diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_rds_cluster.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_rds_cluster.go
index 7b134dade..1cac71a91 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_rds_cluster.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_rds_cluster.go
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ func resourceAwsRDSCluster() *schema.Resource {
 			State: resourceAwsRdsClusterImport,
 		},
 
+		Timeouts: &schema.ResourceTimeout{
+			Create: schema.DefaultTimeout(120 * time.Minute),
+			Update: schema.DefaultTimeout(120 * time.Minute),
+			Delete: schema.DefaultTimeout(120 * time.Minute),
+		},
+
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 
 			"availability_zones": {
@@ -305,9 +311,9 @@ func resourceAwsRDSClusterCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 				Pending:    []string{"creating", "backing-up", "modifying"},
 				Target:     []string{"available"},
 				Refresh:    resourceAwsRDSClusterStateRefreshFunc(d, meta),
-				Timeout:    120 * time.Minute,
-				MinTimeout: 3 * time.Second,
-				Delay:      30 * time.Second, // Wait 30 secs before starting
+				Timeout:    d.Timeout(schema.TimeoutCreate),
+				MinTimeout: 10 * time.Second,
+				Delay:      30 * time.Second,
 			}
 
 			// Wait, catching any errors
@@ -458,8 +464,9 @@ func resourceAwsRDSClusterCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 		Pending:    []string{"creating", "backing-up", "modifying"},
 		Target:     []string{"available"},
 		Refresh:    resourceAwsRDSClusterStateRefreshFunc(d, meta),
-		Timeout:    120 * time.Minute,
-		MinTimeout: 3 * time.Second,
+		Timeout:    d.Timeout(schema.TimeoutCreate),
+		MinTimeout: 10 * time.Second,
+		Delay:      30 * time.Second,
 	}
 
 	// Wait, catching any errors
@@ -660,8 +667,9 @@ func resourceAwsRDSClusterDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 		Pending:    []string{"available", "deleting", "backing-up", "modifying"},
 		Target:     []string{"destroyed"},
 		Refresh:    resourceAwsRDSClusterStateRefreshFunc(d, meta),
-		Timeout:    15 * time.Minute,
-		MinTimeout: 3 * time.Second,
+		Timeout:    d.Timeout(schema.TimeoutDelete),
+		MinTimeout: 10 * time.Second,
+		Delay:      30 * time.Second,
 	}
 
 	// Wait, catching any errors