diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record.go
index 1966c33de..25d73683c 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record.go
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ func resourceAwsRoute53Record() *schema.Resource {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Required: true,
 				ForceNew: true,
+				StateFunc: func(v interface{}) string {
+					value := v.(string)
+					return strings.ToLower(value)
+				},
 			},
 
 			"fqdn": &schema.Schema{
@@ -192,12 +196,13 @@ func resourceAwsRoute53RecordCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) er
 	// Generate an ID
 	vars := []string{
 		zone,
-		d.Get("name").(string),
+		strings.ToLower(d.Get("name").(string)),
 		d.Get("type").(string),
 	}
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("set_identifier"); ok {
 		vars = append(vars, v.(string))
 	}
+
 	d.SetId(strings.Join(vars, "_"))
 
 	// Wait until we are done
@@ -242,6 +247,8 @@ func resourceAwsRoute53RecordRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) erro
 		StartRecordType: aws.String(d.Get("type").(string)),
 	}
 
+	log.Printf("[DEBUG] List resource records sets for zone: %s, opts: %s",
+		zone, lopts)
 	resp, err := conn.ListResourceRecordSets(lopts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -251,7 +258,7 @@ func resourceAwsRoute53RecordRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) erro
 	found := false
 	for _, record := range resp.ResourceRecordSets {
 		name := cleanRecordName(*record.Name)
-		if FQDN(name) != FQDN(*lopts.StartRecordName) {
+		if FQDN(strings.ToLower(name)) != FQDN(strings.ToLower(*lopts.StartRecordName)) {
 			continue
 		}
 		if strings.ToUpper(*record.Type) != strings.ToUpper(*lopts.StartRecordType) {
@@ -279,6 +286,7 @@ func resourceAwsRoute53RecordRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) erro
 	}
 
 	if !found {
+		log.Printf("[DEBUG] No matching record found for: %s, removing from state file", en)
 		d.SetId("")
 	}
 
@@ -440,7 +448,7 @@ func cleanRecordName(name string) string {
 // If it does not, add the zone name to form a fully qualified name
 // and keep AWS happy.
 func expandRecordName(name, zone string) string {
-	rn := strings.TrimSuffix(name, ".")
+	rn := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSuffix(name, "."))
 	zone = strings.TrimSuffix(zone, ".")
 	if !strings.HasSuffix(rn, zone) {
 		rn = strings.Join([]string{name, zone}, ".")
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record_test.go
index bbeb859cd..d10653a0c 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record_test.go
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func testAccCheckRoute53RecordExists(n string) resource.TestCheckFunc {
 		// rec := resp.ResourceRecordSets[0]
 		for _, rec := range resp.ResourceRecordSets {
 			recName := cleanRecordName(*rec.Name)
-			if FQDN(recName) == FQDN(en) && *rec.Type == rType {
+			if FQDN(strings.ToLower(recName)) == FQDN(strings.ToLower(en)) && *rec.Type == rType {
 				return nil
 			}
 		}
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ resource "aws_route53_zone" "main" {
 
 resource "aws_route53_record" "default" {
 	zone_id = "${aws_route53_zone.main.zone_id}"
-	name = "www.notexample.com"
+	name = "www.NOTexamplE.com"
 	type = "A"
 	ttl = "30"
 	records = ["127.0.0.1", "127.0.0.27"]