diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_instance.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_instance.go
index e6253b3bc..bb18df637 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_instance.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_instance.go
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ func resourceAwsInstance() *schema.Resource {
 				Type:     schema.TypeBool,
 				Optional: true,
 				Default:  true,
+				DiffSuppressFunc: func(k, old, new string, d *schema.ResourceData) bool {
+					// Suppress diff if network_interface is set
+					_, ok := d.GetOk("network_interface")
+					return ok
+				},
 			},
 
 			"user_data": {
@@ -642,6 +647,7 @@ func resourceAwsInstanceRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 		d.Set("primary_network_interface_id", primaryNetworkInterface.NetworkInterfaceId)
 		d.Set("associate_public_ip_address", primaryNetworkInterface.Association != nil)
 		d.Set("ipv6_address_count", len(primaryNetworkInterface.Ipv6Addresses))
+		d.Set("source_dest_check", *primaryNetworkInterface.SourceDestCheck)
 
 		for _, address := range primaryNetworkInterface.Ipv6Addresses {
 			ipv6Addresses = append(ipv6Addresses, *address.Ipv6Address)
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_instance_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_instance_test.go
index 01dd6d99c..f4131b09a 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_instance_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_instance_test.go
@@ -966,6 +966,27 @@ func TestAccAWSInstance_primaryNetworkInterface(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccAWSInstance_primaryNetworkInterfaceSourceDestCheck(t *testing.T) {
+	var instance ec2.Instance
+	var ini ec2.NetworkInterface
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckInstanceDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccInstanceConfigPrimaryNetworkInterfaceSourceDestCheck,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckInstanceExists("aws_instance.foo", &instance),
+					testAccCheckAWSENIExists("aws_network_interface.bar", &ini),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("aws_instance.foo", "source_dest_check", "false"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestAccAWSInstance_addSecondaryInterface(t *testing.T) {
 	var before ec2.Instance
 	var after ec2.Instance
@@ -1866,6 +1887,42 @@ resource "aws_instance" "foo" {
 }
 `
 
+const testAccInstanceConfigPrimaryNetworkInterfaceSourceDestCheck = `
+resource "aws_vpc" "foo" {
+  cidr_block = "172.16.0.0/16"
+  tags {
+    Name = "tf-instance-test"
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_subnet" "foo" {
+  vpc_id = "${aws_vpc.foo.id}"
+  cidr_block = "172.16.10.0/24"
+  availability_zone = "us-west-2a"
+  tags {
+    Name = "tf-instance-test"
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_network_interface" "bar" {
+  subnet_id = "${aws_subnet.foo.id}"
+  private_ips = ["172.16.10.100"]
+  source_dest_check = false
+  tags {
+    Name = "primary_network_interface"
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_instance" "foo" {
+	ami = "ami-22b9a343"
+	instance_type = "t2.micro"
+	network_interface {
+	 network_interface_id = "${aws_network_interface.bar.id}"
+	 device_index = 0
+  }
+}
+`
+
 const testAccInstanceConfigAddSecondaryNetworkInterfaceBefore = `
 resource "aws_vpc" "foo" {
   cidr_block = "172.16.0.0/16"