diff --git a/builtin/providers/consul/resource_consul_service.go b/builtin/providers/consul/resource_consul_service.go
index 57f95a856..c66041413 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/consul/resource_consul_service.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/consul/resource_consul_service.go
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@ func resourceConsulService() *schema.Resource {
 				ForceNew: true,
 			},
 
-			"id": &schema.Schema{
+			"service_id": &schema.Schema{
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Optional: true,
 				Computed: true,
+				ForceNew: true,
 			},
 
 			"name": &schema.Schema{
@@ -53,7 +55,13 @@ func resourceConsulServiceCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 	agent := client.Agent()
 
 	name := d.Get("name").(string)
-	registration := consulapi.AgentServiceRegistration{Name: name}
+	identifier := name
+
+	if serviceId, ok := d.GetOk("service_id"); ok {
+		identifier = serviceId.(string)
+	}
+
+	registration := consulapi.AgentServiceRegistration{Name: name, ID: identifier}
 
 	if address, ok := d.GetOk("address"); ok {
 		registration.Address = address.(string)
@@ -79,12 +87,13 @@ func resourceConsulServiceCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 	// Update the resource
 	if serviceMap, err := agent.Services(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to read services from Consul agent: %v", err)
-	} else if service, ok := serviceMap[name]; !ok {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to read service '%s' from Consul agent: %v", name, err)
+	} else if service, ok := serviceMap[identifier]; !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to read service '%s' from Consul agent: %v", identifier, err)
 	} else {
-		d.Set("address", service.Address)
-		d.Set("id", service.ID)
 		d.SetId(service.ID)
+
+		d.Set("address", service.Address)
+		d.Set("service_id", service.ID)
 		d.Set("name", service.Service)
 		d.Set("port", service.Port)
 		tags := make([]string, 0, len(service.Tags))
@@ -102,15 +111,21 @@ func resourceConsulServiceRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	agent := client.Agent()
 
 	name := d.Get("name").(string)
+	identifier := name
+
+	if serviceId, ok := d.GetOk("service_id"); ok {
+		identifier = serviceId.(string)
+	}
 
 	if services, err := agent.Services(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to get services from Consul agent: %v", err)
-	} else if service, ok := services[name]; !ok {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to get service '%s' from Consul agent", name)
+	} else if service, ok := services[identifier]; !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to get service '%s' from Consul agent", identifier)
 	} else {
-		d.Set("address", service.Address)
-		d.Set("id", service.ID)
 		d.SetId(service.ID)
+
+		d.Set("address", service.Address)
+		d.Set("service_id", service.ID)
 		d.Set("name", service.Service)
 		d.Set("port", service.Port)
 		tags := make([]string, 0, len(service.Tags))
@@ -127,7 +142,7 @@ func resourceConsulServiceDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 	client := meta.(*consulapi.Client)
 	catalog := client.Agent()
 
-	id := d.Get("id").(string)
+	id := d.Get("service_id").(string)
 
 	if err := catalog.ServiceDeregister(id); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to deregister service '%s' from Consul agent: %v", id, err)
diff --git a/builtin/providers/consul/resource_consul_service_test.go b/builtin/providers/consul/resource_consul_service_test.go
index f4df71542..2ed4405e8 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/consul/resource_consul_service_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/consul/resource_consul_service_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ func TestAccConsulService_basic(t *testing.T) {
 					testAccCheckConsulServiceExists(),
 					testAccCheckConsulServiceValue("consul_service.app", "address", "www.google.com"),
 					testAccCheckConsulServiceValue("consul_service.app", "id", "google"),
+					testAccCheckConsulServiceValue("consul_service.app", "service_id", "google"),
 					testAccCheckConsulServiceValue("consul_service.app", "name", "google"),
 					testAccCheckConsulServiceValue("consul_service.app", "port", "80"),
 					testAccCheckConsulServiceValue("consul_service.app", "tags.#", "2"),
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ func testAccCheckConsulServiceValue(n, attr, val string) resource.TestCheckFunc
 const testAccConsulServiceConfig = `
 resource "consul_service" "app" {
 	address = "www.google.com"
+	service_id = "google"
 	name = "google"
 	port = 80
 	tags = ["tag0", "tag1"]
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/consul/r/service.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/consul/r/service.html.markdown
index a91370c2c..e1bc23563 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/consul/r/service.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/consul/r/service.html.markdown
@@ -25,14 +25,16 @@ resource "consul_service" "google" {
 
 The following arguments are supported:
 
-* `address` - (Optional) The address of the service. Defaults to the
+* `service_id` - (Optional, string) The id of the service, defaults to the value of `name` if not supplied.
+
+* `address` - (Optional, string) The address of the service. Defaults to the
   address of the agent.
 
-* `name` - (Required) The name of the service.
+* `name` - (Required, string) The name of the service.
 
-* `port` - (Optional) The port of the service.
+* `port` - (Optional, int) The port of the service.
 
-* `tags` - (Optional) A list of values that are opaque to Consul,
+* `tags` - (Optional, set of strings) A list of values that are opaque to Consul,
   but can be used to distinguish between services or nodes.
   
 
@@ -40,8 +42,8 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 
 The following attributes are exported:
 
+* `service_id` - The id of the service, defaults to the value of `name`.
 * `address` - The address of the service.
-* `id` - The id of the service, defaults to the value of `name`.
 * `name` - The name of the service.
 * `port` - The port of the service.
 * `tags` - The tags of the service.