diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route_table.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route_table.go
index 218c39bbc..1c91d916e 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route_table.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route_table.go
@@ -301,7 +301,19 @@ func resourceAwsRouteTableUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 			}
 
 			log.Printf("[INFO] Creating route for %s: %#v", d.Id(), opts)
-			if _, err := conn.CreateRoute(&opts); err != nil {
+			err := resource.Retry(1*time.Minute, func() *resource.RetryError {
+				_, err := conn.CreateRoute(&opts)
+				if err != nil {
+					if awsErr, ok := err.(awserr.Error); ok {
+						if awsErr.Code() == "InvalidRouteTableID.NotFound" {
+							return resource.RetryableError(awsErr)
+						}
+					}
+					return resource.NonRetryableError(err)
+				}
+				return nil
+			})
+			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route_table_association.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route_table_association.go
index c6d68786a..d68107859 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route_table_association.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route_table_association.go
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ package aws
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/awserr"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ec2"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
 )
 
@@ -40,11 +42,25 @@ func resourceAwsRouteTableAssociationCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interfa
 		d.Get("subnet_id").(string),
 		d.Get("route_table_id").(string))
 
-	resp, err := conn.AssociateRouteTable(&ec2.AssociateRouteTableInput{
+	associationOpts := ec2.AssociateRouteTableInput{
 		RouteTableId: aws.String(d.Get("route_table_id").(string)),
 		SubnetId:     aws.String(d.Get("subnet_id").(string)),
-	})
+	}
 
+	var resp *ec2.AssociateRouteTableOutput
+	var err error
+	err = resource.Retry(2*time.Minute, func() *resource.RetryError {
+		resp, err = conn.AssociateRouteTable(&associationOpts)
+		if err != nil {
+			if awsErr, ok := err.(awserr.Error); ok {
+				if awsErr.Code() == "InvalidRouteTableID.NotFound" {
+					return resource.RetryableError(awsErr)
+				}
+			}
+			return resource.NonRetryableError(err)
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}