diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_event_target.go b/aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_event_target.go
index afa5e84fdcf..1678bc645ca 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_event_target.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_event_target.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package aws
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"math"
 	"regexp"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
@@ -80,6 +81,26 @@ func resourceAwsCloudWatchEventTarget() *schema.Resource {
 					},
 				},
 			},
+
+			"ecs_target": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeList,
+				Optional: true,
+				MaxItems: 1,
+				Elem: &schema.Resource{
+					Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+						"task_count": {
+							Type:         schema.TypeInt,
+							Optional:     true,
+							ValidateFunc: validation.IntBetween(1, math.MaxInt32),
+						},
+						"task_definition_arn": {
+							Type:         schema.TypeString,
+							Required:     true,
+							ValidateFunc: validation.StringLenBetween(1, 1600),
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -163,6 +184,12 @@ func resourceAwsCloudWatchEventTargetRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface
 		}
 	}
 
+	if t.EcsParameters != nil {
+		if err := d.Set("ecs_target", flattenAwsCloudWatchEventTargetEcsParameters(t.EcsParameters)); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("[DEBUG] Error setting ecs_target error: %#v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -245,6 +272,9 @@ func buildPutTargetInputStruct(d *schema.ResourceData) *events.PutTargetsInput {
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("run_command_targets"); ok {
 		e.RunCommandParameters = expandAwsCloudWatchEventTargetRunParameters(v.([]interface{}))
 	}
+	if v, ok := d.GetOk("ecs_target"); ok {
+		e.EcsParameters = expandAwsCloudWatchEventTargetEcsParameters(v.([]interface{}))
+	}
 
 	input := events.PutTargetsInput{
 		Rule:    aws.String(d.Get("rule").(string)),
@@ -275,6 +305,17 @@ func expandAwsCloudWatchEventTargetRunParameters(config []interface{}) *events.R
 	return command
 }
 
+func expandAwsCloudWatchEventTargetEcsParameters(config []interface{}) *events.EcsParameters {
+	ecsParameters := &events.EcsParameters{}
+	for _, c := range config {
+		param := c.(map[string]interface{})
+		ecsParameters.TaskCount = aws.Int64(int64(param["task_count"].(int)))
+		ecsParameters.TaskDefinitionArn = aws.String(param["task_definition_arn"].(string))
+	}
+
+	return ecsParameters
+}
+
 func flattenAwsCloudWatchEventTargetRunParameters(runCommand *events.RunCommandParameters) []map[string]interface{} {
 	result := make([]map[string]interface{}, 0)
 
@@ -289,3 +330,10 @@ func flattenAwsCloudWatchEventTargetRunParameters(runCommand *events.RunCommandP
 
 	return result
 }
+func flattenAwsCloudWatchEventTargetEcsParameters(ecsParameters *events.EcsParameters) []map[string]interface{} {
+	config := make(map[string]interface{})
+	config["task_count"] = *ecsParameters.TaskCount
+	config["task_definition_arn"] = *ecsParameters.TaskDefinitionArn
+	result := []map[string]interface{}{config}
+	return result
+}
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_event_target_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_event_target_test.go
index 044a32e6794..3f8c6e370c5 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_event_target_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_event_target_test.go
@@ -108,6 +108,25 @@ func TestAccAWSCloudWatchEventTarget_ssmDocument(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccAWSCloudWatchEventTarget_ecs(t *testing.T) {
+	var target events.Target
+	rName := acctest.RandomWithPrefix("tf_ecs_target")
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSCloudWatchEventTargetDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccAWSCloudWatchEventTargetConfigEcs(rName),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckCloudWatchEventTargetExists("aws_cloudwatch_event_target.test", &target),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func testAccCheckCloudWatchEventTargetExists(n string, rule *events.Target) resource.TestCheckFunc {
 	return func(s *terraform.State) error {
 		rs, ok := s.RootModule().Resources[n]
@@ -353,3 +372,85 @@ resource "aws_iam_role_policy" "test_policy" {
 EOF
 }`, rName, rName, rName, rName)
 }
+
+func testAccAWSCloudWatchEventTargetConfigEcs(rName string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "aws_cloudwatch_event_rule" "schedule" {
+  name        = "%s"
+  description = "schedule_ecs_test"
+
+	schedule_expression = "rate(5 minutes)"
+}
+
+resource "aws_cloudwatch_event_target" "test" {
+	arn = "${aws_ecs_cluster.test.id}"
+  rule = "${aws_cloudwatch_event_rule.schedule.id}"
+  role_arn = "${aws_iam_role.test_role.arn}"
+
+  ecs_target {
+    task_count = 1
+    task_definition_arn = "${aws_ecs_task_definition.task.arn}"
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_iam_role" "test_role" {
+  name = "%s"
+
+  assume_role_policy = <<EOF
+{
+  "Version": "2012-10-17",
+  "Statement": [
+    {
+      "Action": "sts:AssumeRole",
+      "Principal": {
+        "Service": "events.amazonaws.com"
+      },
+      "Effect": "Allow",
+      "Sid": ""
+    }
+  ]
+}
+EOF
+}
+
+resource "aws_iam_role_policy" "test_policy" {
+  name = "%s"
+  role = "${aws_iam_role.test_role.id}"
+
+  policy = <<EOF
+{
+    "Version": "2012-10-17",
+    "Statement": [
+        {
+            "Effect": "Allow",
+            "Action": [
+                "ecs:RunTask"
+            ],
+            "Resource": [
+                "*"
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}
+EOF
+}
+
+resource "aws_ecs_cluster" "test" {
+  name = "%s"
+}
+
+resource "aws_ecs_task_definition" "task" {
+  family                = "%s"
+  container_definitions = <<EOF
+[
+  {
+    "name": "first",
+    "image": "service-first",
+    "cpu": 10,
+    "memory": 512,
+    "essential": true
+  }
+]
+EOF
+}`, rName, rName, rName, rName, rName)
+}
diff --git a/website/docs/r/cloudwatch_event_target.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/cloudwatch_event_target.html.markdown
index 9dc13412a4b..0c6b795b737 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/cloudwatch_event_target.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/cloudwatch_event_target.html.markdown
@@ -64,9 +64,15 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 	that is used for extracting part of the matched event when passing it to the target.
 * `role_arn` - (Optional) The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the IAM role to be used for this target when the rule is triggered.
 * `run_command_targets` - (Optional) Parameters used when you are using the rule to invoke Amazon EC2 Run Command. Documented below. A maximum of 5 are allowed.
+* `ecs_target` - (Optional) Parameters used when you are using the rule to invoke Amazon ECS Task. Documented below. A maximum of 1 are allowed.
 
 `run_command_parameters` support the following:
 
 * `key` - (Required) Can be either `tag:tag-key` or `InstanceIds`.
 * `values` - (Required) If Key is `tag:tag-key`, Values is a list of tag values. If Key is `InstanceIds`, Values is a list of Amazon EC2 instance IDs.
 
+`ecs_target` support the following:
+
+* `task_count` - (Optional) The number of tasks to create based on the TaskDefinition. The default is 1.
+* `task_definition_arn` - (Required) The ARN of the task definition to use if the event target is an Amazon ECS cluster.
+