diff --git a/google/compute_region_backend_service.go b/google/compute_region_backend_service.go
index f2e329b44..96c51c40a 100644
--- a/google/compute_region_backend_service.go
+++ b/google/compute_region_backend_service.go
@@ -192,6 +192,12 @@ func GetComputeRegionBackendServiceApiObject(d TerraformResourceData, config *Co
 	} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("timeout_sec"); !isEmptyValue(reflect.ValueOf(timeoutSecProp)) && (ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, timeoutSecProp)) {
 		obj["timeoutSec"] = timeoutSecProp
 	}
+	networkProp, err := expandComputeRegionBackendServiceNetwork(d.Get("network"), d, config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("network"); !isEmptyValue(reflect.ValueOf(networkProp)) && (ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, networkProp)) {
+		obj["network"] = networkProp
+	}
 	regionProp, err := expandComputeRegionBackendServiceRegion(d.Get("region"), d, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -426,6 +432,14 @@ func expandComputeRegionBackendServiceTimeoutSec(v interface{}, d TerraformResou
 	return v, nil
 }
 
+func expandComputeRegionBackendServiceNetwork(v interface{}, d TerraformResourceData, config *Config) (interface{}, error) {
+	f, err := parseGlobalFieldValue("networks", v.(string), "project", d, config, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid value for network: %s", err)
+	}
+	return f.RelativeLink(), nil
+}
+
 func expandComputeRegionBackendServiceRegion(v interface{}, d TerraformResourceData, config *Config) (interface{}, error) {
 	f, err := parseGlobalFieldValue("regions", v.(string), "project", d, config, true)
 	if err != nil {