diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_health_check.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_health_check.go
index 5d91802e7..0510e9d83 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_health_check.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_health_check.go
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ func resourceAwsRoute53HealthCheck() *schema.Resource {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Optional: true,
 			},
+			"reference_name": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Optional: true,
+				ForceNew: true,
+			},
 
 			"tags": tagsSchema(),
 		},
@@ -253,8 +258,13 @@ func resourceAwsRoute53HealthCheckCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{
 		}
 	}
 
+	callerRef := resource.UniqueId()
+	if v, ok := d.GetOk("reference_name"); ok {
+		callerRef = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", v.(string), callerRef)
+	}
+
 	input := &route53.CreateHealthCheckInput{
-		CallerReference:   aws.String(time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339Nano)),
+		CallerReference:   aws.String(callerRef),
 		HealthCheckConfig: healthConfig,
 	}
 
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/route53_health_check.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/route53_health_check.html.markdown
index 283e978d0..6c449e090 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/route53_health_check.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/route53_health_check.html.markdown
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ resource "aws_route53_health_check" "foo" {
 
 The following arguments are supported:
 
+* `reference_name` - (Optional) This is a reference name used in Caller Reference
+    (helpful for identifying single health_check set amongst others)
 * `fqdn` - (Optional) The fully qualified domain name of the endpoint to be checked.
 * `ip_address` - (Optional) The IP address of the endpoint to be checked.
 * `port` - (Optional) The port of the endpoint to be checked.