diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_integration_response.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_integration_response.go
index 0f2a9af005..b394291e99 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_integration_response.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_integration_response.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func resourceAwsApiGatewayIntegrationResponseCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta
 		templates[k] = v.(string)
 	}
 
-	_, err := conn.PutIntegrationResponse(&apigateway.PutIntegrationResponseInput{
+	input := apigateway.PutIntegrationResponseInput{
 		HttpMethod:        aws.String(d.Get("http_method").(string)),
 		ResourceId:        aws.String(d.Get("resource_id").(string)),
 		RestApiId:         aws.String(d.Get("rest_api_id").(string)),
@@ -74,7 +74,11 @@ func resourceAwsApiGatewayIntegrationResponseCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta
 		ResponseTemplates: aws.StringMap(templates),
 		// TODO implement once [GH-2143](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/issues/2143) has been implemented
 		ResponseParameters: nil,
-	})
+	}
+	if v, ok := d.GetOk("selection_pattern"); ok {
+		input.SelectionPattern = aws.String(v.(string))
+	}
+	_, err := conn.PutIntegrationResponse(&input)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error creating API Gateway Integration Response: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -82,7 +86,7 @@ func resourceAwsApiGatewayIntegrationResponseCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta
 	d.SetId(fmt.Sprintf("agir-%s-%s-%s-%s", d.Get("rest_api_id").(string), d.Get("resource_id").(string), d.Get("http_method").(string), d.Get("status_code").(string)))
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] API Gateway Integration Response ID: %s", d.Id())
 
-	return nil
+	return resourceAwsApiGatewayIntegrationResponseRead(d, meta)
 }
 
 func resourceAwsApiGatewayIntegrationResponseRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
@@ -103,7 +107,10 @@ func resourceAwsApiGatewayIntegrationResponseRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta i
 		return err
 	}
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Received API Gateway Integration Response: %s", integrationResponse)
+
 	d.SetId(fmt.Sprintf("agir-%s-%s-%s-%s", d.Get("rest_api_id").(string), d.Get("resource_id").(string), d.Get("http_method").(string), d.Get("status_code").(string)))
+	d.Set("response_templates", integrationResponse.ResponseTemplates)
+	d.Set("selection_pattern", integrationResponse.SelectionPattern)
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_integration_response_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_integration_response_test.go
index 7809507b3e..3809408dba 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_integration_response_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_integration_response_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ func testAccCheckAWSAPIGatewayIntegrationResponseAttributes(conf *apigateway.Int
 		if *conf.ResponseTemplates["application/xml"] != "#set($inputRoot = $input.path('$'))\n{ }" {
 			return fmt.Errorf("wrong ResponseTemplate for application/xml")
 		}
+		if conf.SelectionPattern == nil || *conf.SelectionPattern != ".*" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("wrong SelectionPattern (expected .*)")
+		}
 		return nil
 	}
 }
@@ -164,6 +167,7 @@ resource "aws_api_gateway_integration_response" "test" {
   resource_id = "${aws_api_gateway_resource.test.id}"
   http_method = "${aws_api_gateway_method.test.http_method}"
   status_code = "${aws_api_gateway_method_response.error.status_code}"
+  selection_pattern = ".*"
 
   response_templates = {
     "application/json" = ""
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/api_gateway_integration_response.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/api_gateway_integration_response.html.markdown
index 454d19bf4d..4f4cedcda8 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/api_gateway_integration_response.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/api_gateway_integration_response.html.markdown
@@ -61,5 +61,8 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 * `resource_id` - (Required) The API resource ID
 * `http_method` - (Required) The HTTP method (`GET`, `POST`, `PUT`, `DELETE`, `HEAD`, `OPTION`)
 * `status_code` - (Required) The HTTP status code
-* `selection_pattern` - (Optional) Specifies the regular expression pattern used to choose an integration response based on the response from the backend
+* `selection_pattern` - (Optional) Specifies the regular expression pattern used to choose
+  an integration response based on the response from the backend.
+  If the backend is an `AWS` Lambda function, the AWS Lambda function error header is matched.
+  For all other `HTTP` and `AWS` backends, the HTTP status code is matched.
 * `response_templates` - (Optional) A map specifying the templates used to transform the integration response body