diff --git a/builtin/providers/azurerm/structure.go b/builtin/providers/azurerm/structure.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47acd631e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/providers/azurerm/structure.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package azurerm
+
+import "encoding/json"
+
+// Takes a value containing JSON string and passes it through
+// the JSON parser to normalize it, returns either a parsing
+// error or normalized JSON string.
+func normalizeJsonString(jsonString interface{}) (string, error) {
+	var j interface{}
+
+	if jsonString == nil || jsonString.(string) == "" {
+		return "", nil
+	}
+
+	s := jsonString.(string)
+
+	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(s), &j)
+	if err != nil {
+		return s, err
+	}
+
+	bytes, _ := json.Marshal(j)
+	return string(bytes[:]), nil
+}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/azurerm/structure_test.go b/builtin/providers/azurerm/structure_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ad258333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/providers/azurerm/structure_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package azurerm
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestNormalizeJsonString(t *testing.T) {
+	var err error
+	var actual string
+
+	// Well formatted and valid.
+	validJson := `{
+   "abc": {
+      "def": 123,
+      "xyz": [
+         {
+            "a": "ホリネズミ"
+         },
+         {
+            "b": "1\\n2"
+         }
+      ]
+   }
+}`
+	expected := `{"abc":{"def":123,"xyz":[{"a":"ホリネズミ"},{"b":"1\\n2"}]}}`
+
+	actual, err = normalizeJsonString(validJson)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected not to throw an error while parsing JSON, but got: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if actual != expected {
+		t.Fatalf("Got:\n\n%s\n\nExpected:\n\n%s\n", actual, expected)
+	}
+
+	// Well formatted but not valid,
+	// missing closing squre bracket.
+	invalidJson := `{
+   "abc": {
+      "def": 123,
+      "xyz": [
+         {
+            "a": "1"
+         }
+      }
+   }
+}`
+	actual, err = normalizeJsonString(invalidJson)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected to throw an error while parsing JSON, but got: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	// We expect the invalid JSON to be shown back to us again.
+	if actual != invalidJson {
+		t.Fatalf("Got:\n\n%s\n\nExpected:\n\n%s\n", expected, invalidJson)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/azurerm/validators.go b/builtin/providers/azurerm/validators.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6fa6a943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/providers/azurerm/validators.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package azurerm
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func validateJsonString(v interface{}, k string) (ws []string, errors []error) {
+	if _, err := normalizeJsonString(v); err != nil {
+		errors = append(errors, fmt.Errorf("%q contains an invalid JSON: %s", k, err))
+	}
+	return
+}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/azurerm/validators_test.go b/builtin/providers/azurerm/validators_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66984be06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/providers/azurerm/validators_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package azurerm
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestValidateJsonString(t *testing.T) {
+	type testCases struct {
+		Value    string
+		ErrCount int
+	}
+
+	invalidCases := []testCases{
+		{
+			Value:    `{0:"1"}`,
+			ErrCount: 1,
+		},
+		{
+			Value:    `{'abc':1}`,
+			ErrCount: 1,
+		},
+		{
+			Value:    `{"def":}`,
+			ErrCount: 1,
+		},
+		{
+			Value:    `{"xyz":[}}`,
+			ErrCount: 1,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range invalidCases {
+		_, errors := validateJsonString(tc.Value, "json")
+		if len(errors) != tc.ErrCount {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected %q to trigger a validation error.", tc.Value)
+		}
+	}
+
+	validCases := []testCases{
+		{
+			Value:    ``,
+			ErrCount: 0,
+		},
+		{
+			Value:    `{}`,
+			ErrCount: 0,
+		},
+		{
+			Value:    `{"abc":["1","2"]}`,
+			ErrCount: 0,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range validCases {
+		_, errors := validateJsonString(tc.Value, "json")
+		if len(errors) != tc.ErrCount {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected %q not to trigger a validation error.", tc.Value)
+		}
+	}
+}