diff --git a/azurerm/internal/services/eventhub/eventhub_consumer_group_data_source.go b/azurerm/internal/services/eventhub/eventhub_consumer_group_data_source.go
index c79004c7375a..60bf2c12ca4f 100644
--- a/azurerm/internal/services/eventhub/eventhub_consumer_group_data_source.go
+++ b/azurerm/internal/services/eventhub/eventhub_consumer_group_data_source.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/schema"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/validation"
 	"github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-azurerm/azurerm/helpers/azure"
 	"github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-azurerm/azurerm/internal/clients"
 	"github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-azurerm/azurerm/internal/timeouts"
@@ -21,9 +22,12 @@ func dataSourceEventHubConsumerGroup() *schema.Resource {
 
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 			"name": {
-				Type:         schema.TypeString,
-				Required:     true,
-				ValidateFunc: azure.ValidateEventHubConsumerName(),
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Required: true,
+				ValidateFunc: validation.Any(
+					azure.ValidateEventHubConsumerName(),
+					validation.StringInSlice([]string{"$Default"}, false),
+				),
 			},
 
 			"namespace_name": {
diff --git a/azurerm/internal/services/eventhub/tests/eventhub_consumer_group_data_source_test.go b/azurerm/internal/services/eventhub/tests/eventhub_consumer_group_data_source_test.go
index 3802cf8da05d..edd20c779fb4 100644
--- a/azurerm/internal/services/eventhub/tests/eventhub_consumer_group_data_source_test.go
+++ b/azurerm/internal/services/eventhub/tests/eventhub_consumer_group_data_source_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,25 @@ func TestAccDataSourceAzureRMEventHubConsumerGroup_complete(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccDataSourceAzureRMEventHubConsumerGroupDefault_complete(t *testing.T) {
+	data := acceptance.BuildTestData(t, "data.azurerm_eventhub_consumer_group", "test")
+
+	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { acceptance.PreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    acceptance.SupportedProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testCheckAzureRMEventHubConsumerGroupDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccDataSourceAzureRMEventHubConsumerGroupDefault_complete(data),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testCheckAzureRMEventHubConsumerGroupExists(data.ResourceName),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(data.ResourceName, "user_metadata", "some-meta-data"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func testAccDataSourceAzureRMEventHubConsumerGroup_complete(data acceptance.TestData) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 provider "azurerm" {
@@ -69,3 +88,38 @@ data "azurerm_eventhub_consumer_group" "test" {
 }
 `, data.RandomInteger, data.Locations.Primary, data.RandomInteger, data.RandomInteger, data.RandomInteger)
 }
+
+func testAccDataSourceAzureRMEventHubConsumerGroupDefault_complete(data acceptance.TestData) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+provider "azurerm" {
+  features {}
+}
+
+resource "azurerm_resource_group" "test" {
+  name     = "acctestRG-%d"
+  location = "%s"
+}
+
+resource "azurerm_eventhub_namespace" "test" {
+  name                = "acctesteventhubnamespace-%d"
+  location            = azurerm_resource_group.test.location
+  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.test.name
+  sku                 = "Standard"
+}
+
+resource "azurerm_eventhub" "test" {
+  name                = "acctesteventhub-%d"
+  namespace_name      = azurerm_eventhub_namespace.test.name
+  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.test.name
+  partition_count     = 2
+  message_retention   = 7
+}
+
+data "azurerm_eventhub_consumer_group" "test" {
+  name                = "$Default"
+  namespace_name      = azurerm_eventhub_namespace.test.name
+  eventhub_name       = azurerm_eventhub.test.name
+  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.test.name
+}
+`, data.RandomInteger, data.Locations.Primary, data.RandomInteger, data.RandomInteger)
+}