diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/config.go b/builtin/providers/aws/config.go
index e3e2243f1..d98488c1f 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/config.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/config.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/lambda"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/opsworks"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/rds"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/redshift"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/route53"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/s3"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/sns"
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ type AWSClient struct {
 	s3conn             *s3.S3
 	sqsconn            *sqs.SQS
 	snsconn            *sns.SNS
+	redshiftconn       *redshift.Redshift
 	r53conn            *route53.Route53
 	region             string
 	rdsconn            *rds.RDS
@@ -233,6 +235,10 @@ func (c *Config) Client() (interface{}, error) {
 
 		log.Println("[INFO] Initializing CodeCommit SDK connection")
 		client.codecommitconn = codecommit.New(usEast1Sess)
+
+		log.Println("[INFO] Initializing Redshift SDK connection")
+		client.redshiftconn = redshift.New(sess)
+
 	}
 
 	if len(errs) > 0 {
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/provider.go b/builtin/providers/aws/provider.go
index 6b0c8db2e..45912f6cb 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/provider.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/provider.go
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ func Provider() terraform.ResourceProvider {
 			"aws_proxy_protocol_policy":            resourceAwsProxyProtocolPolicy(),
 			"aws_rds_cluster":                      resourceAwsRDSCluster(),
 			"aws_rds_cluster_instance":             resourceAwsRDSClusterInstance(),
+			"aws_redshift_security_group":          resourceAwsRedshiftSecurityGroup(),
 			"aws_route53_delegation_set":           resourceAwsRoute53DelegationSet(),
 			"aws_route53_record":                   resourceAwsRoute53Record(),
 			"aws_route53_zone_association":         resourceAwsRoute53ZoneAssociation(),
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_redshift_security_group.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_redshift_security_group.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f2520d15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_redshift_security_group.go
@@ -0,0 +1,320 @@
+package aws
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"regexp"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/awserr"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/redshift"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/hashcode"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
+)
+
+func resourceAwsRedshiftSecurityGroup() *schema.Resource {
+	return &schema.Resource{
+		Create: resourceAwsRedshiftSecurityGroupCreate,
+		Read:   resourceAwsRedshiftSecurityGroupRead,
+		Delete: resourceAwsRedshiftSecurityGroupDelete,
+
+		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+			"name": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:         schema.TypeString,
+				Required:     true,
+				ForceNew:     true,
+				ValidateFunc: validateRedshiftSecurityGroupName,
+			},
+
+			"description": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Required: true,
+				ForceNew: true,
+			},
+
+			"ingress": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeSet,
+				Required: true,
+				ForceNew: true,
+				Elem: &schema.Resource{
+					Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+						"cidr": &schema.Schema{
+							Type:     schema.TypeString,
+							Optional: true,
+						},
+
+						"security_group_name": &schema.Schema{
+							Type:     schema.TypeString,
+							Optional: true,
+							Computed: true,
+						},
+
+						"security_group_owner_id": &schema.Schema{
+							Type:     schema.TypeString,
+							Optional: true,
+							Computed: true,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				Set: resourceAwsRedshiftSecurityGroupIngressHash,
+			},
+
+			"tags": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeMap,
+				Optional: true,
+				ForceNew: true,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func resourceAwsRedshiftSecurityGroupCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
+	conn := meta.(*AWSClient).redshiftconn
+
+	var err error
+	var errs []error
+
+	name := d.Get("name").(string)
