diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_neptune_event_subscription.go b/aws/resource_aws_neptune_event_subscription.go
index e5fb2e0043b..7e2e1194087 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_neptune_event_subscription.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_neptune_event_subscription.go
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ func resourceAwsNeptuneEventSubscription() *schema.Resource {
 		Read:   resourceAwsNeptuneEventSubscriptionRead,
 		Update: resourceAwsNeptuneEventSubscriptionUpdate,
 		Delete: resourceAwsNeptuneEventSubscriptionDelete,
+		Importer: &schema.ResourceImporter{
+			State: schema.ImportStatePassthrough,
+		},
 
 		Timeouts: &schema.ResourceTimeout{
 			Create: schema.DefaultTimeout(40 * time.Minute),
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_neptune_event_subscription_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_neptune_event_subscription_test.go
index 45cb0d632d1..30a56c99ca9 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_neptune_event_subscription_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_neptune_event_subscription_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ func TestAccAWSNeptuneEventSubscription_basic(t *testing.T) {
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("aws_neptune_event_subscription.bar", "tags.Name", "tf-acc-test1"),
 				),
 			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:      "aws_neptune_event_subscription.bar",
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+			},
 		},
 	})
 }
@@ -67,6 +72,12 @@ func TestAccAWSNeptuneEventSubscription_withPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 						"aws_neptune_event_subscription.bar", "name", startsWithPrefix),
 				),
 			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:            "aws_neptune_event_subscription.bar",
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"name_prefix"},
+			},
 		},
 	})
 }
@@ -100,6 +111,11 @@ func TestAccAWSNeptuneEventSubscription_withSourceIds(t *testing.T) {
 						"aws_neptune_event_subscription.bar", "source_ids.#", "2"),
 				),
 			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:      "aws_neptune_event_subscription.bar",
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+			},
 		},
 	})
 }
@@ -133,6 +149,11 @@ func TestAccAWSNeptuneEventSubscription_withCategories(t *testing.T) {
 						"aws_neptune_event_subscription.bar", "event_categories.#", "1"),
 				),
 			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:      "aws_neptune_event_subscription.bar",
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+			},
 		},
 	})
 }
diff --git a/website/docs/r/neptune_event_subscription.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/neptune_event_subscription.html.markdown
index d036ee528b7..57fe1dae2bb 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/neptune_event_subscription.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/neptune_event_subscription.html.markdown
@@ -89,4 +89,12 @@ configuration options:
 
 - `create` - (Default `40m`) How long to wait for creating event subscription to become available.
 - `delete` - (Default `40m`) How long to wait for deleting event subscription to become fully deleted.
-- `update` - (Default `40m`) How long to wait for updating event subscription to complete updates.
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+- `update` - (Default `40m`) How long to wait for updating event subscription to complete updates.
+
+## Import
+
+`aws_neptune_event_subscription` can be imported by using the event subscription name, e.g.
+
+```
+$ terraform import aws_neptune_event_subscription.example my-event-subscription
+```