diff --git a/terraform/resource_address.go b/terraform/resource_address.go
index a096c2706..06fbced8d 100644
--- a/terraform/resource_address.go
+++ b/terraform/resource_address.go
@@ -98,6 +98,16 @@ func (r *ResourceAddress) HasResourceSpec() bool {
 	return r.Type != "" && r.Name != ""
 }
 
+// WholeModuleAddress returns the resource address that refers to all
+// resources in the same module as the receiver address.
+func (r *ResourceAddress) WholeModuleAddress() *ResourceAddress {
+	return &ResourceAddress{
+		Path:            r.Path,
+		Index:           -1,
+		InstanceTypeSet: false,
+	}
+}
+
 // stateId returns the ID that this resource should be entered with
 // in the state. This is also used for diffs. In the future, we'd like to
 // move away from this string field so I don't export this.
diff --git a/terraform/resource_address_test.go b/terraform/resource_address_test.go
index 3282b5289..bcf871c5e 100644
--- a/terraform/resource_address_test.go
+++ b/terraform/resource_address_test.go
@@ -685,3 +685,61 @@ func TestResourceAddressHasResourceSpec(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestResourceAddressWholeModuleAddress(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		Input string
+		Want  string
+	}{
+		{
+			"module.foo",
+			"module.foo",
+		},
+		{
+			"module.foo.module.bar",
+			"module.foo.module.bar",
+		},
+		{
+			"null_resource.baz",
+			"",
+		},
+		{
+			"null_resource.baz[0]",
+			"",
+		},
+		{
+			"data.null_data_source.baz",
+			"",
+		},
+		{
+			"data.null_data_source.baz[0]",
+			"",
+		},
+		{
+			"module.foo.null_resource.baz",
+			"module.foo",
+		},
+		{
+			"module.foo.data.null_data_source.baz",
+			"module.foo",
+		},
+		{
+			"module.foo.module.bar.null_resource.baz",
+			"module.foo.module.bar",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range cases {
+		t.Run(test.Input, func(t *testing.T) {
+			addr, err := ParseResourceAddress(test.Input)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("error parsing address: %s", err)
+			}
+			gotAddr := addr.WholeModuleAddress()
+			got := gotAddr.String()
+			if got != test.Want {
+				t.Fatalf("%q: wrong result %#v; want %#v", test.Input, got, test.Want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}