+	desc := d.Get("description").(string)
+	tags := tagsFromMapRedshift(d.Get("tags").(map[string]interface{}))
+	sgInput := &redshift.CreateClusterSecurityGroupInput{
+		ClusterSecurityGroupName: aws.String(name),
+		Description:              aws.String(desc),
+		Tags:                     tags,
+	}
+	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Redshift security group create: name: %s, description: %s", name, desc)
+	_, err = conn.CreateClusterSecurityGroup(sgInput)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error creating RedshiftSecurityGroup: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	d.SetId(d.Get("name").(string))
+
+	log.Printf("[INFO] Redshift Security Group ID: %s", d.Id())
+	sg, err := resourceAwsRedshiftSecurityGroupRetrieve(d, meta)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	ingresses := d.Get("ingress").(*schema.Set)
+	for _, ing := range ingresses.List() {
+		err := resourceAwsRedshiftSecurityGroupAuthorizeRule(ing, *sg.ClusterSecurityGroupName, conn)
+		if err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		return &multierror.Error{Errors: errs}
+	}
+
+	log.Println("[INFO] Waiting for Redshift Security Group Ingress Authorizations to be authorized")
+	stateConf := &resource.StateChangeConf{
+		Pending: []string{"authorizing"},
+		Target:  "authorized",
+		Refresh: resourceAwsRedshiftSecurityGroupStateRefreshFunc(d, meta),
+		Timeout: 10 * time.Minute,
+	}
+
+	_, err = stateConf.WaitForState()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return resourceAwsRedshiftSecurityGroupRead(d, meta)
+}
+
+func resourceAwsRedshiftSecurityGroupRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
+	sg, err := resourceAwsRedshiftSecurityGroupRetrieve(d, meta)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	rules := &schema.Set{
+		F: resourceAwsRedshiftSecurityGroupIngressHash,
+	}
+
+	for _, v := range sg.IPRanges {
+		rule := map[string]interface{}{"cidr": *v.CIDRIP}
+		rules.Add(rule)
+	}
+
+	for _, g := range sg.EC2SecurityGroups {
+		rule := map[string]interface{}{
+			"security_group_name":     *g.EC2SecurityGroupName,
+			"security_group_owner_id": *g.EC2SecurityGroupOwnerId,
+		}
+		rules.Add(rule)
+	}
+
+	d.Set("ingress", rules)
+	d.Set("name", *sg.ClusterSecurityGroupName)
+	d.Set("description", *sg.Description)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func resourceAwsRedshiftSecurityGroupDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
+	conn := meta.(*AWSClient).redshiftconn
+
+	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Redshift Security Group destroy: %v", d.Id())
+	opts := redshift.DeleteClusterSecurityGroupInput{
+		ClusterSecurityGroupName: aws.String(d.Id()),
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Redshift Security Group destroy configuration: %v", opts)
+	_, err := conn.DeleteClusterSecurityGroup(&opts)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		newerr, ok := err.(awserr.Error)
+		if ok && newerr.Code() == "InvalidRedshiftSecurityGroup.NotFound" {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func resourceAwsRedshiftSecurityGroupRetrieve(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) (*redshift.ClusterSecurityGroup, error) {
+	conn := meta.(*AWSClient).redshiftconn
+
+	opts := redshift.DescribeClusterSecurityGroupsInput{
+		ClusterSecurityGroupName: aws.String(d.Id()),
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Redshift Security Group describe configuration: %#v", opts)
+
+	resp, err := conn.DescribeClusterSecurityGroups(&opts)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error retrieving Redshift Security Groups: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(resp.ClusterSecurityGroups) != 1 ||
+		*resp.ClusterSecurityGroups[0].ClusterSecurityGroupName != d.Id() {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unable to find Redshift Security Group: %#v", resp.ClusterSecurityGroups)
+	}
+
+	return resp.ClusterSecurityGroups[0], nil
+}
+
+func tagsFromMapRedshift(m map[string]interface{}) []*redshift.Tag {
+	result := make([]*redshift.Tag, 0, len(m))
+	for k, v := range m {
+		result = append(result, &redshift.Tag{
+			Key:   aws.String(k),
+			Value: aws.String(v.(string)),
+		})
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
+func tagsToMapRedshift(ts []*redshift.Tag) map[string]string {
+	result := make(map[string]string)
+	for _, t := range ts {
+		result[*t.Key] = *t.Value
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
