diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_ecs_cluster.go b/aws/resource_aws_ecs_cluster.go
index 426e86fc80a..5b25b9e6aa2 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_ecs_cluster.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_ecs_cluster.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/arn"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/awserr"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ecs"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
@@ -17,6 +18,9 @@ func resourceAwsEcsCluster() *schema.Resource {
 		Create: resourceAwsEcsClusterCreate,
 		Read:   resourceAwsEcsClusterRead,
 		Delete: resourceAwsEcsClusterDelete,
+		Importer: &schema.ResourceImporter{
+			State: resourceAwsEcsClusterImport,
+		},
 
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 			"name": {
@@ -33,6 +37,18 @@ func resourceAwsEcsCluster() *schema.Resource {
 	}
 }
 
+func resourceAwsEcsClusterImport(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) ([]*schema.ResourceData, error) {
+	d.Set("name", d.Id())
+	d.SetId(arn.ARN{
+		Partition: meta.(*AWSClient).partition,
+		Region:    meta.(*AWSClient).region,
+		AccountID: meta.(*AWSClient).accountid,
+		Service:   "ecs",
+		Resource:  fmt.Sprintf("cluster/%s", d.Id()),
+	}.String())
+	return []*schema.ResourceData{d}, nil
+}
+
 func resourceAwsEcsClusterCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	conn := meta.(*AWSClient).ecsconn
 
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_ecs_cluster_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_ecs_cluster_test.go
index 5ff10494ccc..b9d25e6af56 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_ecs_cluster_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_ecs_cluster_test.go
@@ -7,28 +7,56 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ecs"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/acctest"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/terraform"
 )
 
 func TestAccAWSEcsCluster_basic(t *testing.T) {
+	rString := acctest.RandString(8)
+	clusterName := fmt.Sprintf("tf-acc-cluster-basic-%s", rString)
+
 	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
 		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
 		Providers:    testAccProviders,
 		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSEcsClusterDestroy,
 		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
 			resource.TestStep{
-				Config: testAccAWSEcsCluster,
+				Config: testAccAWSEcsCluster(clusterName),
 				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
 					testAccCheckAWSEcsClusterExists("aws_ecs_cluster.foo"),
 					resource.TestMatchResourceAttr("aws_ecs_cluster.foo", "arn",
-						regexp.MustCompile("^arn:aws:ecs:[a-z0-9-]+:[0-9]{12}:cluster/red-grapes$")),
+						regexp.MustCompile("^arn:aws:ecs:[a-z0-9-]+:[0-9]{12}:cluster/"+clusterName+"$")),
 				),
 			},
 		},
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccAWSEcsCluster_importBasic(t *testing.T) {
+	rString := acctest.RandString(8)
+	clusterName := fmt.Sprintf("tf-acc-cluster-import-%s", rString)
+
+	resourceName := "aws_ecs_cluster.foo"
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSEcsClusterDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccAWSEcsCluster(clusterName),
+			},
+			resource.TestStep{
+				ResourceName:      resourceName,
+				ImportStateId:     clusterName,
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func testAccCheckAWSEcsClusterDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
 	conn := testAccProvider.Meta().(*AWSClient).ecsconn
 
@@ -66,8 +94,10 @@ func testAccCheckAWSEcsClusterExists(name string) resource.TestCheckFunc {
 	}
 }
 
-var testAccAWSEcsCluster = `
+func testAccAWSEcsCluster(clusterName string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "aws_ecs_cluster" "foo" {
-	name = "red-grapes"
+	name = "%s"
+}
+`, clusterName)
 }
-`
diff --git a/website/docs/r/ecs_cluster.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/ecs_cluster.html.markdown
index 2366efdb675..cb65f57e176 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/ecs_cluster.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/ecs_cluster.html.markdown
@@ -30,3 +30,11 @@ The following additional attributes are exported:
 
 * `id` - The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) that identifies the cluster
 * `arn` - The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) that identifies the cluster
+
+## Import
+
+ECS clusters can be imported using the `name`, e.g.
+
+```
+$ terraform import aws_ecs_cluster.stateless stateless-app
+```
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