diff --git a/google-beta/resource_logging_metric.go b/google-beta/resource_logging_metric.go
index e69bff67fd..82ae2b5e24 100644
--- a/google-beta/resource_logging_metric.go
+++ b/google-beta/resource_logging_metric.go
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ or just for responses that failed.`,
 [The Unified Code for Units of Measure](http://unitsofmeasure.org/ucum.html) standard`,
 							Default: "1",
 						},
+						"type": {
+							Type:     schema.TypeString,
+							Computed: true,
+							Description: `The metric type, including its DNS name prefix. The type is not URL-encoded.
+All user-defined metric types have the DNS name 'custom.googleapis.com' or 'external.googleapis.com'.`,
+						},
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -543,6 +549,8 @@ func flattenLoggingMetricMetricDescriptor(v interface{}, d *schema.ResourceData)
 		flattenLoggingMetricMetricDescriptorLabels(original["labels"], d)
 	transformed["display_name"] =
 		flattenLoggingMetricMetricDescriptorDisplayName(original["displayName"], d)
+	transformed["type"] =
+		flattenLoggingMetricMetricDescriptorType(original["type"], d)
 	return []interface{}{transformed}
 }
 func flattenLoggingMetricMetricDescriptorUnit(v interface{}, d *schema.ResourceData) interface{} {
@@ -597,6 +605,10 @@ func flattenLoggingMetricMetricDescriptorDisplayName(v interface{}, d *schema.Re
 	return v
 }
 
+func flattenLoggingMetricMetricDescriptorType(v interface{}, d *schema.ResourceData) interface{} {
+	return v
+}
+
 func flattenLoggingMetricLabelExtractors(v interface{}, d *schema.ResourceData) interface{} {
 	return v
 }
@@ -771,6 +783,13 @@ func expandLoggingMetricMetricDescriptor(v interface{}, d TerraformResourceData,
 		transformed["displayName"] = transformedDisplayName
 	}
 
+	transformedType, err := expandLoggingMetricMetricDescriptorType(original["type"], d, config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	} else if val := reflect.ValueOf(transformedType); val.IsValid() && !isEmptyValue(val) {
+		transformed["type"] = transformedType
+	}
+
 	return transformed, nil
 }
 
@@ -839,6 +858,10 @@ func expandLoggingMetricMetricDescriptorDisplayName(v interface{}, d TerraformRe
 	return v, nil
 }
 
+func expandLoggingMetricMetricDescriptorType(v interface{}, d TerraformResourceData, config *Config) (interface{}, error) {
+	return v, nil
+}
+
 func expandLoggingMetricLabelExtractors(v interface{}, d TerraformResourceData, config *Config) (map[string]string, error) {
 	if v == nil {
 		return map[string]string{}, nil
diff --git a/google-beta/resource_sql_database_instance_test.go b/google-beta/resource_sql_database_instance_test.go
index 5b99680669..b04988ac0a 100644
--- a/google-beta/resource_sql_database_instance_test.go
+++ b/google-beta/resource_sql_database_instance_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/acctest"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/resource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/terraform"
+
 	sqladmin "google.golang.org/api/sqladmin/v1beta4"
 )
 
diff --git a/website/docs/r/logging_metric.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/logging_metric.html.markdown
index 885172a142..d6e009b30d 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/logging_metric.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/logging_metric.html.markdown
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ The `metric_descriptor` block supports:
   without an ending period, for example "Request count". This field is optional but it is 
   recommended to be set for any metrics associated with user-visible concepts, such as Quota.
 
+* `type` -
+  The metric type, including its DNS name prefix. The type is not URL-encoded.
+  All user-defined metric types have the DNS name `custom.googleapis.com` or `external.googleapis.com`.
+
 
 The `labels` block supports: