diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/import_aws_iam_account_alias_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/import_aws_iam_account_alias_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e2d00b68cf61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/import_aws_iam_account_alias_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package aws
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/acctest"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
+)
+
+func TestAccAWSIAMAccountAlias_importBasic(t *testing.T) {
+	resourceName := "aws_iam_account_alias.test"
+
+	rstring := acctest.RandString(5)
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSIAMAccountAliasDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccAWSIAMAccountAliasConfig(rstring),
+			},
+
+			resource.TestStep{
+				ResourceName:      resourceName,
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/provider.go b/builtin/providers/aws/provider.go
index d6b156bb0a61..30c56fa30e8d 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/provider.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/provider.go
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ func Provider() terraform.ResourceProvider {
 			"aws_flow_log":                                 resourceAwsFlowLog(),
 			"aws_glacier_vault":                            resourceAwsGlacierVault(),
 			"aws_iam_access_key":                           resourceAwsIamAccessKey(),
+			"aws_iam_account_alias":                        resourceAwsIamAccountAlias(),
 			"aws_iam_account_password_policy":              resourceAwsIamAccountPasswordPolicy(),
 			"aws_iam_group_policy":                         resourceAwsIamGroupPolicy(),
 			"aws_iam_group":                                resourceAwsIamGroup(),
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_account_alias.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_account_alias.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3b1b86f1efb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_account_alias.go
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package aws
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/iam"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
+)
+
+func resourceAwsIamAccountAlias() *schema.Resource {
+	return &schema.Resource{
+		Create: resourceAwsIamAccountAliasCreate,
+		Read:   resourceAwsIamAccountAliasRead,
+		Delete: resourceAwsIamAccountAliasDelete,
+
+		Importer: &schema.ResourceImporter{
+			State: schema.ImportStatePassthrough,
+		},
+
+		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+			"account_alias": {
+				Type:         schema.TypeString,
+				Required:     true,
+				ForceNew:     true,
+				ValidateFunc: validateAccountAlias,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func resourceAwsIamAccountAliasCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
+	conn := meta.(*AWSClient).iamconn
+
+	account_alias := d.Get("account_alias").(string)
+
+	params := &iam.CreateAccountAliasInput{
+		AccountAlias: aws.String(account_alias),
+	}
+
+	_, err := conn.CreateAccountAlias(params)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error creating account alias with name %s", account_alias)
+	}
+
+	d.SetId(account_alias)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func resourceAwsIamAccountAliasRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
+	conn := meta.(*AWSClient).iamconn
+
+	params := &iam.ListAccountAliasesInput{}
+
+	resp, err := conn.ListAccountAliases(params)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if resp == nil || len(resp.AccountAliases) == 0 {
+		d.SetId("")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	account_alias := aws.StringValue(resp.AccountAliases[0])
+
+	d.SetId(account_alias)
+	d.Set("account_alias", account_alias)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func resourceAwsIamAccountAliasDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
+	conn := meta.(*AWSClient).iamconn
+
+	account_alias := d.Get("account_alias").(string)
+
+	params := &iam.DeleteAccountAliasInput{
+		AccountAlias: aws.String(account_alias),
+	}
+
+	_, err := conn.DeleteAccountAlias(params)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error deleting account alias with name %s", account_alias)
+	}
+
+	d.SetId("")
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_account_alias_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_account_alias_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7106566a2985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_account_alias_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package aws
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/iam"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/acctest"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/terraform"
+)
+
+func TestAccAWSIAMAccountAlias_basic(t *testing.T) {
+	var account_alias string
+
+	rstring := acctest.RandString(5)
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSIAMAccountAliasDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccAWSIAMAccountAliasConfig(rstring),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckAWSIAMAccountAliasExists("aws_iam_account_alias.test", &account_alias),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func testAccCheckAWSIAMAccountAliasDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
+	conn := testAccProvider.Meta().(*AWSClient).iamconn
+
+	for _, rs := range s.RootModule().Resources {
+		if rs.Type != "aws_iam_account_alias" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		params := &iam.ListAccountAliasesInput{}
