diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_event_target.go b/aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_event_target.go
index 28e6ff5199c..efc714509f6 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_event_target.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_event_target.go
@@ -248,6 +248,41 @@ func resourceAwsCloudWatchEventTarget() *schema.Resource {
 					},
 				},
 			},
+
+			"dead_letter_config": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeList,
+				Optional: true,
+				MaxItems: 1,
+				Elem: &schema.Resource{
+					Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+						"arn": {
+							Type:     schema.TypeString,
+							Optional: true,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			"retry_policy": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeList,
+				Optional: true,
+				MaxItems: 1,
+				Elem: &schema.Resource{
+					Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+						"maximum_retry_attempts": {
+							Type:         schema.TypeInt,
+							Optional:     true,
+							ValidateFunc: validation.IntBetween(0, 185),
+							Default:      185,
+						},
+						"maximum_event_age_in_seconds": {
+							Type:         schema.TypeInt,
+							Optional:     true,
+							ValidateFunc: validation.IntBetween(60, 86400),
+							Default:      86400,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -350,6 +385,18 @@ func resourceAwsCloudWatchEventTargetRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface
 		}
 	}
 
+	if t.RetryPolicy != nil {
+		if err := d.Set("retry_policy", flattenAwsCloudWatchEventTargetRetryPolicyParameters(t.RetryPolicy)); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Error setting retry_policy error: %#v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if t.DeadLetterConfig != nil {
+		if err := d.Set("dead_letter_config", flattenAwsCloudWatchEventTargetDeadLetterConfigParameters(t.DeadLetterConfig)); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Error setting dead_letter_config error: %#v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -434,6 +481,14 @@ func buildPutTargetInputStruct(d *schema.ResourceData) *events.PutTargetsInput {
 		e.InputTransformer = expandAwsCloudWatchEventTransformerParameters(v.([]interface{}))
 	}
 
+	if v, ok := d.GetOk("retry_policy"); ok {
+		e.RetryPolicy = expandAwsCloudWatchEventRetryPolicyParameters(v.([]interface{}))
+	}
+
+	if v, ok := d.GetOk("dead_letter_config"); ok {
+		e.DeadLetterConfig = expandAwsCloudWatchEventDeadLetterConfigParameters(v.([]interface{}))
+	}
+
 	input := events.PutTargetsInput{
 		Rule:    aws.String(d.Get("rule").(string)),
 		Targets: []*events.Target{e},
@@ -550,6 +605,31 @@ func expandAwsCloudWatchEventTargetSqsParameters(config []interface{}) *events.S
 	return sqsParameters
 }
 
+func expandAwsCloudWatchEventRetryPolicyParameters(config []interface{}) *events.RetryPolicy {
+	retryPolicyParameters := &events.RetryPolicy{}
+	for _, c := range config {
+		param := c.(map[string]interface{})
+		if v, ok := param["maximum_event_age_in_seconds"].(int); ok {
+			retryPolicyParameters.MaximumEventAgeInSeconds = aws.Int64(int64(v))
+		}
+		if v, ok := param["maximum_retry_attempts"].(int); ok {
+			retryPolicyParameters.MaximumRetryAttempts = aws.Int64(int64(v))
+		}
+	}
+	return retryPolicyParameters
+}
+
+func expandAwsCloudWatchEventDeadLetterConfigParameters(config []interface{}) *events.DeadLetterConfig {
+	deadLetterConfigParameters := &events.DeadLetterConfig{}
+	for _, c := range config {
+		param := c.(map[string]interface{})
+		if v, ok := param["arn"].(string); ok && v != "" {
+			deadLetterConfigParameters.Arn = aws.String(v)
+		}
+	}
+	return deadLetterConfigParameters
+}
+
 func expandAwsCloudWatchEventTransformerParameters(config []interface{}) *events.InputTransformer {
 	transformerParameters := &events.InputTransformer{}
 
@@ -638,6 +718,21 @@ func flattenAwsCloudWatchEventTargetKinesisParameters(kinesisParameters *events.
 	return result
 }
 
+func flattenAwsCloudWatchEventTargetRetryPolicyParameters(retryPolicy *events.RetryPolicy) []map[string]interface{} {
+	config := make(map[string]interface{})
+	config["maximum_event_age_in_seconds"] = int(aws.Int64Value(retryPolicy.MaximumEventAgeInSeconds))
+	config["maximum_retry_attempts"] = int(aws.Int64Value(retryPolicy.MaximumRetryAttempts))
+	result := []map[string]interface{}{config}
+	return result
+}
+
+func flattenAwsCloudWatchEventTargetDeadLetterConfigParameters(deadLetterConfig *events.DeadLetterConfig) []map[string]interface{} {
+	config := make(map[string]interface{})
+	config["arn"] = aws.StringValue(deadLetterConfig.Arn)
+	result := []map[string]interface{}{config}
+	return result
+}
+
 func flattenAwsCloudWatchEventTargetSqsParameters(sqsParameters *events.SqsParameters) []map[string]interface{} {
 	config := make(map[string]interface{})
 	config["message_group_id"] = aws.StringValue(sqsParameters.MessageGroupId)
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_event_target_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_event_target_test.go
index c6d3e17a84e..7e810a049d9 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_event_target_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_event_target_test.go
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ func TestAccAWSCloudWatchEventTarget_basic(t *testing.T) {
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "kinesis_target.#", "0"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "sqs_target.#", "0"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "input_transformer.#", "0"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "retry_policy.#", "0"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "dead_letter_config.#", "0"),
 				),
 			},
 			{
@@ -250,19 +252,24 @@ func TestAccAWSCloudWatchEventTarget_GeneratedTargetId(t *testing.T) {
 func TestAccAWSCloudWatchEventTarget_full(t *testing.T) {
 	resourceName := "aws_cloudwatch_event_target.test"
 	kinesisStreamResourceName := "aws_kinesis_stream.test"
+	deadLetterSQSResourceName := "aws_sqs_queue.test"
+
 	var v events.Target
 
 	ruleName := acctest.RandomWithPrefix("tf-acc-cw-event-rule-full")
 	ssmDocumentName := acctest.RandomWithPrefix("tf_ssm_Document")
 	targetID := acctest.RandomWithPrefix("tf-acc-cw-target-full")
 
