diff --git a/vault/resource_aws_secret_backend_role.go b/vault/resource_aws_secret_backend_role.go
index dd6839f4c..659accbc0 100644
--- a/vault/resource_aws_secret_backend_role.go
+++ b/vault/resource_aws_secret_backend_role.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func awsSecretBackendRoleResource() *schema.Resource {
 			"policy_arns": {
 				Type:          schema.TypeList,
 				Optional:      true,
-				ConflictsWith: []string{"policy_document", "policy", "policy_arn"},
+				ConflictsWith: []string{"policy", "policy_arn"},
 				Description:   "ARN for an existing IAM policy the role should use.",
 				Elem: &schema.Schema{
 					Type: schema.TypeString,
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func awsSecretBackendRoleResource() *schema.Resource {
 			"policy_document": {
 				Type:             schema.TypeString,
 				Optional:         true,
-				ConflictsWith:    []string{"policy_arns", "policy_arn", "policy"},
+				ConflictsWith:    []string{"policy_arn", "policy"},
 				Description:      "IAM policy the role should use in JSON format.",
 				DiffSuppressFunc: util.JsonDiffSuppress,
 			},
diff --git a/vault/resource_aws_secret_backend_role_test.go b/vault/resource_aws_secret_backend_role_test.go
index f49fb8683..0a7eec342 100644
--- a/vault/resource_aws_secret_backend_role_test.go
+++ b/vault/resource_aws_secret_backend_role_test.go
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ func TestAccAWSSecretBackendRole_basic(t *testing.T) {
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_arns", "name", fmt.Sprintf("%s-policy-arn", name)),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_arns", "backend", backend),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_arns", "policy_arns.0", testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyArn_basic),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_inline_and_arns", "name", fmt.Sprintf("%s-policy-inline-and-arns", name)),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_inline_and_arns", "backend", backend),
+					util.TestCheckResourceAttrJSON("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_inline_and_arns", "policy_document", testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyInline_basic),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_inline_and_arns", "policy_arns.0", testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyArn_basic),
 				),
 			},
 			{
@@ -45,6 +49,10 @@ func TestAccAWSSecretBackendRole_basic(t *testing.T) {
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_arns", "name", fmt.Sprintf("%s-policy-arn", name)),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_arns", "backend", backend),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_arns", "policy_arns.0", testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyArn_updated),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_inline_and_arns", "name", fmt.Sprintf("%s-policy-inline-and-arns", name)),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_inline_and_arns", "backend", backend),
+					util.TestCheckResourceAttrJSON("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_inline_and_arns", "policy_document", testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyInline_updated),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_inline_and_arns", "policy_arns.0", testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyArn_updated),
 				),
 			},
 		},
@@ -69,6 +77,10 @@ func TestAccAWSSecretBackendRole_import(t *testing.T) {
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_arns", "name", fmt.Sprintf("%s-policy-arn", name)),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_arns", "backend", backend),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_arns", "policy_arns.0", testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyArn_basic),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_inline_and_arns", "name", fmt.Sprintf("%s-policy-inline-and-arns", name)),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_inline_and_arns", "backend", backend),
+					util.TestCheckResourceAttrJSON("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_inline_and_arns", "policy_document", testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyInline_basic),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_inline_and_arns", "policy_arns.0", testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyArn_basic),
 				),
 			},
 			{
@@ -81,6 +93,11 @@ func TestAccAWSSecretBackendRole_import(t *testing.T) {
 				ImportState:       true,
 				ImportStateVerify: true,
 			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:      "vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_inline_and_arns",
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+			},
 		},
 	})
 }
@@ -103,6 +120,10 @@ func TestAccAWSSecretBackendRole_nested(t *testing.T) {
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_arns", "name", fmt.Sprintf("%s-policy-arn", name)),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_arns", "backend", backend),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_arns", "policy_arns.0", testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyArn_basic),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_inline_and_arns", "name", fmt.Sprintf("%s-policy-inline-and-arns", name)),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_inline_and_arns", "backend", backend),
+					util.TestCheckResourceAttrJSON("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_inline_and_arns", "policy_document", testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyInline_basic),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_inline_and_arns", "policy_arns.0", testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyArn_basic),
 				),
 			},
 			{
@@ -114,6 +135,10 @@ func TestAccAWSSecretBackendRole_nested(t *testing.T) {
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_arns", "name", fmt.Sprintf("%s-policy-arn", name)),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_arns", "backend", backend),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_arns", "policy_arns.0", testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyArn_updated),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_inline_and_arns", "name", fmt.Sprintf("%s-policy-inline-and-arns", name)),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_inline_and_arns", "backend", backend),
+					util.TestCheckResourceAttrJSON("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_inline_and_arns", "policy_document", testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyInline_updated),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("vault_aws_secret_backend_role.test_policy_inline_and_arns", "policy_arns.0", testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyArn_updated),
 				),
 			},
 		},
@@ -159,7 +184,15 @@ resource "vault_aws_secret_backend_role" "test_policy_arns" {
   credential_type = "iam_user"
   backend = "${vault_aws_secret_backend.test.path}"
 }
-`, path, accessKey, secretKey, name, testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyInline_basic, name, testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyArn_basic)
+
+resource "vault_aws_secret_backend_role" "test_policy_inline_and_arns" {
+  name = "%s-policy-inline-and-arns"
+  policy_document = %q
+  policy_arns = ["%s"]
+  credential_type = "iam_user"
+  backend = "${vault_aws_secret_backend.test.path}"
+}
+`, path, accessKey, secretKey, name, testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyInline_basic, name, testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyArn_basic, name, testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyInline_basic, testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyArn_basic)
 }
 
 func testAccAWSSecretBackendRoleConfig_updated(name, path, accessKey, secretKey string) string {
@@ -183,5 +216,13 @@ resource "vault_aws_secret_backend_role" "test_policy_arns" {
   credential_type = "iam_user"
   backend = "${vault_aws_secret_backend.test.path}"
 }
-`, path, accessKey, secretKey, name, testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyInline_updated, name, testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyArn_updated)
+
+resource "vault_aws_secret_backend_role" "test_policy_inline_and_arns" {
+  name = "%s-policy-inline-and-arns"
+  policy_document = %q
+  policy_arns = ["%s"]
+  credential_type = "iam_user"
+  backend = "${vault_aws_secret_backend.test.path}"
+}
+`, path, accessKey, secretKey, name, testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyInline_updated, name, testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyArn_updated, name, testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyInline_updated, testAccAWSSecretBackendRolePolicyArn_updated)
 }