diff --git a/google/resource_google_project_services.go b/google/resource_google_project_services.go
index c6c9068ef00..b28336b2e7a 100644
--- a/google/resource_google_project_services.go
+++ b/google/resource_google_project_services.go
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ func resourceGoogleProjectServices() *schema.Resource {
 				Elem:     &schema.Schema{Type: schema.TypeString},
 				Set:      schema.HashString,
 			},
+			"disable_on_destroy": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeBool,
+				Optional: true,
+				Default:  true,
+			},
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -105,6 +110,13 @@ func resourceGoogleProjectServicesUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{
 
 func resourceGoogleProjectServicesDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG]: Deleting google_project_services")
+
+	if disable := d.Get("disable_on_destroy"); !(disable.(bool)) {
+		log.Printf("Not disabling service '%s', because disable_on_destroy is false.", d.Id())
+		d.SetId("")
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	config := meta.(*Config)
 	services := resourceServices(d)
 	for _, s := range services {
diff --git a/google/resource_google_project_services_test.go b/google/resource_google_project_services_test.go
index 2196aa2415a..a591357e5e8 100644
--- a/google/resource_google_project_services_test.go
+++ b/google/resource_google_project_services_test.go
@@ -224,11 +224,11 @@ func testAccProjectAssociateServicesBasic(services []string, pid, name, org stri
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "google_project" "acceptance" {
   project_id = "%s"
-  name = "%s"
-  org_id = "%s"
+  name       = "%s"
+  org_id     = "%s"
 }
 resource "google_project_services" "acceptance" {
-  project = "${google_project.acceptance.project_id}"
+  project  = "${google_project.acceptance.project_id}"
   services = [%s]
 }
 `, pid, name, org, testStringsToString(services))
@@ -237,14 +237,15 @@ resource "google_project_services" "acceptance" {
 func testAccProjectAssociateServicesBasic_withBilling(services []string, pid, name, org, billing string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "google_project" "acceptance" {
-  project_id = "%s"
-  name = "%s"
-  org_id = "%s"
+  project_id      = "%s"
+  name            = "%s"
+  org_id          = "%s"
   billing_account = "%s"
 }
 resource "google_project_services" "acceptance" {
-  project = "${google_project.acceptance.project_id}"
-  services = [%s]
+  project            = "${google_project.acceptance.project_id}"
+  services           = [%s]
+  disable_on_destroy = false
 }
 `, pid, name, org, billing, testStringsToString(services))
 }