diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/data_source_aws_ecs_cluster.go b/builtin/providers/aws/data_source_aws_ecs_cluster.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e808814e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/data_source_aws_ecs_cluster.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package aws
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ecs"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
+)
+
+func dataSourceAwsEcsCluster() *schema.Resource {
+	return &schema.Resource{
+		Read: dataSourceAwsEcsClusterRead,
+
+		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+			"cluster_name": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Required: true,
+				ForceNew: true,
+			},
+
+			"arn": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+
+			"status": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+
+			"pending_tasks_count": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeInt,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+
+			"running_tasks_count": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeInt,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+
+			"registered_container_instances_count": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeInt,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func dataSourceAwsEcsClusterRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
+	conn := meta.(*AWSClient).ecsconn
+
+	desc, err := conn.DescribeClusters(&ecs.DescribeClustersInput{
+		Clusters: []*string{aws.String(d.Get("cluster_name").(string))},
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for _, cluster := range desc.Clusters {
+		if aws.StringValue(cluster.ClusterName) != d.Get("cluster_name").(string) {
+			continue
+		}
+		d.SetId(aws.StringValue(cluster.ClusterArn))
+		d.Set("status", cluster.Status)
+		d.Set("pending_tasks_count", cluster.PendingTasksCount)
+		d.Set("running_tasks_count", cluster.RunningTasksCount)
+		d.Set("registered_container_instances_count", cluster.RegisteredContainerInstancesCount)
+	}
+
+	if d.Id() == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cluster with name %q not found", d.Get("cluster_name").(string))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/data_source_aws_ecs_cluster_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/data_source_aws_ecs_cluster_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25b0fbe0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/data_source_aws_ecs_cluster_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package aws
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/acctest"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
+)
+
+func TestAccAWSEcsDataSource_ecsCluster(t *testing.T) {
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:  func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers: testAccProviders,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccCheckAwsEcsClusterDataSourceConfig,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("data.aws_ecs_cluster.default", "status", "ACTIVE"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("data.aws_ecs_cluster.default", "pending_tasks_count", "0"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("data.aws_ecs_cluster.default", "running_tasks_count", "0"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("data.aws_ecs_cluster.default", "registered_container_instances_count", "0"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+var testAccCheckAwsEcsClusterDataSourceConfig = fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "aws_ecs_cluster" "default" {
+  name = "default-%d"
+}
+
+resource "aws_ecs_task_definition" "mongo" {
+  family = "mongodb"
+  container_definitions = <<DEFINITION
+[
+  {
+    "cpu": 128,
+    "essential": true,
+    "image": "mongo:latest",
+    "memory": 128,
+    "memoryReservation": 64,
+    "name": "mongodb"
+  }
+]
+DEFINITION
+}
+
+resource "aws_ecs_service" "mongo" {
+  name = "mongodb"
+  cluster = "${aws_ecs_cluster.default.id}"
+  task_definition = "${aws_ecs_task_definition.mongo.arn}"
+  desired_count = 1
+}
+
+data "aws_ecs_cluster" "default" {
+  cluster_name = "${aws_ecs_cluster.default.name}"
+}
+`, acctest.RandInt())
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/provider.go b/builtin/providers/aws/provider.go
index 1554c7b47..4d56565e0 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/provider.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/provider.go
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ func Provider() terraform.ResourceProvider {
 			"aws_cloudformation_stack":     dataSourceAwsCloudFormationStack(),
 			"aws_ebs_snapshot":             dataSourceAwsEbsSnapshot(),
 			"aws_ebs_volume":               dataSourceAwsEbsVolume(),
+			"aws_ecs_cluster":              dataSourceAwsEcsCluster(),
 			"aws_ecs_container_definition": dataSourceAwsEcsContainerDefinition(),
 			"aws_ecs_task_definition":      dataSourceAwsEcsTaskDefinition(),
 			"aws_eip":                      dataSourceAwsEip(),