diff --git a/builtin/providers/azurerm/import_arm_dns_zone_test.go b/builtin/providers/azurerm/import_arm_dns_zone_test.go
index 51af139d8..0cee95522 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/azurerm/import_arm_dns_zone_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/azurerm/import_arm_dns_zone_test.go
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ func TestAccAzureRMDnsZone_importBasic(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 
 			resource.TestStep{
-				ResourceName:            resourceName,
-				ImportState:             true,
-				ImportStateVerify:       true,
-				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"resource_group_name"},
+				ResourceName:      resourceName,
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
 			},
 		},
 	})
diff --git a/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_dns_zone.go b/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_dns_zone.go
index 2a1bfdef5..f5a5cf966 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_dns_zone.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_dns_zone.go
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ func resourceArmDnsZoneRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	client := meta.(*ArmClient)
 	rivieraClient := client.rivieraClient
 
+	id, err := parseAzureResourceID(d.Id())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	resGroup := id.ResourceGroup
+
 	readRequest := rivieraClient.NewRequestForURI(d.Id())
 	readRequest.Command = &dns.GetDNSZone{}
 
@@ -111,6 +117,7 @@ func resourceArmDnsZoneRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 
 	resp := readResponse.Parsed.(*dns.GetDNSZoneResponse)
 
+	d.Set("resource_group_name", resGroup)
 	d.Set("number_of_record_sets", resp.NumberOfRecordSets)
 	d.Set("max_number_of_record_sets", resp.MaxNumberOfRecordSets)
 	d.Set("name", resp.Name)