diff --git a/builder/googlecompute/config.go b/builder/googlecompute/config.go
index 5bf44632c..99c52a704 100644
--- a/builder/googlecompute/config.go
+++ b/builder/googlecompute/config.go
@@ -207,6 +207,14 @@ func NewConfig(raws ...interface{}) (*Config, []string, error) {
 		errs = packer.MultiErrorAppend(fmt.Errorf("'use_internal_ip' must be true if 'omit_external_ip' is true"))
 	}
 
+	if c.AcceleratorCount > 0 && len(c.AcceleratorType) == 0 {
+		errs = packer.MultiErrorAppend(fmt.Errorf("'accelerator_type' must be set when 'accelerator_count' is more than 0"))
+	}
+
+	if c.AcceleratorCount > 0 && c.OnHostMaintenance != "TERMINATE" {
+		errs = packer.MultiErrorAppend(fmt.Errorf("'on_host_maintenance' must be set to 'TERMINATE' when 'accelerator_count' is more than 0"))
+	}
+
 	// Check for any errors.
 	if errs != nil && len(errs.Errors) > 0 {
 		return nil, nil, errs
diff --git a/builder/googlecompute/config_test.go b/builder/googlecompute/config_test.go
index e65da2794..7255add30 100644
--- a/builder/googlecompute/config_test.go
+++ b/builder/googlecompute/config_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package googlecompute
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -190,6 +191,65 @@ func TestConfigPrepare(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestConfigPrepareAccelerator(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		Keys   []string
+		Values []interface{}
+		Err    bool
+	}{
+		{
+			[]string{"accelerator_count", "on_host_maintenance", "accelerator_type"},
+			[]interface{}{1, "MIGRATE", "something_valid"},
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			[]string{"accelerator_count", "on_host_maintenance", "accelerator_type"},
+			[]interface{}{1, "TERMINATE", "something_valid"},
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			[]string{"accelerator_count", "on_host_maintenance", "accelerator_type"},
+			[]interface{}{1, "TERMINATE", nil},
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			[]string{"accelerator_count", "on_host_maintenance", "accelerator_type"},
+			[]interface{}{1, "TERMINATE", ""},
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			[]string{"accelerator_count", "on_host_maintenance", "accelerator_type"},
+			[]interface{}{1, "TERMINATE", "something_valid"},
+			false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		raw := testConfig(t)
+
+		errStr := ""
+		for k := range tc.Keys {
+
+			// Create the string for error reporting
+			// convert value to string if it can be converted
+			errStr += fmt.Sprintf("%s:%v, ", tc.Keys[k], tc.Values[k])
+			if tc.Values[k] == nil {
+				delete(raw, tc.Keys[k])
+			} else {
+				raw[tc.Keys[k]] = tc.Values[k]
+			}
+		}
+
+		_, warns, errs := NewConfig(raw)
+
+		if tc.Err {
+			testConfigErr(t, warns, errs, strings.TrimRight(errStr, ", "))
+		} else {
+			testConfigOk(t, warns, errs)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestConfigDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
 		Read  func(c *Config) interface{}