diff --git a/cloudflare/import_resource_cloudflare_record_test.go b/cloudflare/import_resource_cloudflare_record_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f199da1b8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloudflare/import_resource_cloudflare_record_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package cloudflare
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
+)
+
+func TestAccCloudFlareRecord_Import(t *testing.T) {
+	zone := os.Getenv("CLOUDFLARE_DOMAIN")
+	name := "cloudflare_record.foobar"
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:  func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers: testAccProviders,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccCheckCloudFlareRecordConfigBasic(zone, name),
+			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:        name,
+				ImportStateIdPrefix: fmt.Sprintf("%s/", zone),
+				ImportState:         true,
+				ImportStateVerify:   true,
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/cloudflare/resource_cloudflare_record.go b/cloudflare/resource_cloudflare_record.go
index 0c3827ad76..67fdc46d57 100644
--- a/cloudflare/resource_cloudflare_record.go
+++ b/cloudflare/resource_cloudflare_record.go
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@ package cloudflare
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
-
-	"time"
-
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
@@ -18,6 +16,9 @@ func resourceCloudFlareRecord() *schema.Resource {
 		Read:   resourceCloudFlareRecordRead,
 		Update: resourceCloudFlareRecordUpdate,
 		Delete: resourceCloudFlareRecordDelete,
+		Importer: &schema.ResourceImporter{
+			State: resourceCloudFlareRecordImport,
+		},
 
 		SchemaVersion: 1,
 		MigrateState:  resourceCloudFlareRecordMigrateState,
@@ -270,3 +271,38 @@ func expandStringMap(inVal interface{}) map[string]string {
 	}
 	return outVal
 }
+
+func resourceCloudFlareRecordImport(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) ([]*schema.ResourceData, error) {
+	client := meta.(*cloudflare.API)
+
+	// split the id so we can lookup
+	idAttr := strings.SplitN(d.Id(), "/", 2)
+	var zoneName string
+	var recordId string
+	if len(idAttr) == 2 {
+		zoneName = idAttr[0]
+		recordId = idAttr[1]
+	} else {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid id %q specified, should be in format \"zoneName/recordId\" for import", d.Id())
+	}
+
+	zoneId, err := client.ZoneIDByName(zoneName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error finding zoneName %q: %s", zoneName, err)
+	}
+
+	record, err := client.DNSRecord(zoneId, recordId)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unable to find record with ID %q: %q", d.Id(), err)
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("[INFO] Found record: %s", record.Name)
+	name := strings.TrimSuffix(record.Name, "."+zoneName)
+
+	d.Set("name", name)
+	d.Set("domain", zoneName)
+	d.Set("zone_id", zoneId)
+	d.SetId(recordId)
+
+	return []*schema.ResourceData{d}, nil
+}
diff --git a/website/docs/r/record.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/record.html.markdown
index 45057009bc..8b0ec48852 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/record.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/record.html.markdown
@@ -47,3 +47,11 @@ The following attributes are exported:
 * `modified_on` - The RFC3339 timestamp of when the record was last modified
 * `metadata` - A key-value map of string metadata cloudflare associates with the record
 * `zone_id` - The zone id of the record
+
+## Import
+
+Records can be imported using a composite ID formed of zone name and record ID, e.g.
+
+```
+$ terraform import cloudflare_record.default example.com/ch8374ftwdghsif43
+```