diff --git a/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_instance_template.go b/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_instance_template.go
index ec85f1ba6fab..69432ec745b2 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_instance_template.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_instance_template.go
@@ -171,6 +171,12 @@ func resourceComputeInstanceTemplate() *schema.Resource {
 				ForceNew: true,
 			},
 
+			"preemptible": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeBool,
+				Optional: true,
+				ForceNew: true,
+			},
+
 			"service_account": &schema.Schema{
 				Type:     schema.TypeList,
 				Optional: true,
@@ -360,6 +366,10 @@ func resourceComputeInstanceTemplateCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interfac
 		instanceProperties.Scheduling.OnHostMaintenance = v.(string)
 	}
 
+	if v, ok := d.GetOk("preemptible"); ok {
+		instanceProperties.Scheduling.Preemptible = v.(bool)
+	}
+
 	serviceAccountsCount := d.Get("service_account.#").(int)
 	serviceAccounts := make([]*compute.ServiceAccount, 0, serviceAccountsCount)
 	for i := 0; i < serviceAccountsCount; i++ {