diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 220d08288..51103570d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ BUG FIXES:
   * provider/aws: Allow cluster name, not only ARN for `aws_ecs_service` [GH-3668]
   * provider/aws: ignore association not exist on route table destroy [GH-3615]
   * provider/aws: Fix policy encoding issue with SNS Topics [GH-3700]
+  * provider/aws: Tolerate ElastiCache clusters being deleted outside Terraform [GH-3767]
   * provider/azure: various bugfixes [GH-3695]
   * provider/digitalocean: fix issue preventing SSH fingerprints from working [GH-3633]
   * provider/openstack: Fix several issues causing unresolvable diffs [GH-3440]
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elasticache_cluster.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elasticache_cluster.go
index 3460fb292..f2410dcd5 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elasticache_cluster.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elasticache_cluster.go
@@ -241,6 +241,12 @@ func resourceAwsElasticacheClusterRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 
 	res, err := conn.DescribeCacheClusters(req)
 	if err != nil {
+		if eccErr, ok := err.(awserr.Error); ok && eccErr.Code() == "CacheClusterNotFound" {
+			log.Printf("[WARN] ElastiCache Cluster (%s) not found", d.Id())
+			d.SetId("")
+			return nil
+		}
+
 		return err
 	}