+
+		resp, err := conn.ListAccountAliases(params)
+
+		if err != nil || resp == nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		if len(resp.AccountAliases) > 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Bad: Account alias still exists: %q", rs.Primary.ID)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+
+}
+
+func testAccCheckAWSIAMAccountAliasExists(n string, a *string) resource.TestCheckFunc {
+	return func(s *terraform.State) error {
+		rs, ok := s.RootModule().Resources[n]
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Not found: %s", n)
+		}
+
+		conn := testAccProvider.Meta().(*AWSClient).iamconn
+		params := &iam.ListAccountAliasesInput{}
+
+		resp, err := conn.ListAccountAliases(params)
+
+		if err != nil || resp == nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		if len(resp.AccountAliases) == 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Bad: Account alias %q does not exist", rs.Primary.ID)
+		}
+
+		*a = aws.StringValue(resp.AccountAliases[0])
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func testAccAWSIAMAccountAliasConfig(rstring string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "aws_iam_account_alias" "test" {
+  account_alias = "terraform-%s-alias"
+}
+`, rstring)
+}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/validators.go b/builtin/providers/aws/validators.go
index e6c6962a0435..f7a600c2c424 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/validators.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/validators.go
@@ -930,3 +930,22 @@ func validateConfigExecutionFrequency(v interface{}, k string) (ws []string, err
 		k, frequency, validFrequencies))
 	return
 }
+
+func validateAccountAlias(v interface{}, k string) (ws []string, es []error) {
+	val := v.(string)
+
+	if (len(val) < 3) || (len(val) > 63) {
+		es = append(es, fmt.Errorf("%q must contain from 3 to 63 alphanumeric characters or hyphens", k))
+	}
+	if !regexp.MustCompile("^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]+$").MatchString(val) {
+		es = append(es, fmt.Errorf("%q must start with an alphanumeric character and only contain lowercase alphanumeric characters and hyphens", k))
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(val, "--") {
+		es = append(es, fmt.Errorf("%q must not contain consecutive hyphens", k))
+	}
+	if strings.HasSuffix(val, "-") {
+		es = append(es, fmt.Errorf("%q must not end in a hyphen", k))
+	}
+
+	return
+}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/validators_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/validators_test.go
index 8920ae76495a..21136d3bbc6a 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/validators_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/validators_test.go
@@ -1550,3 +1550,32 @@ func TestValidateDmsReplicationTaskId(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestValidateAccountAlias(t *testing.T) {
+	validAliases := []string{
+		"tf-alias",
+		"0tf-alias1",
+	}
+
+	for _, s := range validAliases {
+		_, errors := validateAccountAlias(s, "account_alias")
+		if len(errors) > 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("%q should be a valid account alias: %v", s, errors)
+		}
+	}
+
+	invalidAliases := []string{
+		"tf",
+		"-tf",
+		"tf-",
+		"TF-Alias",
+		"tf-alias-tf-alias-tf-alias-tf-alias-tf-alias-tf-alias-tf-alias-tf-alias",
+	}
+
+	for _, s := range invalidAliases {
+		_, errors := validateAccountAlias(s, "account_alias")
+		if len(errors) == 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("%q should not be a valid account alias: %v", s, errors)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/iam_account_alias.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/iam_account_alias.html.markdown
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7acd088347f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/iam_account_alias.html.markdown
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+---
+layout: "aws"
+page_title: "AWS: aws_iam_account_alias"
+sidebar_current: "docs-aws-resource-iam-account-alias"
+description: |-
+  Manages the account alias for the AWS Account.
+---
+
+# aws\_iam\_account\_alias
+
+-> **Note:** There is only a single account alias per AWS account.
+
+Manages the account alias for the AWS Account.
+
+## Example Usage
+
+```
+resource "aws_iam_account_alias" "alias" {
+  account_alias = "my-account-alias"
+}
+```
+
+## Argument Reference
+
+The following arguments are supported:
+
+* `account_alias` - (Required) The account alias
+
+## Import
+
+The current Account Alias can be imported using the `account_alias`, e.g.
+
+```
+$ terraform import aws_iam_account_alias.alias my-account-alias
+```
diff --git a/website/source/layouts/aws.erb b/website/source/layouts/aws.erb
index 1b868743c3c8..fa7caad7a6f7 100644
--- a/website/source/layouts/aws.erb
+++ b/website/source/layouts/aws.erb
@@ -702,6 +702,10 @@
                             <a href="/docs/providers/aws/r/iam_access_key.html">aws_iam_access_key</a>
                         </li>
 
+                        <li<%= sidebar_current("docs-aws-resource-iam-account-alias") %>>
+                            <a href="/docs/providers/aws/r/iam_account_alias.html">aws_iam_account_alias</a>
+                        </li>
+
                         <li<%= sidebar_current("docs-aws-resource-iam-account-password-policy") %>>
                             <a href="/docs/providers/aws/r/iam_account_password_policy.html">aws_iam_account_password_policy</a>
                         </li>