diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go
index 523c89c25..8d4c82afe 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go
@@ -270,6 +270,18 @@ func resourceAwsDbInstance() *schema.Resource {
 				Optional: true,
 			},
 
+			"monitoring_role_arn": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Optional: true,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+
+			"monitoring_interval": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeInt,
+				Optional: true,
+				Default:  0,
+			},
+
 			"tags": tagsSchema(),
 		},
 	}
@@ -311,6 +323,14 @@ func resourceAwsDbInstanceCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 			opts.DBSubnetGroupName = aws.String(attr.(string))
 		}
 
+		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("monitoring_role_arn"); ok {
+			opts.MonitoringRoleArn = aws.String(attr.(string))
+		}
+
+		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("monitoring_interval"); ok {
+			opts.MonitoringInterval = aws.Int64(int64(attr.(int)))
+		}
+
 		log.Printf("[DEBUG] DB Instance Replica create configuration: %#v", opts)
 		_, err := conn.CreateDBInstanceReadReplica(&opts)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -494,6 +514,14 @@ func resourceAwsDbInstanceCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 			opts.PubliclyAccessible = aws.Bool(attr.(bool))
 		}
 
+		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("monitoring_role_arn"); ok {
+			opts.MonitoringRoleArn = aws.String(attr.(string))
+		}
+
+		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("monitoring_interval"); ok {
+			opts.MonitoringInterval = aws.Int64(int64(attr.(int)))
+		}
+
 		log.Printf("[DEBUG] DB Instance create configuration: %#v", opts)
 		var err error
 		_, err = conn.CreateDBInstance(&opts)
@@ -575,6 +603,14 @@ func resourceAwsDbInstanceRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	d.Set("status", v.DBInstanceStatus)
 	d.Set("storage_encrypted", v.StorageEncrypted)
 
+	if v.MonitoringInterval != nil {
+		d.Set("monitoring_interval", v.MonitoringInterval)
+	}
+
+	if v.MonitoringRoleArn != nil {
+		d.Set("monitoring_role_arn", v.MonitoringRoleArn)
+	}
+
 	// list tags for resource
 	// set tags
 	conn := meta.(*AWSClient).rdsconn
@@ -764,6 +800,18 @@ func resourceAwsDbInstanceUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 		requestUpdate = true
 	}
 
+	if d.HasChange("monitoring_role_arn") {
+		d.SetPartial("monitoring_role_arn")
+		req.MonitoringRoleArn = aws.String(d.Get("monitoring_role_arn").(string))
+		requestUpdate = true
+	}
+
+	if d.HasChange("monitoring_interval") {
+		d.SetPartial("monitoring_interval")
+		req.MonitoringInterval = aws.Int64(int64(d.Get("monitoring_interval").(int)))
+		requestUpdate = true
+	}
+
 	if d.HasChange("vpc_security_group_ids") {
 		if attr := d.Get("vpc_security_group_ids").(*schema.Set); attr.Len() > 0 {
 			var s []*string
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance_test.go
index 6142281d0..79546d6c3 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance_test.go
@@ -105,6 +105,26 @@ func TestAccAWSDBInstanceNoSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccAWSDBInstance_enhancedMonitoring(t *testing.T) {
+	var dbInstance rds.DBInstance
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSDBInstanceNoSnapshot,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccSnapshotInstanceConfig_enhancedMonitoring,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckAWSDBInstanceExists("aws_db_instance.enhanced_monitoring", &dbInstance),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"aws_db_instance.enhanced_monitoring", "monitoring_interval", "5"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func testAccCheckAWSDBInstanceDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
 	conn := testAccProvider.Meta().(*AWSClient).rdsconn
 
@@ -414,3 +434,59 @@ resource "aws_db_instance" "no_snapshot" {
 	final_snapshot_identifier = "foobarbaz-test-terraform-final-snapshot-2"
 }
 `
+
+var testAccSnapshotInstanceConfig_enhancedMonitoring = `
+provider "aws" {
+  region = "us-east-1"
+}
+
+resource "aws_iam_role" "enhanced_policy_role" {
+    name = "enhanced-monitoring-role"
+    assume_role_policy = <<EOF
+{
+  "Version": "2012-10-17",
+  "Statement": [
+    {
+      "Sid": "",
+      "Effect": "Allow",
+      "Principal": {
+        "Service": "monitoring.rds.amazonaws.com"
+      },
+      "Action": "sts:AssumeRole"
+    }
+  ]
+}
+EOF
+
+}
+
+resource "aws_iam_policy_attachment" "test-attach" {
+    name = "enhanced-monitoring-attachment"
+    roles = [
+        "${aws_iam_role.enhanced_policy_role.name}",
+    ]
+
+    policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonRDSEnhancedMonitoringRole"
+}
+
+resource "aws_db_instance" "enhanced_monitoring" {
+	identifier = "foobarbaz-test-terraform-enhanced-monitoring"
+	depends_on = ["aws_iam_policy_attachment.test-attach"]
+
+	allocated_storage = 5
+	engine = "mysql"
+	engine_version = "5.6.21"
+	instance_class = "db.t2.small"
+	name = "baz"
+	password = "barbarbarbar"
+	username = "foo"
+	backup_retention_period = 1
+
+	parameter_group_name = "default.mysql5.6"
+
+	monitoring_role_arn = "${aws_iam_role.enhanced_policy_role.arn}"
+	monitoring_interval = "5"
+
+	skip_final_snapshot = true
+}
+`
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_policy_attachment.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_policy_attachment.go
index bccf2e775..019f6da14 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_policy_attachment.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_policy_attachment.go
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@ package aws
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/awserr"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/iam"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
 )
 
@@ -210,6 +213,39 @@ func attachPolicyToRoles(conn *iam.IAM, roles []*string, arn string) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+
+		var attachmentErr error
+		attachmentErr = resource.Retry(2*time.Minute, func() error {
+
+			input := iam.ListRolePoliciesInput{
+				RoleName: r,
+			}
+
+			attachedPolicies, err := conn.ListRolePolicies(&input)
+			if err != nil {
+				return &resource.RetryError{Err: err}
+			}
+
+			if len(attachedPolicies.PolicyNames) > 0 {
+				var foundPolicy bool
+				for _, policyName := range attachedPolicies.PolicyNames {
+					if strings.HasSuffix(arn, *policyName) {
+						foundPolicy = true
+						break
+					}
+				}
+
+				if !foundPolicy {
+					return &resource.RetryError{Err: fmt.Errorf("Policy (%q) not yet found", arn)}
+				}
+			}
+
+			return nil
+		})
+
+		if attachmentErr != nil {
+			return attachmentErr
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/db_instance.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/db_instance.html.markdown
index 0b8178477..80153810c 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/db_instance.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/db_instance.html.markdown
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ database, and to use this value as the source database. This correlates to the
 * `license_model` - (Optional, but required for some DB engines, i.e. Oracle SE1) License model information for this DB instance.
 * `auto_minor_version_upgrade` - (Optional) Indicates that minor engine upgrades will be applied automatically to the DB instance during the maintenance window. Defaults to true.
 * `allow_major_version_upgrade` - (Optional) Indicates that major version upgrades are allowed. Changing this parameter does not result in an outage and the change is asynchronously applied as soon as possible.
+* `monitoring_role_arn` - (Optional) The ARN for the IAM role that permits RDS to send 
+enhanced monitoring metrics to CloudWatch Logs. You can find more information on the [AWS Documentation](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_Monitoring.html) 
+what IAM permissions are needed to allow Enhanced Monitoring for RDS Instances.
+* `monitoring_interval` - (Optional) The interval, in seconds, between points when Enhanced Monitoring metrics are collected for the DB instance. To disable collecting Enhanced Monitoring metrics, specify 0. The default is 0. Valid Values: 0, 1, 5, 10, 15, 30, 60.
 
 ~> **NOTE:** Removing the `replicate_source_db` attribute from an existing RDS
 Replicate database managed by Terraform will promote the database to a fully