diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go
index 3e9cb9d809a0..c078b5791287 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go
@@ -290,6 +290,10 @@ func resourceAwsDbInstanceCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 			opts.AvailabilityZone = aws.String(attr.(string))
 		}
 
+		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("storage_type"); ok {
+			opts.StorageType = aws.String(attr.(string))
+		}
+
 		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("publicly_accessible"); ok {
 			opts.PubliclyAccessible = aws.Bool(attr.(bool))
 		}
@@ -297,6 +301,8 @@ func resourceAwsDbInstanceCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("db_subnet_group_name"); ok {
 			opts.DBSubnetGroupName = aws.String(attr.(string))
 		}
+
+		log.Printf("[DEBUG] DB Instance Replica create configuration: %#v", opts)
 		_, err := conn.CreateDBInstanceReadReplica(&opts)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Error creating DB Instance: %s", err)