diff --git a/.changelog/3224.txt b/.changelog/3224.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..62553ae302e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/3224.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:enhancement
+compute: Added support for full-name/id `network_endpoint_group` value in `google_network_endpoint`
+```
diff --git a/google/resource_compute_network_endpoint.go b/google/resource_compute_network_endpoint.go
index 843f1a86a8c..c6742ec3c6c 100644
--- a/google/resource_compute_network_endpoint.go
+++ b/google/resource_compute_network_endpoint.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ range).`,
 				Type:             schema.TypeString,
 				Required:         true,
 				ForceNew:         true,
-				DiffSuppressFunc: compareSelfLinkOrResourceName,
+				DiffSuppressFunc: compareResourceNames,
 				Description:      `The network endpoint group this endpoint is part of.`,
 			},
 			"port": {
@@ -332,6 +332,9 @@ func expandComputeNetworkEndpointIpAddress(v interface{}, d TerraformResourceDat
 }
 
 func resourceComputeNetworkEndpointEncoder(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}, obj map[string]interface{}) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+	// Network Endpoint Group is a URL parameter only, so replace self-link/path with resource name only.
+	d.Set("network_endpoint_group", GetResourceNameFromSelfLink(d.Get("network_endpoint_group").(string)))
+
 	wrappedReq := map[string]interface{}{
 		"networkEndpoints": []interface{}{obj},
 	}
diff --git a/google/resource_compute_network_endpoint_test.go b/google/resource_compute_network_endpoint_test.go
index 48935856901..ab5e761e011 100644
--- a/google/resource_compute_network_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/google/resource_compute_network_endpoint_test.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func testAccComputeNetworkEndpoint_networkEndpointsBasic(context map[string]inte
 	return Nprintf(`
 resource "google_compute_network_endpoint" "default" {
   zone                   = "us-central1-a"
-  network_endpoint_group = google_compute_network_endpoint_group.neg.name
+  network_endpoint_group = google_compute_network_endpoint_group.neg.id
 
   instance   = google_compute_instance.default.name
   ip_address = google_compute_instance.default.network_interface[0].network_ip
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func testAccComputeNetworkEndpoint_networkEndpointsAdditional(context map[string
 	return Nprintf(`
 resource "google_compute_network_endpoint" "default" {
   zone                   = "us-central1-a"
-  network_endpoint_group = google_compute_network_endpoint_group.neg.name
+  network_endpoint_group = google_compute_network_endpoint_group.neg.id
 
   instance   = google_compute_instance.default.name
   ip_address = google_compute_instance.default.network_interface[0].network_ip
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ resource "google_compute_network_endpoint" "default" {
 
 resource "google_compute_network_endpoint" "add1" {
   zone                   = "us-central1-a"
-  network_endpoint_group = google_compute_network_endpoint_group.neg.name
+  network_endpoint_group = google_compute_network_endpoint_group.neg.id
 
   instance   = google_compute_instance.default.name
   ip_address = google_compute_instance.default.network_interface[0].network_ip