listener.*.ssl_certificate_id",
 			"availability_zones.*",
 			"health_check.#",
 			"health_check.0.healthy_threshold",
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elb_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elb_test.go
index 7edeb6d85..ac93d56c0 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elb_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elb_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ func TestAccAWSELB_basic(t *testing.T) {
 						"aws_elb.bar", "listener.0.instance_port", "8000"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
 						"aws_elb.bar", "listener.0.instance_protocol", "http"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"aws_elb.bar", "listener.0.ssl_certificate_id", "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:server-certificate/certName"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
 						"aws_elb.bar", "listener.0.lb_port", "80"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
@@ -277,6 +279,22 @@ resource "aws_instance" "foo" {
 }
 `
 
+
+const testAccAWSELBConfigListenerSSLCertificateId = `
+resource "aws_elb" "bar" {
+  name = "foobar-terraform-test"
+  availability_zones = ["us-west-2a"]
+
+  listener {
+    instance_port = 8000
+    instance_protocol = "http"
+    ssl_certificate_id = "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:server-certificate/certName"
+    lb_port = 443
+    lb_protocol = "https"
+  }
+}
+`
+
 const testAccAWSELBConfigHealthCheck = `
 resource "aws_elb" "bar" {
   name = "foobar-terraform-test"
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/structure.go b/builtin/providers/aws/structure.go
index a8be14675..e952d3158 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/structure.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/structure.go
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ func expandListeners(configured []interface{}) ([]elb.Listener, error) {
 			Protocol:         newL["lb_protocol"].(string),
 		}
 
+		if attr, ok := newL["ssl_certificate_id"].(string); ok {
+			l.SSLCertificateId = attr
+		}
+
+
 		listeners = append(listeners, l)
 	}
 
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/structure_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/structure_test.go
index 9d438da2c..e071df616 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/structure_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/structure_test.go
@@ -12,22 +12,22 @@ import (
 // Returns test configuration
 func testConf() map[string]string {
 	return map[string]string{
-		"listener.#":                   "1",
-		"listener.0.lb_port":           "80",
-		"listener.0.lb_protocol":       "http",
-		"listener.0.instance_port":     "8000",
-		"listener.0.instance_protocol": "http",
-		"availability_zones.#":         "2",
-		"availability_zones.0":         "us-east-1a",
-		"availability_zones.1":         "us-east-1b",
-		"ingress.#":                    "1",
-		"ingress.0.protocol":           "icmp",
-		"ingress.0.from_port":          "1",
-		"ingress.0.to_port":            "-1",
-		"ingress.0.cidr_blocks.#":      "1",
-		"ingress.0.cidr_blocks.0":      "0.0.0.0/0",
-		"ingress.0.security_groups.#":  "1",
-		"ingress.0.security_groups.0":  "sg-11111",
+		"listener.#":                    "1",
+		"listener.0.lb_port":            "80",
+		"listener.0.lb_protocol":        "http",
+		"listener.0.instance_port":      "8000",
+		"listener.0.instance_protocol":  "http",
+		"availability_zones.#":          "2",
+		"availability_zones.0":          "us-east-1a",
+		"availability_zones.1":          "us-east-1b",
+		"ingress.#":                     "1",
+		"ingress.0.protocol":            "icmp",
+		"ingress.0.from_port":           "1",
+		"ingress.0.to_port":             "-1",
+		"ingress.0.cidr_blocks.#":       "1",
+		"ingress.0.cidr_blocks.0":       "0.0.0.0/0",
+		"ingress.0.security_groups.#":   "1",
+		"ingress.0.security_groups.0":   "sg-11111",
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/elb.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/elb.html.markdown
index b2b4a699a..93ce707bc 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/elb.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/elb.html.markdown
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ resource "aws_elb" "bar" {
     lb_protocol = "http"
   }
 
+  listener {
+    instance_port = 8000
+    instance_protocol = "http"
+    lb_port = 443
+    lb_protocol = "https"
+    ssl_certificate_id = "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:server-certificate/certName" 
+  }
+
   health_check {
     healthy_threshold = 2
     unhealthy_threshold = 2
@@ -51,6 +59,7 @@ Listeners support the following:
 * `instance_protocol` - (Required) The the protocol to use to the instance.
 * `lb_port` - (Required) The port to listen on for the load balancer
 * `lb_protocol` - (Required) The protocol to listen on.
+* `ssl_certificate_id` - (Optional) The id of an SSL certificate you have uploaded to AWS IAM.
 
 Health Check supports the following: