diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/import_aws_vpc_peering_connection_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/import_aws_vpc_peering_connection_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c64f84a36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/import_aws_vpc_peering_connection_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package aws
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
+)
+
+func TestAccAWSVPCPeeringConnection_importBasic(t *testing.T) {
+	resourceName := "aws_vpc_peering_connection.foo"
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSVpcPeeringConnectionDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccVpcPeeringConfig,
+			},
+
+			resource.TestStep{
+				ResourceName:      resourceName,
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{
+					"auto_accept"},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_vpc_peering_connection.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_vpc_peering_connection.go
index 8c48b0e96..2bfc341b6 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_vpc_peering_connection.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_vpc_peering_connection.go
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ func resourceAwsVpcPeeringConnection() *schema.Resource {
 		Read:   resourceAwsVPCPeeringRead,
 		Update: resourceAwsVPCPeeringUpdate,
 		Delete: resourceAwsVPCPeeringDelete,
+		Importer: &schema.ResourceImporter{
+			State: schema.ImportStatePassthrough,
+		},
 
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 			"peer_owner_id": &schema.Schema{