diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_instance_profile.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_instance_profile.go
index 16766d648..2e45a655f 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_instance_profile.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_instance_profile.go
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ func instanceProfileReadResult(d *schema.ResourceData, result *iam.InstanceProfi
 	if err := d.Set("path", result.Path); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	d.Set("unique_id", result.InstanceProfileId)
 
 	roles := &schema.Set{F: schema.HashString}
 	for _, role := range result.Roles {