diff --git a/google/resource_spanner_instance.go b/google/resource_spanner_instance.go
index 5e741e7f357..c83cce44246 100644
--- a/google/resource_spanner_instance.go
+++ b/google/resource_spanner_instance.go
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ func resourceSpannerInstance() *schema.Resource {
 				Optional: true,
 				ForceNew: true,
 			},
+
+			"state": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -163,6 +168,7 @@ func resourceSpannerInstanceRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 	d.Set("labels", instance.Labels)
 	d.Set("display_name", instance.DisplayName)
 	d.Set("num_nodes", instance.NodeCount)
+	d.Set("state", instance.State)
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/google/resource_spanner_instance_test.go b/google/resource_spanner_instance_test.go
index b834ff28d71..31ea09c0988 100644
--- a/google/resource_spanner_instance_test.go
+++ b/google/resource_spanner_instance_test.go
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ func TestAccSpannerInstance_basic(t *testing.T) {
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("google_spanner_instance.basic", "name", idName),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("google_spanner_instance.basic", "display_name", idName+"-dname"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("google_spanner_instance.basic", "num_nodes", "1"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet("google_spanner_instance.basic", "state"),
 				),
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/website/docs/r/spanner_instance.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/spanner_instance.html.markdown
index cbcae19bb55..c6a71f5b290 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/spanner_instance.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/spanner_instance.html.markdown
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 
 ## Attributes Reference
 
-No additional attributes are computed other than those defined above.
+In addition to the arguments listed above, the following computed attributes are
+exported:
+
+* `state` - The current state of the instance.
 
 ## Import