diff --git a/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_disk.go b/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_disk.go
index 378b0171e..9f8557cf0 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_disk.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_disk.go
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ func resourceComputeDisk() *schema.Resource {
 				Optional: true,
 				ForceNew: true,
 			},
+
+			"self_link": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -132,7 +137,7 @@ func resourceComputeDiskCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 func resourceComputeDiskRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	config := meta.(*Config)
 
-	_, err := config.clientCompute.Disks.Get(
+	disk, err := config.clientCompute.Disks.Get(
 		config.Project, d.Get("zone").(string), d.Id()).Do()
 	if err != nil {
 		if gerr, ok := err.(*googleapi.Error); ok && gerr.Code == 404 {
@@ -145,6 +150,8 @@ func resourceComputeDiskRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error reading disk: %s", err)
 	}
 
+	d.Set("self_link", disk.SelfLink)
+
 	return nil
 }