diff --git a/config/interpolate_funcs.go b/config/interpolate_funcs.go
index 4645d923f..b8bd804c6 100644
--- a/config/interpolate_funcs.go
+++ b/config/interpolate_funcs.go
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ func Funcs() map[string]ast.Function {
 		"title":        interpolationFuncTitle(),
 		"trimspace":    interpolationFuncTrimSpace(),
 		"upper":        interpolationFuncUpper(),
+		"zipmap":       interpolationFuncZipMap(),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -386,6 +387,39 @@ func interpolationFuncFormat() ast.Function {
 	}
 }
 
+func interpolationFuncZipMap() ast.Function {
+	return ast.Function{
+		ArgTypes: []ast.Type{
+			ast.TypeList, // Keys
+			ast.TypeList, // Values
+		},
+		ReturnType: ast.TypeMap,
+		Callback: func(args []interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+			keys := args[0].([]ast.Variable)
+			values := args[1].([]ast.Variable)
+
+			if len(keys) != len(values) {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("count of keys (%d) does not match count of values (%d)",
+					len(keys), len(values))
+			}
+
+			for i, val := range keys {
+				if val.Type != ast.TypeString {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("keys must be strings. value at position %d is %s",
+						i, val.Type.Printable())
+				}
+			}
+
+			result := map[string]ast.Variable{}
+			for i := 0; i < len(keys); i++ {
+				result[keys[i].Value.(string)] = values[i]
+			}
+
+			return result, nil
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 // interpolationFuncFormatList implements the "formatlist" function that does
 // string formatting on lists.
 func interpolationFuncFormatList() ast.Function {
diff --git a/config/interpolate_funcs_test.go b/config/interpolate_funcs_test.go
index dbfa113f6..89c147a90 100644
--- a/config/interpolate_funcs_test.go
+++ b/config/interpolate_funcs_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,115 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hil/ast"
 )
 
+func TestInterpolateFuncZipMap(t *testing.T) {
+	testFunction(t, testFunctionConfig{
+		Cases: []testFunctionCase{
+			{
+				`${zipmap(var.list, var.list2)}`,
+				map[string]interface{}{
+					"Hello": "bar",
+					"World": "baz",
+				},
+				false,
+			},
+			{
+				`${zipmap(var.list, var.nonstrings)}`,
+				map[string]interface{}{
+					"Hello": []interface{}{"bar", "baz"},
+					"World": []interface{}{"boo", "foo"},
+				},
+				false,
+			},
+			{
+				`${zipmap(var.nonstrings, var.list2)}`,
+				nil,
+				true,
+			},
+			{
+				`${zipmap(var.list, var.differentlengthlist)}`,
+				nil,
+				true,
+			},
+		},
+		Vars: map[string]ast.Variable{
+			"var.list": {
+				Type: ast.TypeList,
+				Value: []ast.Variable{
+					{
+						Type:  ast.TypeString,
+						Value: "Hello",
+					},
+					{
+						Type:  ast.TypeString,
+						Value: "World",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			"var.list2": {
+				Type: ast.TypeList,
+				Value: []ast.Variable{
+					{
+						Type:  ast.TypeString,
+						Value: "bar",
+					},
+					{
+						Type:  ast.TypeString,
+						Value: "baz",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			"var.differentlengthlist": {
+				Type: ast.TypeList,
+				Value: []ast.Variable{
+					{
+						Type:  ast.TypeString,
+						Value: "bar",
+					},
+					{
+						Type:  ast.TypeString,
+						Value: "baz",
+					},
+					{
+						Type:  ast.TypeString,
+						Value: "boo",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			"var.nonstrings": {
+				Type: ast.TypeList,
+				Value: []ast.Variable{
+					{
+						Type: ast.TypeList,
+						Value: []ast.Variable{
+							{
+								Type:  ast.TypeString,
+								Value: "bar",
+							},
+							{
+								Type:  ast.TypeString,
+								Value: "baz",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					{
+						Type: ast.TypeList,
+						Value: []ast.Variable{
+							{
+								Type:  ast.TypeString,
+								Value: "boo",
+							},
+							{
+								Type:  ast.TypeString,
+								Value: "foo",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestInterpolateFuncList(t *testing.T) {
 	testFunction(t, testFunctionConfig{
 		Cases: []testFunctionCase{
diff --git a/website/source/docs/configuration/interpolation.html.md b/website/source/docs/configuration/interpolation.html.md
index 42e28e173..c42c828e1 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/configuration/interpolation.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/configuration/interpolation.html.md
@@ -252,6 +252,13 @@ The supported built-in functions are:
     returned by the `keys` function. This function only works on flat maps and
     will return an error for maps that include nested lists or maps.
 
+  * `zipmap(list, list)` - Creates a map from a list of keys and a list of
+      values. The keys must all be of type string, and the length of the lists
+      must be the same.
+      For example, to output a mapping of AWS IAM user names to the fingerprint
+      of the key used to encrypt their initial password, you might use:
+      `zipmap(aws_iam_user.users.*.name, aws_iam_user_login_profile.users.*.key_fingerprint)`.
+
 <a id="templates"></a>
 ## Templates