diff --git a/helper/schema/provider.go b/helper/schema/provider.go
index b1bb65ccb..ff9f991ca 100644
--- a/helper/schema/provider.go
+++ b/helper/schema/provider.go
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ func (p *Provider) SetMeta(v interface{}) {
 	p.meta = v
 }
 
+// Input implementation of terraform.ResourceProvider interface.
+func (p *Provider) Input(
+	input terraform.UIInput,
+	c *terraform.ResourceConfig) (*terraform.ResourceConfig, error) {
+	return schemaMap(p.Schema).Input(input, c)
+}
+
 // Validate implementation of terraform.ResourceProvider interface.
 func (p *Provider) Validate(c *terraform.ResourceConfig) ([]string, []error) {
 	return schemaMap(p.Schema).Validate(c)
diff --git a/helper/schema/schema.go b/helper/schema/schema.go
index 711262bf9..1f7b9c49d 100644
--- a/helper/schema/schema.go
+++ b/helper/schema/schema.go
@@ -270,6 +270,42 @@ func (m schemaMap) Diff(
 	return result, nil
 }
 
+// Input implements the terraform.ResourceProvider method by asking
+// for input for required configuration keys that don't have a value.
+func (m schemaMap) Input(
+	input terraform.UIInput,
+	c *terraform.ResourceConfig) (*terraform.ResourceConfig, error) {
+	for k, v := range m {
+		// Skip things that don't require config, if that is even valid
+		// for a provider schema.
+		if !v.Required && !v.Optional {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		var value interface{}
+		var err error
+		switch v.Type {
+		case TypeBool:
+			fallthrough
+		case TypeInt:
+			fallthrough
+		case TypeString:
+			value, err = m.inputString(input, k, v)
+		default:
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf("Unknown type for input: %s", v.Type))
+		}
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf(
+				"%s: %s", k, err)
+		}
+
+		c.Raw[k] = value
+	}
+
+	return c, nil
+}
+
 // Validate validates the configuration against this schema mapping.
 func (m schemaMap) Validate(c *terraform.ResourceConfig) ([]string, []error) {
 	return m.validateObject("", m, c)
@@ -569,6 +605,18 @@ func (m schemaMap) diffString(
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (m schemaMap) inputString(
+	input terraform.UIInput,
+	k string,
+	schema *Schema) (interface{}, error) {
+	result, err := input.Input(&terraform.InputOpts{
+		Id:    k,
+		Query: fmt.Sprintf("%s: ", k),
+	})
+
+	return result, err
+}
+
 func (m schemaMap) validate(
 	k string,
 	schema *Schema,
diff --git a/helper/schema/schema_test.go b/helper/schema/schema_test.go
index 91b958325..2f8abfac4 100644
--- a/helper/schema/schema_test.go
+++ b/helper/schema/schema_test.go
@@ -1035,6 +1035,63 @@ func TestSchemaMap_Diff(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSchemaMap_Input(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		Schema map[string]*Schema
+		Config map[string]interface{}
+		Input  map[string]string
+		Result map[string]interface{}
+		Err    bool
+	}{
+		/*
+		 * String decode
+		 */
+
+		{
+			Schema: map[string]*Schema{
+				"availability_zone": &Schema{
+					Type:     TypeString,
+					Optional: true,
+				},
+			},
+
+			Config: map[string]interface{}{
+				"availability_zone": "bar",
+			},
+
+			Input: map[string]string{
+				"availability_zone": "foo",
+			},
+
+			Result: map[string]interface{}{
+				"availability_zone": "foo",
+			},
+
+			Err: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for i, tc := range cases {
+		c, err := config.NewRawConfig(tc.Config)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		input := new(terraform.MockUIInput)
+		input.InputReturnMap = tc.Input
+
+		actual, err := schemaMap(tc.Schema).Input(
+			input, terraform.NewResourceConfig(c))
+		if (err != nil) != tc.Err {
+			t.Fatalf("#%d err: %s", i, err)
+		}
+
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(tc.Result, actual.Raw) {
+			t.Fatalf("#%d: bad:\n\n%#v", i, actual.Raw)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSchemaMap_InternalValidate(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
 		In  map[string]*Schema