diff --git a/aws/diff_suppress_funcs.go b/aws/diff_suppress_funcs.go
index d891708b918..cc33eab36b4 100644
--- a/aws/diff_suppress_funcs.go
+++ b/aws/diff_suppress_funcs.go
@@ -85,3 +85,7 @@ func suppressAutoscalingGroupAvailabilityZoneDiffs(k, old, new string, d *schema
 
 	return false
 }
+
+func suppressRoute53ZoneNameWithTrailingDot(k, old, new string, d *schema.ResourceData) bool {
+	return strings.TrimSuffix(old, ".") == strings.TrimSuffix(new, ".")
+}
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_route53_zone.go b/aws/resource_aws_route53_zone.go
index 0373db6727b..be92b325ae2 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_route53_zone.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_route53_zone.go
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ func resourceAwsRoute53Zone() *schema.Resource {
 
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 			"name": &schema.Schema{
-				Type:     schema.TypeString,
-				Required: true,
-				ForceNew: true,
+				Type:             schema.TypeString,
+				Required:         true,
+				ForceNew:         true,
+				DiffSuppressFunc: suppressRoute53ZoneNameWithTrailingDot,
 			},
 
 			"comment": &schema.Schema{