diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_cloudtrail.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_cloudtrail.go
index 5041a37418ed..acabe71090da 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_cloudtrail.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_cloudtrail.go
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ func resourceAwsCloudTrail() *schema.Resource {
 				Optional: true,
 				Default:  true,
 			},
+			"is_multi_region_trail": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeBool,
+				Optional: true,
+				Default:  false,
+			},
 			"sns_topic_name": &schema.Schema{
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Optional: true,
@@ -73,6 +78,9 @@ func resourceAwsCloudTrailCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("include_global_service_events"); ok {
 		input.IncludeGlobalServiceEvents = aws.Bool(v.(bool))
 	}
+	if v, ok := d.GetOk("is_multi_region_trail"); ok {
+		input.IsMultiRegionTrail = aws.Bool(v.(bool))
+	}
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("s3_key_prefix"); ok {
 		input.S3KeyPrefix = aws.String(v.(string))
 	}
@@ -126,6 +134,7 @@ func resourceAwsCloudTrailRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	d.Set("cloud_watch_logs_role_arn", trail.CloudWatchLogsRoleArn)
 	d.Set("cloud_watch_logs_group_arn", trail.CloudWatchLogsLogGroupArn)
 	d.Set("include_global_service_events", trail.IncludeGlobalServiceEvents)
+	d.Set("is_multi_region_trail", trail.IsMultiRegionTrail)
 	d.Set("sns_topic_name", trail.SnsTopicName)
 
 	logstatus, err := cloudTrailGetLoggingStatus(conn, trail.Name)
@@ -159,6 +168,9 @@ func resourceAwsCloudTrailUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 	if d.HasChange("include_global_service_events") {
 		input.IncludeGlobalServiceEvents = aws.Bool(d.Get("include_global_service_events").(bool))
 	}
+	if d.HasChange("is_multi_region_trail") {
+		input.IsMultiRegionTrail = aws.Bool(d.Get("is_multi_region_trail").(bool))
+	}
 	if d.HasChange("sns_topic_name") {
 		input.SnsTopicName = aws.String(d.Get("sns_topic_name").(string))
 	}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_cloudtrail_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_cloudtrail_test.go
index c276135ce03c..db601e6025da 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_cloudtrail_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_cloudtrail_test.go
@@ -74,6 +74,39 @@ func TestAccAWSCloudTrail_enable_logging(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccAWSCloudTrail_is_multi_region(t *testing.T) {
+	var trail cloudtrail.Trail
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSCloudTrailDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccAWSCloudTrailConfig,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckCloudTrailExists("aws_cloudtrail.foobar", &trail),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("aws_cloudtrail.foobar", "is_multi_region_trail", "false"),
+				),
+			},
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccAWSCloudTrailConfigMultiRegion,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckCloudTrailExists("aws_cloudtrail.foobar", &trail),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("aws_cloudtrail.foobar", "is_multi_region_trail", "true"),
+				),
+			},
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccAWSCloudTrailConfig,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckCloudTrailExists("aws_cloudtrail.foobar", &trail),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("aws_cloudtrail.foobar", "is_multi_region_trail", "false"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func testAccCheckCloudTrailExists(n string, trail *cloudtrail.Trail) resource.TestCheckFunc {
 	return func(s *terraform.State) error {
 		rs, ok := s.RootModule().Resources[n]
@@ -227,3 +260,42 @@ resource "aws_s3_bucket" "foo" {
 POLICY
 }
 `, cloudTrailRandInt, cloudTrailRandInt, cloudTrailRandInt)
+
+var testAccAWSCloudTrailConfigMultiRegion = fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "aws_cloudtrail" "foobar" {
+    name = "tf-trail-foobar"
+    s3_bucket_name = "${aws_s3_bucket.foo.id}"
+    is_multi_region_trail = true
+}
+
+resource "aws_s3_bucket" "foo" {
+	bucket = "tf-test-trail-%d"
+	force_destroy = true
+	policy = <<POLICY
+{
+	"Version": "2012-10-17",
+	"Statement": [
+		{
+			"Sid": "AWSCloudTrailAclCheck",
+			"Effect": "Allow",
+			"Principal": "*",
+			"Action": "s3:GetBucketAcl",
+			"Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::tf-test-trail-%d"
+		},
+		{
+			"Sid": "AWSCloudTrailWrite",
+			"Effect": "Allow",
+			"Principal": "*",
+			"Action": "s3:PutObject",
+			"Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::tf-test-trail-%d/*",
+			"Condition": {
+				"StringEquals": {
+					"s3:x-amz-acl": "bucket-owner-full-control"
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	]
+}
+POLICY
+}
+`, cloudTrailRandInt, cloudTrailRandInt, cloudTrailRandInt)
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/cloudtrail.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/cloudtrail.html.markdown
index aa7314ee1125..49cb04fca92c 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/cloudtrail.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/cloudtrail.html.markdown
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ The following arguments are supported:
     Setting this to `false` will pause logging.
 * `include_global_service_events` - (Optional) Specifies whether the trail is publishing events
     from global services such as IAM to the log files. Defaults to `true`.
+* `is_multi_region_trail` - (Optional) Specifies whether the trail is created in the current
+    region or in all regions. Defaults to `false`.
 * `sns_topic_name` - (Optional) Specifies the name of the Amazon SNS topic
     defined for notification of log file delivery.