diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_request_validator.go b/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_request_validator.go
index 045ad007f0e..52fb872822b 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_request_validator.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_request_validator.go
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ package aws
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"strings"
+
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/awserr"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/apigateway"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
-	"log"
-	"strings"
 )
 
 func resourceAwsApiGatewayRequestValidator() *schema.Resource {
@@ -16,6 +17,20 @@ func resourceAwsApiGatewayRequestValidator() *schema.Resource {
 		Read:   resourceAwsApiGatewayRequestValidatorRead,
 		Update: resourceAwsApiGatewayRequestValidatorUpdate,
 		Delete: resourceAwsApiGatewayRequestValidatorDelete,
+		Importer: &schema.ResourceImporter{
+			State: func(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) ([]*schema.ResourceData, error) {
+				idParts := strings.Split(d.Id(), "/")
+				if len(idParts) != 2 || idParts[0] == "" || idParts[1] == "" {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unexpected format of ID (%q), expected REST-API-ID/REQUEST-VALIDATOR-ID", d.Id())
+				}
+				restApiID := idParts[0]
+				requestValidatorID := idParts[1]
+				d.Set("request_validator_id", requestValidatorID)
+				d.Set("rest_api_id", restApiID)
+				d.SetId(requestValidatorID)
+				return []*schema.ResourceData{d}, nil
+			},
+		},
 
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 			"rest_api_id": {
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_request_validator_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_request_validator_test.go
index 1f7c81162b6..8ee66e6b9a2 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_request_validator_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_request_validator_test.go
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ func TestAccAWSAPIGatewayRequestValidator_basic(t *testing.T) {
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("aws_api_gateway_request_validator.test", "validate_request_parameters", "true"),
 				),
 			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:      "aws_api_gateway_request_validator.test",
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateIdFunc: testAccAWSAPIGatewayRequestValidatorImportStateIdFunc("aws_api_gateway_request_validator.test"),
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+			},
 		},
 	})
 }
@@ -143,6 +149,17 @@ func testAccCheckAWSAPIGatewayRequestValidatorDestroy(s *terraform.State) error
 	return nil
 }
 
+func testAccAWSAPIGatewayRequestValidatorImportStateIdFunc(resourceName string) resource.ImportStateIdFunc {
+	return func(s *terraform.State) (string, error) {
+		rs, ok := s.RootModule().Resources[resourceName]
+		if !ok {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("Not found: %s", resourceName)
+		}
+
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", rs.Primary.Attributes["rest_api_id"], rs.Primary.ID), nil
+	}
+}
+
 const testAccAWSAPIGatewayRequestValidatorConfig_base = `
 resource "aws_api_gateway_rest_api" "test" {
   name = "tf-request-validator-test"
diff --git a/website/docs/r/api_gateway_request_validator.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/api_gateway_request_validator.html.markdown
index 4fd41b4c688..5b07dc8fed7 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/api_gateway_request_validator.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/api_gateway_request_validator.html.markdown
@@ -35,3 +35,11 @@ The following argument is supported:
 The following attribute is exported in addition to the arguments listed above:
 
 * `id` - The unique ID of the request validator
+
+## Import
+
+`aws_api_gateway_request_validator` can be imported using `REST-API-ID/REQUEST-VALIDATOR-ID`, e.g.
+
+```
+$ terraform import aws_api_gateway_request_validator.example 12345abcde/67890fghij
+```