+func validateRedshiftSecurityGroupName(v interface{}, k string) (ws []string, errors []error) {
+	value := v.(string)
+	if value == "default" {
+		errors = append(errors, fmt.Errorf("the Redshift Security Group name cannot be %q", value))
+	}
+	if !regexp.MustCompile(`^[0-9a-z-]+$`).MatchString(value) {
+		errors = append(errors, fmt.Errorf(
+			"only lowercase alphanumeric characters and hyphens allowed in %q: %q",
+			k, value))
+	}
+	if len(value) > 255 {
+		errors = append(errors, fmt.Errorf(
+			"%q cannot be longer than 32 characters: %q", k, value))
+	}
+	return
+
+}
+
+func resourceAwsRedshiftSecurityGroupIngressHash(v interface{}) int {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	m := v.(map[string]interface{})
+
+	if v, ok := m["cidr"]; ok {
+		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s-", v.(string)))
+	}
+
+	if v, ok := m["security_group_name"]; ok {
+		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s-", v.(string)))
+	}
+
+	if v, ok := m["security_group_owner_id"]; ok {
+		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s-", v.(string)))
+	}
+
+	return hashcode.String(buf.String())
+}
+
+func resourceAwsRedshiftSecurityGroupAuthorizeRule(ingress interface{}, redshiftSecurityGroupName string, conn *redshift.Redshift) error {
+	ing := ingress.(map[string]interface{})
+
+	opts := redshift.AuthorizeClusterSecurityGroupIngressInput{
+		ClusterSecurityGroupName: aws.String(redshiftSecurityGroupName),
+	}
+
+	if attr, ok := ing["cidr"]; ok && attr != "" {
+		opts.CIDRIP = aws.String(attr.(string))
+	}
+
+	if attr, ok := ing["security_group_name"]; ok && attr != "" {
+		opts.EC2SecurityGroupName = aws.String(attr.(string))
+	}
+
+	if attr, ok := ing["security_group_owner_id"]; ok && attr != "" {
+		opts.EC2SecurityGroupOwnerId = aws.String(attr.(string))
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Authorize ingress rule configuration: %#v", opts)
+	_, err := conn.AuthorizeClusterSecurityGroupIngress(&opts)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error authorizing security group ingress: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func resourceAwsRedshiftSecurityGroupStateRefreshFunc(
+	d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) resource.StateRefreshFunc {
+	return func() (interface{}, string, error) {
+		v, err := resourceAwsRedshiftSecurityGroupRetrieve(d, meta)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Error on retrieving Redshift Security Group when waiting: %s", err)
+			return nil, "", err
+		}
+
+		statuses := make([]string, 0, len(v.EC2SecurityGroups)+len(v.IPRanges))
+		for _, ec2g := range v.EC2SecurityGroups {
+			statuses = append(statuses, *ec2g.Status)
+		}
+		for _, ips := range v.IPRanges {
+			statuses = append(statuses, *ips.Status)
+		}
+
+		for _, stat := range statuses {
+			// Not done
+			if stat != "authorized" {
+				return nil, "authorizing", nil
+			}
+		}
+
+		return v, "authorized", nil
+	}
+}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_redshift_security_group_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_redshift_security_group_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b6137975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_redshift_security_group_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+package aws
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/awserr"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/redshift"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/terraform"
+)
+
+func TestAccAWSRedshiftSecurityGroup_ingressCidr(t *testing.T) {
+	var v redshift.ClusterSecurityGroup
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSRedshiftSecurityGroupDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccAWSRedshiftSecurityGroupConfig_ingressCidr,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckAWSRedshiftSecurityGroupExists("aws_redshift_security_group.bar", &v),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"aws_redshift_security_group.bar", "name", "redshift-sg-terraform"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"aws_redshift_security_group.bar", "description", "this is a description"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"aws_redshift_security_group.bar", "ingress.2735652665.cidr", "10.0.0.1/24"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"aws_redshift_security_group.bar", "ingress.#", "1"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func TestAccAWSRedshiftSecurityGroup_ingressSecurityGroup(t *testing.T) {
+	var v redshift.ClusterSecurityGroup
