diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/config.go b/builtin/providers/aws/config.go
index 298d24ccd..6e120ca67 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/config.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/config.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	ForbiddenAccountIds []interface{}
 
 	DynamoDBEndpoint string
+	KinesisEndpoint  string
 }
 
 type AWSClient struct {
@@ -116,12 +117,6 @@ func (c *Config) Client() (interface{}, error) {
 			errs = append(errs, err)
 		}
 
-		awsDynamoDBConfig := &aws.Config{
-			Credentials: creds,
-			Region:      aws.String(c.Region),
-			MaxRetries:  aws.Int(c.MaxRetries),
-			Endpoint:    aws.String(c.DynamoDBEndpoint),
-		}
 		// Some services exist only in us-east-1, e.g. because they manage
 		// resources that can span across multiple regions, or because
 		// signature format v4 requires region to be us-east-1 for global
@@ -134,8 +129,11 @@ func (c *Config) Client() (interface{}, error) {
 			HTTPClient:  cleanhttp.DefaultClient(),
 		}
 
+		awsDynamoDBConfig := *awsConfig
+		awsDynamoDBConfig.Endpoint = aws.String(c.DynamoDBEndpoint)
+
 		log.Println("[INFO] Initializing DynamoDB connection")
-		client.dynamodbconn = dynamodb.New(awsDynamoDBConfig)
+		client.dynamodbconn = dynamodb.New(&awsDynamoDBConfig)
 
 		log.Println("[INFO] Initializing ELB connection")
 		client.elbconn = elb.New(awsConfig)
@@ -152,8 +150,11 @@ func (c *Config) Client() (interface{}, error) {
 		log.Println("[INFO] Initializing RDS Connection")
 		client.rdsconn = rds.New(awsConfig)
 
+		awsKinesisConfig := *awsConfig
+		awsKinesisConfig.Endpoint = aws.String(c.KinesisEndpoint)
+
 		log.Println("[INFO] Initializing Kinesis Connection")
-		client.kinesisconn = kinesis.New(awsConfig)
+		client.kinesisconn = kinesis.New(&awsKinesisConfig)
 
 		authErr := c.ValidateAccountId(client.iamconn)
 		if authErr != nil {
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/provider.go b/builtin/providers/aws/provider.go
index d4567e238..299aaa2c6 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/provider.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/provider.go
@@ -153,6 +153,13 @@ func Provider() terraform.ResourceProvider {
 				Default:     "",
 				Description: descriptions["dynamodb_endpoint"],
 			},
+
+			"kinesis_endpoint": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:        schema.TypeString,
+				Optional:    true,
+				Default:     "",
+				Description: descriptions["kinesis_endpoint"],
+			},
 		},
 
 		ResourcesMap: map[string]*schema.Resource{
@@ -283,6 +290,9 @@ func init() {
 
 		"dynamodb_endpoint": "Use this to override the default endpoint URL constructed from the `region`.\n" +
 			"It's typically used to connect to dynamodb-local.",
+
+		"kinesis_endpoint": "Use this to override the default endpoint URL constructed from the `region`.\n" +
+			"It's typically used to connect to kinesalite.",
 	}
 }
 
@@ -294,6 +304,7 @@ func providerConfigure(d *schema.ResourceData) (interface{}, error) {
 		Region:           d.Get("region").(string),
 		MaxRetries:       d.Get("max_retries").(int),
 		DynamoDBEndpoint: d.Get("dynamodb_endpoint").(string),
+		KinesisEndpoint:  d.Get("kinesis_endpoint").(string),
 	}
 
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("allowed_account_ids"); ok {
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/index.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/index.html.markdown
index c6b4cb4fe..05efd5700 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/index.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/index.html.markdown
@@ -57,5 +57,7 @@ The following arguments are supported in the `provider` block:
 
 * `dynamodb_endpoint` - (Optional) Use this to override the default endpoint URL constructed from the `region`. It's typically used to connect to dynamodb-local.
 
+* `kinesis_endpoint` - (Optional) Use this to override the default endpoint URL constructed from the `region`. It's typically used to connect to kinesalite.
+
 In addition to the above parameters, the `AWS_SESSION_TOKEN` environmental
 variable can be set to set an MFA token.