diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elasticache_cluster.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elasticache_cluster.go
index 3460fb292..f2410dcd5 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elasticache_cluster.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elasticache_cluster.go
@@ -241,6 +241,12 @@ func resourceAwsElasticacheClusterRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 
 	res, err := conn.DescribeCacheClusters(req)
 	if err != nil {
+		if eccErr, ok := err.(awserr.Error); ok && eccErr.Code() == "CacheClusterNotFound" {
+			log.Printf("[WARN] ElastiCache Cluster (%s) not found", d.Id())
+			d.SetId("")
+			return nil
+		}
+
 		return err
 	}