diff --git a/aws/data_source_aws_sqs_queue.go b/aws/data_source_aws_sqs_queue.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a27f931faa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aws/data_source_aws_sqs_queue.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package aws
+
+import (
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/sqs"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/errwrap"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
+)
+
+func dataSourceAwsSqsQueue() *schema.Resource {
+	return &schema.Resource{
+		Read: dataSourceAwsSqsQueueRead,
+		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+			"name": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Required: true,
+			},
+			"arn": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+			"url": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func dataSourceAwsSqsQueueRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
+	conn := meta.(*AWSClient).sqsconn
+	target := d.Get("name").(string)
+
+	urlOutput, err := conn.GetQueueUrl(&sqs.GetQueueUrlInput{
+		QueueName: aws.String(target),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return errwrap.Wrapf("Error getting queue URL: {{err}}", err)
+	}
+
+	queueURL := *urlOutput.QueueUrl
+
+	attributesOutput, err := conn.GetQueueAttributes(&sqs.GetQueueAttributesInput{
+		QueueUrl:       &queueURL,
+		AttributeNames: []*string{aws.String(sqs.QueueAttributeNameQueueArn)},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return errwrap.Wrapf("Error getting queue attributes: {{err}}", err)
+	}
+
+	d.Set("arn", *attributesOutput.Attributes[sqs.QueueAttributeNameQueueArn])
+	d.Set("url", queueURL)
+	d.SetId(queueURL)
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/aws/data_source_aws_sqs_queue_test.go b/aws/data_source_aws_sqs_queue_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4687407d13b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aws/data_source_aws_sqs_queue_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package aws
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/terraform"
+)
+
+func TestAccDataSourceAwsSqsQueue(t *testing.T) {
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:  func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers: testAccProviders,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccDataSourceAwsSqsQueueConfig,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccDataSourceAwsSqsQueueCheck("data.aws_sqs_queue.by_name"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func testAccDataSourceAwsSqsQueueCheck(name string) resource.TestCheckFunc {
+	return func(s *terraform.State) error {
+		rs, ok := s.RootModule().Resources[name]
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("root module has no resource called %s", name)
+		}
+
+		sqsQueueRs, ok := s.RootModule().Resources["aws_sqs_queue.tf_test"]
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("can't find aws_sqs_queue.tf_test in state")
+		}
+
+		attr := rs.Primary.Attributes
+
+		if attr["name"] != sqsQueueRs.Primary.Attributes["name"] {
+			return fmt.Errorf(
+				"name is %s; want %s",
+				attr["name"],
+				sqsQueueRs.Primary.Attributes["name"],
+			)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+const testAccDataSourceAwsSqsQueueConfig = `
+provider "aws" {
+  region = "us-west-2"
+}
+
+resource "aws_sqs_queue" "tf_wrong1" {
+  name = "wrong1"
+}
+resource "aws_sqs_queue" "tf_test" {
+  name = "tf_test"
+}
+resource "aws_sqs_queue" "tf_wrong2" {
+  name = "wrong2"
+}
+
+data "aws_sqs_queue" "by_name" {
+  name = "${aws_sqs_queue.tf_test.name}"
+}
+`
diff --git a/aws/provider.go b/aws/provider.go
index 219efe2fe33..37242fb2e9b 100644
--- a/aws/provider.go
+++ b/aws/provider.go
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ func Provider() terraform.ResourceProvider {
 			"aws_s3_bucket":                        dataSourceAwsS3Bucket(),
 			"aws_s3_bucket_object":                 dataSourceAwsS3BucketObject(),
 			"aws_sns_topic":                        dataSourceAwsSnsTopic(),
+			"aws_sqs_queue":                        dataSourceAwsSqsQueue(),
 			"aws_ssm_parameter":                    dataSourceAwsSsmParameter(),
 			"aws_subnet":                           dataSourceAwsSubnet(),
 			"aws_subnet_ids":                       dataSourceAwsSubnetIDs(),
diff --git a/website/aws.erb b/website/aws.erb
index 71453affcc6..50d5136ac5f 100644
--- a/website/aws.erb
+++ b/website/aws.erb
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@
                         <li<%= sidebar_current("docs-aws-datasource-security-group") %>>
                          <a href="/docs/providers/aws/d/security_group.html">aws_security_group</a>
                         </li>
+                        <li<%= sidebar_current("docs-aws-datasource-sqs-queue") %>>
+                         <a href="/docs/providers/aws/d/sqs_queue.html">aws_sqs_queue</a>
+                        </li>
                         <li<%= sidebar_current("docs-aws-datasource-sns-topic") %>>
                          <a href="/docs/providers/aws/d/sns_topic.html">aws_sns_topic</a>
                         </li>
diff --git a/website/docs/d/sqs_queue.html.markdown b/website/docs/d/sqs_queue.html.markdown
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9023f3ee5ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/docs/d/sqs_queue.html.markdown
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+---
+layout: "aws"
+page_title: "AWS: aws_sqs_queue"
+sidebar_current: "docs-aws-datasource-sqs-queue"
+description: |-
+  Get information on an Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) Queue
+---
+
+# aws\_sqs\_queue
+
+Use this data source to get the ARN and URL of queue in AWS Simple Queue Service (SQS).
+By using this data source, you can reference SQS queues without having to hardcode
+the ARNs as input.
+
+## Example Usage
+
+```hcl
+data "aws_sqs_queue" "example" {
+  name = "queue"
+}
+```
+
+## Argument Reference
+
+* `name` - (Required) The name of the queue to match.
+
+## Attributes Reference
+
+* `arn` - The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the queue.
+* `url` - The URL of the queue.