diff --git a/terraform/eval_validate_selfref.go b/terraform/eval_validate_selfref.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae4436a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/eval_validate_selfref.go
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package terraform
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/config"
+)
+
+// EvalValidateResourceSelfRef is an EvalNode implementation that validates that
+// a configuration doesn't contain a reference to the resource itself.
+//
+// This must be done prior to interpolating configuration in order to avoid
+// any infinite loop scenarios.
+type EvalValidateResourceSelfRef struct {
+	Addr   **ResourceAddress
+	Config **config.RawConfig
+}
+
+func (n *EvalValidateResourceSelfRef) Eval(ctx EvalContext) (interface{}, error) {
+	addr := *n.Addr
+	conf := *n.Config
+
+	// Go through the variables and find self references
+	var errs []error
+	for k, raw := range conf.Variables {
+		rv, ok := raw.(*config.ResourceVariable)
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Build an address from the variable
+		varAddr := &ResourceAddress{
+			Path:         addr.Path,
+			Mode:         rv.Mode,
+			Type:         rv.Type,
+			Name:         rv.Name,
+			Index:        rv.Index,
+			InstanceType: TypePrimary,
+		}
+
+		// If the variable access is a multi-access (*), then we just
+		// match the index so that we'll match our own addr if everything
+		// else matches.
+		if rv.Multi && rv.Index == -1 {
+			varAddr.Index = addr.Index
+		}
+
+		// This is a weird thing where ResourceAddres has index "-1" when
+		// index isn't set at all. This means index "0" for resource access.
+		// So, if we have this scenario, just set our varAddr to -1 so it
+		// matches.
+		if addr.Index == -1 && varAddr.Index == 0 {
+			varAddr.Index = -1
+		}
+
+		// If the addresses match, then this is a self reference
+		if varAddr.Equals(addr) && varAddr.Index == addr.Index {
+			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf(
+				"%s: self reference not allowed: %q",
+				addr, k))
+		}
+	}
+
+	// If no errors, no errors!
+	if len(errs) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	// Wrap the errors in the proper wrapper so we can handle validation
+	// formatting properly upstream.
+	return nil, &EvalValidateError{
+		Errors: errs,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/terraform/eval_validate_selfref_test.go b/terraform/eval_validate_selfref_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5e70cb66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/eval_validate_selfref_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+package terraform
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/config"
+)
+
+func TestEvalValidateResourceSelfRef(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		Name   string
+		Addr   string
+		Config map[string]interface{}
+		Err    bool
+	}{
+		{
+			"no interpolations",
+			"aws_instance.foo",
+			map[string]interface{}{
+				"foo": "bar",
+			},
+			false,
+		},
+
+		{
+			"non self reference",
+			"aws_instance.foo",
+			map[string]interface{}{
+				"foo": "${aws_instance.bar.id}",
+			},
+			false,
+		},
+
+		{
+			"self reference",
+			"aws_instance.foo",
+			map[string]interface{}{
+				"foo": "hello ${aws_instance.foo.id}",
+			},
+			true,
+		},
+
+		{
+			"self reference other index",
+			"aws_instance.foo",
+			map[string]interface{}{
+				"foo": "hello ${aws_instance.foo.4.id}",
+			},
+			false,
+		},
+
+		{
+			"self reference same index",
+			"aws_instance.foo[4]",
+			map[string]interface{}{
+				"foo": "hello ${aws_instance.foo.4.id}",
+			},
+			true,
+		},
+
+		{
+			"self reference multi",
+			"aws_instance.foo[4]",
+			map[string]interface{}{
+				"foo": "hello ${aws_instance.foo.*.id}",
+			},
+			true,
+		},
+
+		{
+			"self reference multi single",
+			"aws_instance.foo",
+			map[string]interface{}{
+				"foo": "hello ${aws_instance.foo.*.id}",
+			},
+			true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for i, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d-%s", i, tc.Name), func(t *testing.T) {
+			addr, err := ParseResourceAddress(tc.Addr)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+			}
+			conf := config.TestRawConfig(t, tc.Config)
+
+			n := &EvalValidateResourceSelfRef{Addr: &addr, Config: &conf}
+			result, err := n.Eval(nil)
+			if result != nil {
+				t.Fatal("result should always be nil")
+			}
+			if (err != nil) != tc.Err {
+				t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/terraform/node_resource_abstract_count.go b/terraform/node_resource_abstract_count.go
index 131ebccf9..9b4df757f 100644
--- a/terraform/node_resource_abstract_count.go
+++ b/terraform/node_resource_abstract_count.go
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ package terraform
 // The embedder should implement `DynamicExpand` to process the count.
 type NodeAbstractCountResource struct {
 	*NodeAbstractResource
+
+	// Validate, if true, will perform the validation for the count.
+	// This should only be turned on for the "validate" operation.
+	Validate bool
 }
 
 // GraphNodeEvalable
@@ -21,6 +25,16 @@ func (n *NodeAbstractCountResource) EvalTree() EvalNode {
 			&EvalInterpolate{Config: n.Config.RawCount},
 
 			&EvalCountCheckComputed{Resource: n.Config},
+
+			// If validation is enabled, perform the validation
+			&EvalIf{
+				If: func(ctx EvalContext) (bool, error) {
+					return n.Validate, nil
+				},
+
+				Then: &EvalValidateCount{Resource: n.Config},
+			},
+
 			&EvalCountFixZeroOneBoundary{Resource: n.Config},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/terraform/node_resource_validate.go b/terraform/node_resource_validate.go
index 8e99075c4..3ea5bfd12 100644
--- a/terraform/node_resource_validate.go
+++ b/terraform/node_resource_validate.go
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ type NodeValidatableResource struct {
 	*NodeAbstractCountResource
 }
 
+// GraphNodeEvalable
+func (n *NodeValidatableResource) EvalTree() EvalNode {
+	// Ensure we're validating
+	c := n.NodeAbstractCountResource
+	c.Validate = true
+	return c.EvalTree()
+}
+
 // GraphNodeDynamicExpandable
 func (n *NodeValidatableResource) DynamicExpand(ctx EvalContext) (*Graph, error) {
 	// Grab the state which we read
@@ -91,6 +99,10 @@ func (n *NodeValidatableResourceInstance) EvalTree() EvalNode {
 
 	seq := &EvalSequence{
 		Nodes: []EvalNode{
+			&EvalValidateResourceSelfRef{
+				Addr:   &addr,
+				Config: &n.Config.RawConfig,
+			},
 			&EvalGetProvider{
 				Name:   n.ProvidedBy()[0],
 				Output: &provider,