diff --git a/.changelog/3801.txt b/.changelog/3801.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f9e54186ede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/3801.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+compute: fixed issue where the `project` field in `data.google_compute_network_endpoint_group` was returning an error when specified
+```
diff --git a/google/data_source_compute_network_endpoint_group.go b/google/data_source_compute_network_endpoint_group.go
index bf0b16f6e1e..8450997017f 100644
--- a/google/data_source_compute_network_endpoint_group.go
+++ b/google/data_source_compute_network_endpoint_group.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ func dataSourceGoogleComputeNetworkEndpointGroup() *schema.Resource {
 	// Set 'Optional' schema elements
 	addOptionalFieldsToSchema(dsSchema, "name")
 	addOptionalFieldsToSchema(dsSchema, "zone")
+	addOptionalFieldsToSchema(dsSchema, "project")
 	addOptionalFieldsToSchema(dsSchema, "self_link")
 
 	return &schema.Resource{