diff --git a/builtin/providers/google/import_compute_address_test.go b/builtin/providers/google/import_compute_address_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db579f4c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/providers/google/import_compute_address_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package google
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
+)
+
+func TestAccComputeAddress_importBasic(t *testing.T) {
+	resourceName := "google_compute_address.foobar"
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckComputeAddressDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccComputeAddress_basic,
+			},
+
+			resource.TestStep{
+				ResourceName:      resourceName,
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_address.go b/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_address.go
index d4c962230..54a60cc0a 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_address.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_address.go
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@ func resourceComputeAddress() *schema.Resource {
 		Create: resourceComputeAddressCreate,
 		Read:   resourceComputeAddressRead,
 		Delete: resourceComputeAddressDelete,
-
+		Importer: &schema.ResourceImporter{
+			State: func(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) ([]*schema.ResourceData, error) {
+				d.Set("name", d.Id())
+				return []*schema.ResourceData{d}, nil
+			},
+		},
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 			"name": &schema.Schema{
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,