diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_ssm_maintenance_window_target.go b/aws/resource_aws_ssm_maintenance_window_target.go
index c460ca6e3ae..20fbd3bc768 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_ssm_maintenance_window_target.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_ssm_maintenance_window_target.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func resourceAwsSsmMaintenanceWindowTarget() *schema.Resource {
 				Type:     schema.TypeList,
 				Required: true,
 				ForceNew: true,
-				MaxItems: 1,
+				MaxItems: 5,
 				Elem: &schema.Resource{
 					Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 						"key": {
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_ssm_maintenance_window_target_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_ssm_maintenance_window_target_test.go
index 8f02a0154bc..5ff21733b6e 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_ssm_maintenance_window_target_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_ssm_maintenance_window_target_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ func TestAccAWSSSMMaintenanceWindowTarget_basic(t *testing.T) {
 				Config: testAccAWSSSMMaintenanceWindowTargetBasicConfig(name),
 				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
 					testAccCheckAWSSSMMaintenanceWindowTargetExists("aws_ssm_maintenance_window_target.target"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("aws_ssm_maintenance_window_target.target", "targets.0.key", "tag:Name"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("aws_ssm_maintenance_window_target.target", "targets.1.key", "tag:Name2"),
 				),
 			},
 		},
@@ -117,6 +119,10 @@ resource "aws_ssm_maintenance_window_target" "target" {
     key = "tag:Name"
     values = ["acceptance_test"]
   }
+  targets {
+    key = "tag:Name2"
+    values = ["acceptance_test", "acceptance_test2"]
+  }
 }
 `, rName)
 }
diff --git a/aws/structure.go b/aws/structure.go
index 9d49306a487..b6d1085b3f2 100644
--- a/aws/structure.go
+++ b/aws/structure.go
@@ -2661,7 +2661,7 @@ func sliceContainsMap(l []interface{}, m map[string]interface{}) (int, bool) {
 }
 
 func expandAwsSsmTargets(d *schema.ResourceData) []*ssm.Target {
-	var targets []*ssm.Target
+	targets := make([]*ssm.Target, 0)
 
 	targetConfig := d.Get("targets").([]interface{})
 
@@ -2685,13 +2685,13 @@ func flattenAwsSsmTargets(targets []*ssm.Target) []map[string]interface{} {
 	}
 
 	result := make([]map[string]interface{}, 0, len(targets))
-	target := targets[0]
+	for _, target := range targets {
+		t := make(map[string]interface{}, 1)
+		t["key"] = *target.Key
+		t["values"] = flattenStringList(target.Values)
 
-	t := make(map[string]interface{})
-	t["key"] = *target.Key
-	t["values"] = flattenStringList(target.Values)
-
-	result = append(result, t)
+		result = append(result, t)
+	}
 
 	return result
 }
diff --git a/website/docs/r/ssm_maintenance_window_target.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/ssm_maintenance_window_target.html.markdown
index beff191eeeb..c05ed28d43f 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/ssm_maintenance_window_target.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/ssm_maintenance_window_target.html.markdown
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 
 The following attributes are exported:
 
-* `id` - The ID of the maintenance window target.
\ No newline at end of file
+* `id` - The ID of the maintenance window target.