diff --git a/.changelog/4671.txt b/.changelog/4671.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f586333a85c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/4671.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+compute: fixed an issue in `google_compute_instance` where `min_node_cpus` could not be set
+```
diff --git a/google/compute_instance_helpers.go b/google/compute_instance_helpers.go
index ba89fd1973d..bdc1b46b947 100644
--- a/google/compute_instance_helpers.go
+++ b/google/compute_instance_helpers.go
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ func expandScheduling(v interface{}) (*computeBeta.Scheduling, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if v, ok := original["min_node_cpus"]; ok {
+		scheduling.MinNodeCpus = int64(v.(int))
+	}
+
 	return scheduling, nil
 }
 
@@ -124,6 +128,7 @@ func flattenScheduling(resp *computeBeta.Scheduling) []map[string]interface{} {
 	schedulingMap := map[string]interface{}{
 		"on_host_maintenance": resp.OnHostMaintenance,
 		"preemptible":         resp.Preemptible,
+		"min_node_cpus":       resp.MinNodeCpus,
 	}
 
 	if resp.AutomaticRestart != nil {
@@ -398,5 +403,9 @@ func schedulingHasChange(d *schema.ResourceData) bool {
 		return true
 	}
 
+	if oScheduling["min_node_cpus"] != newScheduling["min_node_cpus"] {
+		return true
+	}
+
 	return reflect.DeepEqual(newNa, originalNa)
 }