+	maximumRetryAttempts := acctest.RandIntRange(1, 10)
+	maximumEventAgeInSeconds := acctest.RandIntRange(60, 360)
+
 	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
 		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
 		Providers:    testAccProviders,
 		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSCloudWatchEventTargetDestroy,
 		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
 			{
-				Config: testAccAWSCloudWatchEventTargetConfig_full(ruleName, targetID, ssmDocumentName),
+				Config: testAccAWSCloudWatchEventTargetConfig_full(ruleName, targetID, ssmDocumentName, maximumRetryAttempts, maximumEventAgeInSeconds),
 				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
 					testAccCheckCloudWatchEventTargetExists(resourceName, &v),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "rule", ruleName),
@@ -270,6 +277,9 @@ func TestAccAWSCloudWatchEventTarget_full(t *testing.T) {
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair(resourceName, "arn", kinesisStreamResourceName, "arn"),
 					testAccCheckResourceAttrEquivalentJSON(resourceName, "input", `{"source": ["aws.cloudtrail"]}`),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "input_path", ""),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair(resourceName, "dead_letter_config.0.arn", deadLetterSQSResourceName, "arn"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "retry_policy.0.maximum_retry_attempts", fmt.Sprint(maximumRetryAttempts)),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "retry_policy.0.maximum_event_age_in_seconds", fmt.Sprint(maximumEventAgeInSeconds)),
 				),
 			},
 			{
@@ -730,7 +740,7 @@ resource "aws_sns_topic" "test" {
 `, ruleName, snsTopicName)
 }
 
-func testAccAWSCloudWatchEventTargetConfig_full(ruleName, targetName, rName string) string {
+func testAccAWSCloudWatchEventTargetConfig_full(ruleName, targetName, rName string, maximumRetryAttempts int, maximumEventAgeInSeconds int) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "aws_cloudwatch_event_rule" "test" {
   name                = %[1]q
@@ -784,7 +794,13 @@ EOF
 resource "aws_cloudwatch_event_target" "test" {
   rule      = aws_cloudwatch_event_rule.test.name
   target_id = %[3]q
-
+  dead_letter_config {
+    arn = aws_sqs_queue.test.arn
+  }
+  retry_policy {
+    maximum_retry_attempts       = %[4]d
+    maximum_event_age_in_seconds = %[5]d
+  }
   input = <<INPUT
 { "source": ["aws.cloudtrail"] }
 INPUT
@@ -797,8 +813,12 @@ resource "aws_kinesis_stream" "test" {
   shard_count = 1
 }
 
+resource "aws_sqs_queue" "test" {
+  name = "%[2]s_sqs_test"
+}
+
 data "aws_partition" "current" {}
-`, ruleName, rName, targetName)
+`, ruleName, rName, targetName, maximumRetryAttempts, maximumEventAgeInSeconds)
 }
 
 func testAccAWSCloudWatchEventTargetConfigSsmDocument(rName string) string {
diff --git a/website/docs/r/cloudwatch_event_target.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/cloudwatch_event_target.html.markdown
index fe2d730b050..82eae913d83 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/cloudwatch_event_target.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/cloudwatch_event_target.html.markdown
@@ -307,6 +307,8 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 * `kinesis_target` - (Optional) Parameters used when you are using the rule to invoke an Amazon Kinesis Stream. Documented below. A maximum of 1 are allowed.
 * `sqs_target` - (Optional) Parameters used when you are using the rule to invoke an Amazon SQS Queue. Documented below. A maximum of 1 are allowed.
 * `input_transformer` - (Optional) Parameters used when you are providing a custom input to a target based on certain event data. Conflicts with `input` and `input_path`.
+* `dead_letter_config` -  (Optional) The target queue to send dead-letter queue events to.
+* `retry_policy` -  (Optional) The retry policy configuration to use for the dead-letter queue.
 
 `run_command_targets` support the following:
 
@@ -354,6 +356,15 @@ For more information, see [Task Networking](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonEC
 
 * `input_template` - (Required) Template to customize data sent to the target. Must be valid JSON. To send a string value, the string value must include double quotes. Values must be escaped for both JSON and Terraform, e.g. `"\"Your string goes here.\\nA new line.\""`
 
+`dead_letter_config` support the following:
+
+* `arn` - (Required) The ARN of the SQS queue specified as the target for the dead-letter queue.
+
+`retry_policy` support the following:
+
+* `maximum_retry_attempts` - (Optional) The maximum amount of time, in seconds, to continue to make retry attempts.
+* `maximum_event_age_in_seconds` - (Optional) The maximum number of retry attempts to make before the request fails.
+
 ## Import
 
 EventBridge Targets can be imported using `event_bus_name/rule-name/target-id` (if you omit `event_bus_name`, the `default` event bus will be used).