diff --git a/google-beta/resource_compute_global_address.go b/google-beta/resource_compute_global_address.go
index ecaa7be96d..c904d271a3 100644
--- a/google-beta/resource_compute_global_address.go
+++ b/google-beta/resource_compute_global_address.go
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ func resourceComputeGlobalAddress() *schema.Resource {
 				Required: true,
 				ForceNew: true,
 			},
+			"address": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+				Optional: true,
+				ForceNew: true,
+			},
 			"address_type": {
 				Type:             schema.TypeString,
 				Optional:         true,
@@ -91,10 +97,6 @@ func resourceComputeGlobalAddress() *schema.Resource {
 				ForceNew:     true,
 				ValidateFunc: validation.StringInSlice([]string{"VPC_PEERING", ""}, false),
 			},
-			"address": {
-				Type:     schema.TypeString,
-				Computed: true,
-			},
 			"creation_timestamp": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Computed: true,
@@ -121,6 +123,12 @@ func resourceComputeGlobalAddressCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}
 	config := meta.(*Config)
 
 	obj := make(map[string]interface{})
+	addressProp, err := expandComputeGlobalAddressAddress(d.Get("address"), d, config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("address"); !isEmptyValue(reflect.ValueOf(addressProp)) && (ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, addressProp)) {
+		obj["address"] = addressProp
+	}
 	descriptionProp, err := expandComputeGlobalAddressDescription(d.Get("description"), d, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -478,6 +486,10 @@ func flattenComputeGlobalAddressNetwork(v interface{}, d *schema.ResourceData) i
 	return ConvertSelfLinkToV1(v.(string))
 }
 
+func expandComputeGlobalAddressAddress(v interface{}, d *schema.ResourceData, config *Config) (interface{}, error) {
+	return v, nil
+}
+
 func expandComputeGlobalAddressDescription(v interface{}, d *schema.ResourceData, config *Config) (interface{}, error) {
 	return v, nil
 }
diff --git a/google-beta/resource_compute_global_address_test.go b/google-beta/resource_compute_global_address_test.go
index cb24152bfa..0b83d23ef6 100644
--- a/google-beta/resource_compute_global_address_test.go
+++ b/google-beta/resource_compute_global_address_test.go
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ resource "google_compute_global_address" "foobar" {
   address_type = "INTERNAL"
   purpose = "VPC_PEERING"
   prefix_length = 24
+	address = "172.20.181.0"
   network = "${google_compute_network.foobar.self_link}"
 }`, acctest.RandString(10), acctest.RandString(10))
 }
diff --git a/website/docs/r/compute_global_address.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/compute_global_address.html.markdown
index 159b366a39..181c45dd64 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/compute_global_address.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/compute_global_address.html.markdown
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 - - -
 
 
+* `address` -
+  (Optional)
+  The static external IP address represented by this resource.
+
 * `description` -
   (Optional)
   An optional description of this resource.
@@ -111,9 +115,6 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 In addition to the arguments listed above, the following computed attributes are exported:
 
 
-* `address` -
-  The static external IP address represented by this resource.
-
 * `creation_timestamp` -
   Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.