diff --git a/datadog/resource_datadog_monitor.go b/datadog/resource_datadog_monitor.go
index 0a3151f51..4b53e9d60 100644
--- a/datadog/resource_datadog_monitor.go
+++ b/datadog/resource_datadog_monitor.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -175,6 +176,18 @@ func resourceDatadogMonitor() *schema.Resource {
 				Type:     schema.TypeBool,
 				Optional: true,
 			},
+			"query_config": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeMap,
+				Computed: true,
+				Elem: &schema.Resource{
+					Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+						"query_string": {
+							Type:     schema.TypeString,
+							Computed: true,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -264,6 +277,11 @@ func buildMonitorStruct(d *schema.ResourceData) *datadog.Monitor {
 	}
 
 	if m.GetType() == logAlertMonitorType {
+		if queryString, ok := getQueryStringFromLogQuery(d.Get("query").(string)); ok {
+			o.SetQueryConfig(datadog.QueryConfig{
+				QueryString: datadog.String(queryString.(string)),
+			})
+		}
 		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("enable_logs_sample"); ok {
 			o.SetEnableLogsSample(attr.(bool))
 		} else {
@@ -384,6 +402,15 @@ func resourceDatadogMonitorRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 
 	if m.GetType() == logAlertMonitorType {
 		d.Set("enable_logs_sample", m.Options.GetEnableLogsSample())
+		queryConfig := make(map[string]string)
+		for k, v := range map[string]string{
+			"query_string": m.Options.QueryConfig.GetQueryString(),
+		} {
+			if v != "" {
+				queryConfig[k] = v
+			}
+		}
+		d.Set("query_config", queryConfig)
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -493,6 +520,11 @@ func resourceDatadogMonitorUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) erro
 	}
 	// can't use m.GetType here, since it's not filled for purposes of updating
 	if d.Get("type") == logAlertMonitorType {
+		if queryString, ok := getQueryStringFromLogQuery(d.Get("query").(string)); ok {
+			o.SetQueryConfig(datadog.QueryConfig{
+				QueryString: datadog.String(queryString.(string)),
+			})
+		}
 		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("enable_logs_sample"); ok {
 			o.SetEnableLogsSample(attr.(bool))
 		} else {
@@ -565,3 +597,12 @@ func suppressDataDogFloatIntDiff(k, old, new string, d *schema.ResourceData) boo
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
+func getQueryStringFromLogQuery(query string) (interface{}, bool) {
+	matchLogQueryStrs := regexp.MustCompile(`logs\("(.*?)"\)`).FindStringSubmatch(query)
+	matched := (len(matchLogQueryStrs) > 1)
+	if !matched {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	return matchLogQueryStrs[1], true
+}