diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 935fd2c995..eea57dd58e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ BUG FIXES:
   * core: Depending on a computed variable of a list type generates a
       plan without failure. i.e. `${type.name.foos.0.bar}` where `foos`
       is computed. [GH-247]
+  * providers/aws: Route53 destroys in parallel work properly. [GH-183]
 
 ## 0.2.0 (August 28, 2014)
 
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record.go
index dcd8324cea..e385090b01 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record.go
@@ -157,10 +157,30 @@ func resource_aws_r53_record_destroy(
 	zone := s.Attributes["zone_id"]
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Deleting resource records for zone: %s, name: %s",
 		zone, s.Attributes["name"])
-	_, err = conn.ChangeResourceRecordSets(zone, req)
-	if err != nil {
+	wait := resource.StateChangeConf{
+		Pending:    []string{"rejected"},
+		Target:     "accepted",
+		Timeout:    5 * time.Minute,
+		MinTimeout: 1 * time.Second,
+		Refresh: func() (interface{}, string, error) {
+			_, err := conn.ChangeResourceRecordSets(zone, req)
+			if err != nil {
+				if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "PriorRequestNotComplete") {
+					// There is some pending operation, so just retry
+					// in a bit.
+					return nil, "rejected", nil
+				}
+
+				return nil, "failure", err
+			}
+
+			return nil, "accepted", nil
+		},
+	}
+	if _, err := wait.WaitForState(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }