diff --git a/helper/schema/schema.go b/helper/schema/schema.go
index 3e878c0a3..452f0e08d 100644
--- a/helper/schema/schema.go
+++ b/helper/schema/schema.go
@@ -113,8 +113,14 @@ type Schema struct {
 	// TypeSet or TypeList. Specific use cases would be if a TypeSet is being
 	// used to wrap a complex structure, however more than one instance would
 	// cause instability.
+	//
+	// MinItems defines a minimum amount of items that can exist within a
+	// TypeSet or TypeList. Specific use cases would be if a TypeSet is being
+	// used to wrap a complex structure, however less than one instance would
+	// cause instability.
 	Elem     interface{}
 	MaxItems int
+	MinItems int
 
 	// The following fields are only valid for a TypeSet type.
 	//
@@ -597,8 +603,8 @@ func (m schemaMap) InternalValidate(topSchemaMap schemaMap) error {
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
-			if v.MaxItems > 0 {
-				return fmt.Errorf("%s: MaxItems is only supported on lists or sets", k)
+			if v.MaxItems > 0 || v.MinItems > 0 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("%s: MaxItems and MinItems are only supported on lists or sets", k)
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -1128,6 +1134,11 @@ func (m schemaMap) validateList(
 			"%s: attribute supports %d item maximum, config has %d declared", k, schema.MaxItems, rawV.Len())}
 	}
 
+	if schema.MinItems > 0 && rawV.Len() < schema.MinItems {
+		return nil, []error{fmt.Errorf(
+			"%s: attribute supports %d item as a minimum, config has %d declared", k, schema.MinItems, rawV.Len())}
+	}
+
 	// Now build the []interface{}
 	raws := make([]interface{}, rawV.Len())
 	for i, _ := range raws {
diff --git a/helper/schema/schema_test.go b/helper/schema/schema_test.go
index b7d7673b6..36e2a84d0 100644
--- a/helper/schema/schema_test.go
+++ b/helper/schema/schema_test.go
@@ -3895,3 +3895,94 @@ func TestSchemaSet_ValidateMaxItems(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSchemaSet_ValidateMinItems(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[string]struct {
+		Schema          map[string]*Schema
+		State           *terraform.InstanceState
+		Config          map[string]interface{}
+		ConfigVariables map[string]string
+		Diff            *terraform.InstanceDiff
+		Err             bool
+		Errors          []error
+	}{
+		"#0": {
+			Schema: map[string]*Schema{
+				"aliases": &Schema{
+					Type:     TypeSet,
+					Optional: true,
+					MinItems: 2,
+					Elem:     &Schema{Type: TypeString},
+				},
+			},
+			State: nil,
+			Config: map[string]interface{}{
+				"aliases": []interface{}{"foo", "bar"},
+			},
+			Diff:   nil,
+			Err:    false,
+			Errors: nil,
+		},
+		"#1": {
+			Schema: map[string]*Schema{
+				"aliases": &Schema{
+					Type:     TypeSet,
+					Optional: true,
+					Elem:     &Schema{Type: TypeString},
+				},
+			},
+			State: nil,
+			Config: map[string]interface{}{
+				"aliases": []interface{}{"foo", "bar"},
+			},
+			Diff:   nil,
+			Err:    false,
+			Errors: nil,
+		},
+		"#2": {
+			Schema: map[string]*Schema{
+				"aliases": &Schema{
+					Type:     TypeSet,
+					Optional: true,
+					MinItems: 2,
+					Elem:     &Schema{Type: TypeString},
+				},
+			},
+			State: nil,
+			Config: map[string]interface{}{
+				"aliases": []interface{}{"foo"},
+			},
+			Diff: nil,
+			Err:  true,
+			Errors: []error{
+				fmt.Errorf("aliases: attribute supports 2 item as a minimum, config has 1 declared"),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for tn, tc := range cases {
+		c, err := config.NewRawConfig(tc.Config)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("%q: err: %s", tn, err)
+		}
+		_, es := schemaMap(tc.Schema).Validate(terraform.NewResourceConfig(c))
+
+		if len(es) > 0 != tc.Err {
+			if len(es) == 0 {
+				t.Errorf("%q: no errors", tn)
+			}
+
+			for _, e := range es {
+				t.Errorf("%q: err: %s", tn, e)
+			}
+
+			t.FailNow()
+		}
+
+		if tc.Errors != nil {
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(es, tc.Errors) {
+				t.Fatalf("%q: expected: %q\ngot: %q", tn, tc.Errors, es)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}