diff --git a/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_instance.go b/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_instance.go
index 05898dc23..315b99ad3 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_instance.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_instance.go
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ func resourceCloudStackInstance() *schema.Resource {
 				Optional: true,
 				Default:  false,
 			},
+
+                        "group": &schema.Schema{
+                                Type:     schema.TypeString,
+                                Optional: true,
+                                Computed: true,
+                        },
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -193,6 +199,11 @@ func resourceCloudStackInstanceCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 		p.SetUserdata(ud)
 	}
 
+        // If there is a group supplied, add it to the parameter struct
+        if group, ok := d.GetOk("group"); ok {
+                p.SetGroup(group.(string))
+        }
+
 	// Create the new instance
 	r, err := cs.VirtualMachine.DeployVirtualMachine(p)
 	if err != nil {