diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_dynamodb_table.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_dynamodb_table.go
index 775532f0d..9442d09a6 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_dynamodb_table.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_dynamodb_table.go
@@ -583,6 +583,11 @@ func resourceAwsDynamoDbTableRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) erro
 	result, err := dynamodbconn.DescribeTable(req)
 
 	if err != nil {
+		if awsErr, ok := err.(awserr.Error); ok && awsErr.Code() == "ResourceNotFoundException" {
+			log.Printf("[WARN] Dynamodb Table (%s) not found, error code (404)", d.Id())
+			d.SetId("")
+			return nil
+		}
 		return err
 	}