diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_batch_job_definition.go b/aws/resource_aws_batch_job_definition.go
index e4eac2109e3..715c7d2bbdc 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_batch_job_definition.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_batch_job_definition.go
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ func resourceAwsBatchJobDefinition() *schema.Resource {
 		Read:   resourceAwsBatchJobDefinitionRead,
 		Delete: resourceAwsBatchJobDefinitionDelete,
 
+		Importer: &schema.ResourceImporter{
+			State: func(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) ([]*schema.ResourceData, error) {
+				d.Set("arn", d.Id())
+				return []*schema.ResourceData{d}, nil
+			},
+		},
+
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 			"name": {
 				Type:         schema.TypeString,
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_batch_job_definition_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_batch_job_definition_test.go
index 52f4d15fe44..7b1609941ae 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_batch_job_definition_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_batch_job_definition_test.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ func TestAccAWSBatchJobDefinition_basic(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	ri := acctest.RandInt()
 	config := fmt.Sprintf(testAccBatchJobDefinitionBaseConfig, ri)
+	resourceName := "aws_batch_job_definition.test"
 	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
 		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t); testAccPreCheckAWSBatch(t) },
 		Providers:    testAccProviders,
@@ -60,11 +61,15 @@ func TestAccAWSBatchJobDefinition_basic(t *testing.T) {
 			{
 				Config: config,
 				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
-					testAccCheckBatchJobDefinitionExists("aws_batch_job_definition.test", &jd),
-					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("aws_batch_job_definition.test", "name", fmt.Sprintf("tf_acctest_batch_job_definition_%d", ri)),
+					testAccCheckBatchJobDefinitionExists(resourceName, &jd),
 					testAccCheckBatchJobDefinitionAttributes(&jd, &compare),
 				),
 			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:      resourceName,
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+			},
 		},
 	})
 }
@@ -75,6 +80,7 @@ func TestAccAWSBatchJobDefinition_updateForcesNewResource(t *testing.T) {
 	ri := acctest.RandInt()
 	config := fmt.Sprintf(testAccBatchJobDefinitionBaseConfig, ri)
 	updateConfig := fmt.Sprintf(testAccBatchJobDefinitionUpdateConfig, ri)
+	resourceName := "aws_batch_job_definition.test"
 	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
 		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t); testAccPreCheckAWSBatch(t) },
 		Providers:    testAccProviders,
@@ -83,17 +89,22 @@ func TestAccAWSBatchJobDefinition_updateForcesNewResource(t *testing.T) {
 			{
 				Config: config,
 				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
-					testAccCheckBatchJobDefinitionExists("aws_batch_job_definition.test", &before),
+					testAccCheckBatchJobDefinitionExists(resourceName, &before),
 					testAccCheckBatchJobDefinitionAttributes(&before, nil),
 				),
 			},
 			{
 				Config: updateConfig,
 				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
-					testAccCheckBatchJobDefinitionExists("aws_batch_job_definition.test", &after),
+					testAccCheckBatchJobDefinitionExists(resourceName, &after),
 					testAccCheckJobDefinitionRecreated(t, &before, &after),
 				),
 			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:      resourceName,
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+			},
 		},
 	})
 }
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_batch_job_queue_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_batch_job_queue_test.go
index 931ccfebd74..fc9e4f87141 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_batch_job_queue_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_batch_job_queue_test.go
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ func TestAccAWSBatchJobQueue_disappears(t *testing.T) {
 				),
 				ExpectNonEmptyPlan: true,
 			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:      resourceName,
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+			},
 		},
 	})
 }
diff --git a/website/docs/r/batch_job_definition.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/batch_job_definition.html.markdown
index 3d805b7c287..8ac612f6abd 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/batch_job_definition.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/batch_job_definition.html.markdown
@@ -84,3 +84,11 @@ In addition to all arguments above, the following attributes are exported:
 
 * `arn` - The Amazon Resource Name of the job definition.
 * `revision` - The revision of the job definition.
+
+## Import
+
+Batch Job Definition can be imported using the `arn`, e.g.
+
+```
+$ terraform import aws_batch_job_definition.test arn:aws:batch:us-east-1:123456789012:job-definition/sample
+```
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