diff --git a/google/resource_compute_network_peering.go b/google/resource_compute_network_peering.go
index 593b3063201..e5181881a1b 100644
--- a/google/resource_compute_network_peering.go
+++ b/google/resource_compute_network_peering.go
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ func resourceComputeNetworkPeering() *schema.Resource {
 		Create: resourceComputeNetworkPeeringCreate,
 		Read:   resourceComputeNetworkPeeringRead,
 		Delete: resourceComputeNetworkPeeringDelete,
-
+		Importer: &schema.ResourceImporter{
+			State: resourceComputeNetworkPeeringImporter,
+		},
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 			"name": {
 				Type:         schema.TypeString,
@@ -61,6 +63,22 @@ func resourceComputeNetworkPeering() *schema.Resource {
 	}
 }
 
+func resourceComputeNetworkPeeringImporter(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) ([]*schema.ResourceData, error) {
+	config := meta.(*Config)
+	if err := parseImportId([]string{"(?P<network>[^/]+)/(?P<name>[^/]+)"}, d, config); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Replace import id for the resource id
+	id, err := replaceVars(d, config, "{{name}}")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error constructing id: %s", err)
+	}
+	d.SetId(id)
+
+	return []*schema.ResourceData{d}, nil
+}
+
 func resourceComputeNetworkPeeringCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	config := meta.(*Config)
 	networkFieldValue, err := ParseNetworkFieldValue(d.Get("network").(string), d, config)
diff --git a/google/resource_compute_network_peering_test.go b/google/resource_compute_network_peering_test.go
index 4de93ae9dbc..c3a8df33c1c 100644
--- a/google/resource_compute_network_peering_test.go
+++ b/google/resource_compute_network_peering_test.go
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ func TestAccComputeNetworkPeering_basic(t *testing.T) {
 					testAccCheckComputeNetworkPeeringAutoCreateRoutes(true, &peering_beta),
 				),
 			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:      "google_compute_network_peering.foo",
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+			},
 		},
 	})
 
diff --git a/website/docs/r/compute_network_peering.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/compute_network_peering.html.markdown
index e649c0ee2ac..5d5d7cf3046 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/compute_network_peering.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/compute_network_peering.html.markdown
@@ -64,3 +64,10 @@ exported:
 * `state` - State for the peering.
 
 * `state_details` - Details about the current state of the peering.
+
+## Import
+VPC Peering Networks can be imported using the name of the network the peering exists in and the name of the peering network
+
+```
+$ terraform import google_compute_network_peering.peering_network network-name/peering-network-name
+```
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