diff --git a/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_instance.go b/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_instance.go
index c07678f3e..eb4f2fc05 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_instance.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_instance.go
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ func resourceCloudStackInstance() *schema.Resource {
 				Optional: true,
 				Default:  false,
 			},
+			"project_name": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Optional: true,
+				Default:  nil,
+			},
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -148,6 +153,17 @@ func resourceCloudStackInstanceCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 		p.SetUserdata(ud)
 	}
 
+	// If the project_name contains any info, we retreive the project_id
+	if projectName, ok := d.GetOk("project_name"); ok {
+		project, _, err := cs.Project.GetProjectByName(projectName.(string))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		log.Printf("[DEBUG] project id %s", project.Id)
+		p.SetProjectid(project.Id)
+		d.Set("project_id", project.Id)
+	}
+
 	// Create the new instance
 	r, err := cs.VirtualMachine.DeployVirtualMachine(p)
 	if err != nil {