diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_zone.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_zone.go
index 59937fbc08..d8f688e740 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_zone.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_zone.go
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ func resourceAwsRoute53Zone() *schema.Resource {
 				ForceNew: true,
 			},
 
+			"vpc_id": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Optional: true,
+				ForceNew: true,
+			},
+
+			"vpc_region": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Optional: true,
+				ForceNew: true,
+			},
+
 			"zone_id": &schema.Schema{
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Computed: true,
@@ -53,6 +65,15 @@ func resourceAwsRoute53ZoneCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) erro
 		HostedZoneConfig: comment,
 		CallerReference:  aws.String(time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339Nano)),
 	}
+	if v := d.Get("vpc_id"); v != nil {
+		req.VPC = &route53.VPC{
+			VPCID:     aws.String(v.(string)),
+			VPCRegion: aws.String(meta.(*AWSClient).region),
+		}
+		if w := d.Get("vpc_region"); w != nil {
+			req.VPC.VPCRegion = aws.String(w.(string))
+		}
+	}
 
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Creating Route53 hosted zone: %s", *req.Name)
 	resp, err := r53.CreateHostedZone(req)
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_zone_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_zone_test.go
index 0a32cb2cdf..12ab623d30 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_zone_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_zone_test.go
@@ -84,6 +84,24 @@ func TestAccRoute53Zone(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccRoute53PrivateZone(t *testing.T) {
+	var zone route53.HostedZone
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckRoute53ZoneDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccRoute53PrivateZoneConfig,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckRoute53ZoneExists("aws_route53_zone.main", &zone),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func testAccCheckRoute53ZoneDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
 	conn := testAccProvider.Meta().(*AWSClient).r53conn
 	for _, rs := range s.RootModule().Resources {
@@ -167,3 +185,17 @@ resource "aws_route53_zone" "main" {
 	}
 }
 `
+
+const testAccRoute53PrivateZoneConfig = `
+resource "aws_vpc" "main" {
+	cidr_block = "172.29.0.0/24"
+	instance_tenancy = "default"
+	enable_dns_support = true
+	enable_dns_hostnames = true
+}
+
+resource "aws_route53_zone" "main" {
+	name = "hashicorp.com"
+	vpc_id = "${aws_vpc.main.id}"
+}
+`
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/route53_zone.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/route53_zone.html.markdown
index 71c03a10e9..9e09606103 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/route53_zone.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/route53_zone.html.markdown
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 
 * `name` - (Required) This is the name of the hosted zone.
 * `tags` - (Optional) A mapping of tags to assign to the zone.
+* `vpc_id` - (Optional) The VPC to associate with a private hosted zone. Specifying `vpc_id` will create a private hosted zone.
+* `vpc_region` - (Optional) The VPC's region. Defaults to the region of the AWS provider.
 
 ## Attributes Reference