diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/cloudfront_distribution_configuration_structure.go b/builtin/providers/aws/cloudfront_distribution_configuration_structure.go
index 6d0896c01..b84e1b151 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/cloudfront_distribution_configuration_structure.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/cloudfront_distribution_configuration_structure.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ func expandDistributionConfig(d *schema.ResourceData) *cloudfront.DistributionCo
 		CustomErrorResponses: expandCustomErrorResponses(d.Get("custom_error_response").(*schema.Set)),
 		DefaultCacheBehavior: expandDefaultCacheBehavior(d.Get("default_cache_behavior").(*schema.Set).List()[0].(map[string]interface{})),
 		Enabled:              aws.Bool(d.Get("enabled").(bool)),
+		HttpVersion:          aws.String(d.Get("http_version").(string)),
 		Origins:              expandOrigins(d.Get("origin").(*schema.Set)),
 		PriceClass:           aws.String(d.Get("price_class").(string)),
 	}
@@ -122,6 +123,9 @@ func flattenDistributionConfig(d *schema.ResourceData, distributionConfig *cloud
 	if distributionConfig.DefaultRootObject != nil {
 		d.Set("default_root_object", distributionConfig.DefaultRootObject)
 	}
+	if distributionConfig.HttpVersion != nil {
+		d.Set("http_version", distributionConfig.HttpVersion)
+	}
 	if distributionConfig.WebACLId != nil {
 		d.Set("web_acl_id", distributionConfig.WebACLId)
 	}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_cloudfront_distribution.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_cloudfront_distribution.go
index 8e938b9d3..aa46bedbb 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_cloudfront_distribution.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_cloudfront_distribution.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package aws
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"time"
 
@@ -251,6 +252,12 @@ func resourceAwsCloudFrontDistribution() *schema.Resource {
 				Type:     schema.TypeBool,
 				Required: true,
 			},
+			"http_version": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:         schema.TypeString,
+				Optional:     true,
+				Default:      "http2",
+				ValidateFunc: validateHTTP,
+			},
 			"logging_config": &schema.Schema{
 				Type:     schema.TypeSet,
 				Optional: true,
@@ -609,3 +616,20 @@ func resourceAwsCloudFrontWebDistributionStateRefreshFunc(id string, meta interf
 		return resp.Distribution, *resp.Distribution.Status, nil
 	}
 }
+
+// validateHTTP ensures that the http_version resource parameter is
+// correct.
+func validateHTTP(v interface{}, k string) (ws []string, errors []error) {
+	value := v.(string)
+	found := false
+	for _, w := range []string{"http1.1", "http2"} {
+		if value == w {
+			found = true
+		}
+	}
+	if found == false {
+		errors = append(errors, fmt.Errorf(
+			"HTTP version parameter must be one of http1.1 or http2"))
+	}
+	return
+}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_cloudfront_distribution_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_cloudfront_distribution_test.go
index 52946c633..b477c53b2 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_cloudfront_distribution_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_cloudfront_distribution_test.go
@@ -110,6 +110,30 @@ func TestAccAWSCloudFrontDistribution_noOptionalItemsConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+// TestAccAWSCloudFrontDistribution_HTTP11Config runs an
+// aws_cloudfront_distribution acceptance test with the HTTP version set to
+// 1.1.
+//
+// If you are testing manually and can't wait for deletion, set the
+// TF_TEST_CLOUDFRONT_RETAIN environment variable.
+func TestAccAWSCloudFrontDistribution_HTTP11Config(t *testing.T) {
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckCloudFrontDistributionDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccAWSCloudFrontDistributionHTTP11Config,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckCloudFrontDistributionExistence(
+						"aws_cloudfront_distribution.http_1_1",
+					),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestAccAWSCloudFrontDistribution_noCustomErrorResponseConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
 		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
@@ -491,3 +515,51 @@ resource "aws_cloudfront_distribution" "no_optional_items" {
 	%s
 }
 `, rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano())).Int(), testAccAWSCloudFrontDistributionRetainConfig())
+
+var testAccAWSCloudFrontDistributionHTTP11Config = fmt.Sprintf(`
+variable rand_id {
+	default = %d
+}
+
+resource "aws_cloudfront_distribution" "http_1_1" {
+	origin {
+		domain_name = "www.example.com"
+		origin_id = "myCustomOrigin"
+		custom_origin_config {
+			http_port = 80
+			https_port = 443
+			origin_protocol_policy = "http-only"
+			origin_ssl_protocols = [ "SSLv3", "TLSv1" ]
+		}
+	}
+	enabled = true
+	comment = "Some comment"
+	default_cache_behavior {
+		allowed_methods = [ "DELETE", "GET", "HEAD", "OPTIONS", "PATCH", "POST", "PUT" ]
+		cached_methods = [ "GET", "HEAD" ]
+		target_origin_id = "myCustomOrigin"
+		smooth_streaming = false
+		forwarded_values {
+			query_string = false
+			cookies {
+				forward = "all"
+			}
+		}
+		viewer_protocol_policy = "allow-all"
+		min_ttl = 0
+		default_ttl = 3600
+		max_ttl = 86400
+	}
+	http_version = "http1.1"
+	restrictions {
+		geo_restriction {
+			restriction_type = "whitelist"
+			locations = [ "US", "CA", "GB", "DE" ]
+		}
+	}
+	viewer_certificate {
+		cloudfront_default_certificate = true
+	}
+	%s
+}
+`, rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano())).Int(), testAccAWSCloudFrontDistributionRetainConfig())
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/cloudfront_distribution.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/cloudfront_distribution.html.markdown
index 864e58943..46f41a3df 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/cloudfront_distribution.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/cloudfront_distribution.html.markdown
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ of several sub-resources - these resources are laid out below.
   * `enabled` (Required) - Whether the distribution is enabled to accept end
     user requests for content.
 
+  * `http_version` (Optional) - The maximum HTTP version to support on the
+    distribution. Allowed values are `http1.1` and `http2`. The default is
+    `http2`.
+
   * `logging_config` (Optional) - The [logging
     configuration](#logging-config-arguments) that controls how logs are written
     to your distribution (maximum one).