diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_sns_topic_subscription.go b/aws/resource_aws_sns_topic_subscription.go
index abe86b168dd3..a1c499c53d99 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_sns_topic_subscription.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_sns_topic_subscription.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/structure"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/awserr"
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ var SNSSubscriptionAttributeMap = map[string]string{
 	"endpoint":             "Endpoint",
 	"protocol":             "Protocol",
 	"raw_message_delivery": "RawMessageDelivery",
+	"filter_policy":        "FilterPolicy",
 }
 
 func resourceAwsSnsTopicSubscription() *schema.Resource {
@@ -76,6 +78,16 @@ func resourceAwsSnsTopicSubscription() *schema.Resource {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Computed: true,
 			},
+			"filter_policy": {
+				Type:             schema.TypeString,
+				Optional:         true,
+				ValidateFunc:     validateJsonString,
+				DiffSuppressFunc: suppressEquivalentJsonDiffs,
+				StateFunc: func(v interface{}) string {
+					json, _ := structure.NormalizeJsonString(v)
+					return json
+				},
+			},
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -127,6 +139,22 @@ func resourceAwsSnsTopicSubscriptionUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interfac
 		}
 	}
 
+	if d.HasChange("filter_policy") {
+		_, n := d.GetChange("filter_policy")
+
+		attrValue := n.(string)
+
+		req := &sns.SetSubscriptionAttributesInput{
+			SubscriptionArn: aws.String(d.Id()),
+			AttributeName:   aws.String("FilterPolicy"),
+			AttributeValue:  aws.String(attrValue),
+		}
+		_, err := snsconn.SetSubscriptionAttributes(req)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Unable to set filter policy attribute on subscription: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
 	return resourceAwsSnsTopicSubscriptionRead(d, meta)
 }
 
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_sns_topic_subscription_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_sns_topic_subscription_test.go
index 9fb9616b2320..df9170614dfb 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_sns_topic_subscription_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_sns_topic_subscription_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package aws
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
@@ -31,6 +32,27 @@ func TestAccAWSSNSTopicSubscription_basic(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccAWSSNSTopicSubscription_filterPolicy(t *testing.T) {
+	ri := acctest.RandInt()
+	filterPolicy1 := `{"key1": ["val1"], "key2": ["val2"]}`
+	filterPolicy2 := `{"key3": ["val3"], "key4": ["val4"]}`
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSSNSTopicSubscriptionDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccAWSSNSTopicSubscriptionConfig_filterPolicy(ri, strconv.Quote(filterPolicy1)),
+				Check:  resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("aws_sns_topic_subscription.test_subscription", "filter_policy", filterPolicy1),
+			},
+			{
+				Config: testAccAWSSNSTopicSubscriptionConfig_filterPolicy(ri, strconv.Quote(filterPolicy2)),
+				Check:  resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("aws_sns_topic_subscription.test_subscription", "filter_policy", filterPolicy2),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
 func TestAccAWSSNSTopicSubscription_autoConfirmingEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 	ri := acctest.RandInt()
 
@@ -157,6 +179,25 @@ resource "aws_sns_topic_subscription" "test_subscription" {
 `, i, i)
 }
 
+func testAccAWSSNSTopicSubscriptionConfig_filterPolicy(i int, policy string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "aws_sns_topic" "test_topic" {
+    name = "terraform-test-topic-%d"
+}
+
+resource "aws_sqs_queue" "test_queue" {
+	name = "terraform-subscription-test-queue-%d"
+}
+
+resource "aws_sns_topic_subscription" "test_subscription" {
+    topic_arn = "${aws_sns_topic.test_topic.arn}"
+    protocol = "sqs"
+    endpoint = "${aws_sqs_queue.test_queue.arn}"
+    filter_policy = %s
+  }
+`, i, i, policy)
+}
+
 func testAccAWSSNSTopicSubscriptionConfig_autoConfirmingEndpoint(i int) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "aws_sns_topic" "test_topic" {