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSRedshiftSecurityGroupDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccAWSRedshiftSecurityGroupConfig_ingressSgId,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckAWSRedshiftSecurityGroupExists("aws_redshift_security_group.bar", &v),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"aws_redshift_security_group.bar", "name", "redshift-sg-terraform"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"aws_redshift_security_group.bar", "description", "this is a description"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"aws_redshift_security_group.bar", "ingress.#", "1"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"aws_redshift_security_group.bar", "ingress.220863.security_group_name", "terraform_redshift_acceptance_test"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func testAccCheckAWSRedshiftSecurityGroupExists(n string, v *redshift.ClusterSecurityGroup) resource.TestCheckFunc {
+	return func(s *terraform.State) error {
+		rs, ok := s.RootModule().Resources[n]
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Not found: %s", n)
+		}
+
+		if rs.Primary.ID == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("No Redshift Security Group ID is set")
+		}
+
+		conn := testAccProvider.Meta().(*AWSClient).redshiftconn
+
+		opts := redshift.DescribeClusterSecurityGroupsInput{
+			ClusterSecurityGroupName: aws.String(rs.Primary.ID),
+		}
+
+		resp, err := conn.DescribeClusterSecurityGroups(&opts)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if len(resp.ClusterSecurityGroups) != 1 ||
+			*resp.ClusterSecurityGroups[0].ClusterSecurityGroupName != rs.Primary.ID {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Redshift Security Group not found")
+		}
+
+		*v = *resp.ClusterSecurityGroups[0]
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func testAccCheckAWSRedshiftSecurityGroupDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
+	conn := testAccProvider.Meta().(*AWSClient).redshiftconn
+
+	for _, rs := range s.RootModule().Resources {
+		if rs.Type != "aws_redshift_security_group" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Try to find the Group
+		resp, err := conn.DescribeClusterSecurityGroups(
+			&redshift.DescribeClusterSecurityGroupsInput{
+				ClusterSecurityGroupName: aws.String(rs.Primary.ID),
+			})
+
+		if err == nil {
+			if len(resp.ClusterSecurityGroups) != 0 &&
+				*resp.ClusterSecurityGroups[0].ClusterSecurityGroupName == rs.Primary.ID {
+				return fmt.Errorf("Redshift Security Group still exists")
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Verify the error
+		newerr, ok := err.(awserr.Error)
+		if !ok {
+			return err
+		}
+		if newerr.Code() != "InvalidRedshiftSecurityGroup.NotFound" {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func TestResourceAWSRedshiftSecurityGroupName_validation(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		Value    string
+		ErrCount int
+	}{
+		{
+			Value:    "default",
+			ErrCount: 1,
+		},
+		{
+			Value:    "testing123%%",
+			ErrCount: 1,
+		},
+		{
+			Value:    "TestingSG",
+			ErrCount: 1,
+		},
+		{
+			Value:    randomString(256),
+			ErrCount: 1,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		_, errors := validateRedshiftSecurityGroupName(tc.Value, "aws_redshift_security_group_name")
+
+		if len(errors) != tc.ErrCount {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected the Redshift Security Group Name to trigger a validation error")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+const testAccAWSRedshiftSecurityGroupConfig_ingressCidr = `
+provider "aws" {
+    region = "us-east-1"
+}
+
+resource "aws_redshift_security_group" "bar" {
+    name = "redshift-sg-terraform"
+    description = "this is a description"
+
+    ingress {
+        cidr = "10.0.0.1/24"
+    }
+}`
+
+const testAccAWSRedshiftSecurityGroupConfig_ingressSgId = `
+provider "aws" {
+    region = "us-east-1"
+}
+
+resource "aws_security_group" "redshift" {
+	name = "terraform_redshift_acceptance_test"
+	description = "Used in the redshift acceptance tests"
+
+	ingress {
+		protocol = "tcp"
+		from_port = 22
+		to_port = 22
+		cidr_blocks = ["10.0.0.0/8"]
+	}
+}
+
+resource "aws_redshift_security_group" "bar" {
+    name = "redshift-sg-terraform"
+    description = "this is a description"
+
+    ingress {
+        security_group_name = "${aws_security_group.redshift.name}"
+        security_group_owner_id = "${aws_security_group.redshift.owner_id}"
+    }
+}`