diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_directory_service_directory.go b/aws/resource_aws_directory_service_directory.go
index 9de42ed3b0b..35e7ff293d5 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_directory_service_directory.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_directory_service_directory.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/awserr"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/directoryservice"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/validation"
 )
 
 var directoryCreationFuncs = map[string]func(*directoryservice.DirectoryService, *schema.ResourceData) (string, error){
@@ -155,6 +156,16 @@ func resourceAwsDirectoryServiceDirectory() *schema.Resource {
 					return
 				},
 			},
+			"edition": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Optional: true,
+				Default:  directoryservice.DirectoryEditionEnterprise,
+				ForceNew: true,
+				ValidateFunc: validation.StringInSlice([]string{
+					directoryservice.DirectoryEditionEnterprise,
+					directoryservice.DirectoryEditionStandard,
+				}, false),
+			},
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -295,6 +306,9 @@ func createActiveDirectoryService(dsconn *directoryservice.DirectoryService, d *
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("short_name"); ok {
 		input.ShortName = aws.String(v.(string))
 	}
+	if v, ok := d.GetOk("edition"); ok {
+		input.Edition = aws.String(v.(string))
+	}
 
 	input.VpcSettings, err = buildVpcSettings(d)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -445,6 +459,9 @@ func resourceAwsDirectoryServiceDirectoryRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta inter
 	if dir.Size != nil {
 		d.Set("size", *dir.Size)
 	}
+	if dir.Edition != nil {
+		d.Set("edition", *dir.Edition)
+	}
 	d.Set("type", *dir.Type)
 	d.Set("vpc_settings", flattenDSVpcSettings(dir.VpcSettings))
 	d.Set("connect_settings", flattenDSConnectSettings(dir.DnsIpAddrs, dir.ConnectSettings))
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_directory_service_directory_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_directory_service_directory_test.go
index a027b5dd5af..9c2448402b9 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_directory_service_directory_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_directory_service_directory_test.go
@@ -132,6 +132,24 @@ func TestAccAWSDirectoryServiceDirectory_microsoft(t *testing.T) {
 				Config: testAccDirectoryServiceDirectoryConfig_microsoft,
 				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
 					testAccCheckServiceDirectoryExists("aws_directory_service_directory.bar"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("aws_directory_service_discovery.bar", "edition", directoryservice.DirectoryEditionEnterprise),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func TestAccAWSDirectoryServiceDirectory_microsoftStandard(t *testing.T) {
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckDirectoryServiceDirectoryDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccDirectoryServiceDirectoryConfig_microsoftStandard,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckServiceDirectoryExists("aws_directory_service_directory.bar"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("aws_directory_service_discovery.bar", "edition", directoryservice.DirectoryEditionStandard),
 				),
 			},
 		},
@@ -455,6 +473,38 @@ resource "aws_subnet" "bar" {
 }
 `
 
+const testAccDirectoryServiceDirectoryConfig_microsoftStandard = `
+resource "aws_directory_service_directory" "bar" {
+  name = "corp.notexample.com"
+  password = "SuperSecretPassw0rd"
+  type = "MicrosoftAD"
+  edition = "Standard"
+
+  vpc_settings {
+    vpc_id = "${aws_vpc.main.id}"
+    subnet_ids = ["${aws_subnet.foo.id}", "${aws_subnet.bar.id}"]
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_vpc" "main" {
+  cidr_block = "10.0.0.0/16"
+	tags {
+		Name = "terraform-testacc-directory-service-directory-microsoft"
+	}
+}
+
+resource "aws_subnet" "foo" {
+  vpc_id = "${aws_vpc.main.id}"
+  availability_zone = "us-west-2a"
+  cidr_block = "10.0.1.0/24"
+}
+resource "aws_subnet" "bar" {
+  vpc_id = "${aws_vpc.main.id}"
+  availability_zone = "us-west-2b"
+  cidr_block = "10.0.2.0/24"
+}
+`
+
 var randomInteger = acctest.RandInt()
 var testAccDirectoryServiceDirectoryConfig_withAlias = fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "aws_directory_service_directory" "bar_a" {
diff --git a/website/docs/r/directory_service_directory.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/directory_service_directory.html.markdown
index 99a44bf3f49..3e323123858 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/directory_service_directory.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/directory_service_directory.html.markdown
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 * `short_name` - (Optional) The short name of the directory, such as `CORP`.
 * `enable_sso` - (Optional) Whether to enable single-sign on for the directory. Requires `alias`. Defaults to `false`.
 * `type` (Optional) - The directory type (`SimpleAD` or `MicrosoftAD` are accepted values). Defaults to `SimpleAD`.
+* `edition` - (Optional) The MicrosoftAD edition (`Standard` or `Enterprise`). Defaults to `Enterprise` (applies to MicrosoftAD type only).
 * `tags` - (Optional) A mapping of tags to assign to the resource.
 
 **vpc_settings** supports the following: