diff --git a/provider/data_source_keycloak_role.go b/provider/data_source_keycloak_role.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0b3f84e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/provider/data_source_keycloak_role.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package provider
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
+	"github.com/mrparkers/terraform-provider-keycloak/keycloak"
+)
+
+func dataSourceKeycloakRole() *schema.Resource {
+	return &schema.Resource{
+		Read: dataSourceKeycloakRoleRead,
+		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+			"realm_id": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Required: true,
+			},
+			"client_id": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Optional: true,
+			},
+			"name": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Required: true,
+			},
+			"description": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func dataSourceKeycloakRoleRead(data *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
+	keycloakClient := meta.(*keycloak.KeycloakClient)
+
+	realmId := data.Get("realm_id").(string)
+	clientId := data.Get("client_id").(string)
+	roleName := data.Get("name").(string)
+
+	role, err := keycloakClient.GetRoleByName(realmId, clientId, roleName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	mapFromRoleToData(data, role)
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/provider/data_source_keycloak_role_test.go b/provider/data_source_keycloak_role_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6eb7a5af4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/provider/data_source_keycloak_role_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+package provider
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/acctest"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/terraform"
+	"github.com/mrparkers/terraform-provider-keycloak/keycloak"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestAccKeycloakDataSourceRole_basic(t *testing.T) {
+	realm := "terraform-" + acctest.RandString(10)
+	client := "terraform-client-" + acctest.RandString(10)
+	realmRole := "terraform-role-" + acctest.RandString(10)
+	clientRole := "terraform-role-" + acctest.RandString(10)
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckKeycloakRoleDestroy(),
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testDataSourceKeycloakRole_basic(realm, client, realmRole, clientRole),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckKeycloakRoleExists("keycloak_role.realm_role"),
+					testAccCheckKeycloakRoleExists("keycloak_role.client_role"),
+					// realm role
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair("keycloak_role.realm_role", "id", "data.keycloak_role.realm_role", "id"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair("keycloak_role.realm_role", "realm_id", "data.keycloak_role.realm_role", "realm_id"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair("keycloak_role.realm_role", "name", "data.keycloak_role.realm_role", "name"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair("keycloak_role.realm_role", "description", "data.keycloak_role.realm_role", "description"),
+					testAccCheckDataKeycloakRole("data.keycloak_role.realm_role"),
+					// client role
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair("keycloak_role.client_role", "id", "data.keycloak_role.client_role", "id"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair("keycloak_role.client_role", "realm_id", "data.keycloak_role.client_role", "realm_id"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair("keycloak_role.client_role", "client_id", "data.keycloak_role.client_role", "client_id"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair("keycloak_role.client_role", "name", "data.keycloak_role.client_role", "name"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair("keycloak_role.client_role", "description", "data.keycloak_role.client_role", "description"),
+					testAccCheckDataKeycloakRole("data.keycloak_role.client_role"),
+					// offline_access
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair("keycloak_realm.realm", "realm", "data.keycloak_role.realm_offline_access", "realm_id"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("data.keycloak_role.realm_offline_access", "name", "offline_access"),
+					testAccCheckDataKeycloakRole("data.keycloak_role.realm_offline_access"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func testAccCheckDataKeycloakRole(resourceName string) resource.TestCheckFunc {
+	return func(s *terraform.State) error {
+		rs, ok := s.RootModule().Resources[resourceName]
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("resource not found: %s", resourceName)
+		}
+
+		keycloakClient := testAccProvider.Meta().(*keycloak.KeycloakClient)
+
+		id := rs.Primary.ID
+		realmId := rs.Primary.Attributes["realm_id"]
+		name := rs.Primary.Attributes["name"]
+
+		role, err := keycloakClient.GetRole(realmId, id)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if role.Name != name {
+			return fmt.Errorf("expected role with ID %s to have name %s, but got %s", id, name, role.Name)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func testDataSourceKeycloakRole_basic(realm, client, realmRole, clientRole string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "keycloak_realm" "realm" {
+	realm = "%s"
+}
+
+resource "keycloak_openid_client" "client" {
+	client_id   = "%s"
+	realm_id    = "${keycloak_realm.realm.id}"
+	access_type = "CONFIDENTIAL"
+}
+
+resource "keycloak_role" "realm_role" {
+	name     = "%s"
+	realm_id = "${keycloak_realm.realm.id}"
+}
+
+resource "keycloak_role" "client_role" {
+	name      = "%s"
+	realm_id  = "${keycloak_realm.realm.id}"
+	client_id = "${keycloak_openid_client.client.id}"
+}
+
+data "keycloak_role" "realm_role" {
+	realm_id = "${keycloak_realm.realm.id}"
+	name     = "${keycloak_role.realm_role.name}"
+}
+
+data "keycloak_role" "client_role" {
+	realm_id  = "${keycloak_realm.realm.id}"
+	client_id = "${keycloak_openid_client.client.id}"
+	name      = "${keycloak_role.client_role.name}"
+}
+
+data "keycloak_role" "realm_offline_access" {
+	realm_id = "${keycloak_realm.realm.id}"
+	name     = "offline_access"
+}
+	`, realm, client, realmRole, clientRole)
+}
diff --git a/provider/provider.go b/provider/provider.go
index 3f9e881a7..2a856dd64 100644
--- a/provider/provider.go
+++ b/provider/provider.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ func KeycloakProvider() *schema.Provider {
 			"keycloak_openid_client":                      dataSourceKeycloakOpenidClient(),
 			"keycloak_openid_client_authorization_policy": dataSourceKeycloakOpenidClientAuthorizationPolicy(),
 			"keycloak_realm_keys":                         dataSourceKeycloakRealmKeys(),
+			"keycloak_role":                               dataSourceKeycloakRole(),
 		},
 		ResourcesMap: map[string]*schema.Resource{
 			"keycloak_realm":                                           resourceKeycloakRealm(),