diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/data_source_aws_acm_certificate.go b/builtin/providers/aws/data_source_aws_acm_certificate.go
index e44137d99cd1..2ff410ea1e89 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/data_source_aws_acm_certificate.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/data_source_aws_acm_certificate.go
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package aws
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/acm"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/errwrap"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
@@ -13,14 +15,19 @@ func dataSourceAwsAcmCertificate() *schema.Resource {
 	return &schema.Resource{
 		Read: dataSourceAwsAcmCertificateRead,
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
-			"domain": &schema.Schema{
+			"domain": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Required: true,
 			},
-			"arn": &schema.Schema{
+			"arn": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Computed: true,
 			},
+			"statuses": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeList,
+				Optional: true,
+				Elem:     &schema.Schema{Type: schema.TypeString},
+			},
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -28,19 +35,46 @@ func dataSourceAwsAcmCertificate() *schema.Resource {
 func dataSourceAwsAcmCertificateRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	conn := meta.(*AWSClient).acmconn
 	params := &acm.ListCertificatesInput{}
-	resp, err := conn.ListCertificates(params)
+
+	target := d.Get("domain")
+
+	statuses, ok := d.GetOk("statuses")
+	if ok {
+		statusStrings := statuses.([]string)
+		statusList := make([]*string, len(statusStrings))
+		for i, status := range statusStrings {
+			statusList[i] = aws.String(strings.ToUpper(status))
+		}
+		params.CertificateStatuses = statusList
+	} else {
+		params.CertificateStatuses = []*string{aws.String("ISSUED")}
+	}
+
+	var arns []string
+	err := conn.ListCertificatesPages(params, func(page *acm.ListCertificatesOutput, lastPage bool) bool {
+		for _, cert := range page.CertificateSummaryList {
+			if *cert.DomainName == target {
+				arns = append(arns, *cert.CertificateArn)
+			}
+		}
+
+		return true
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return errwrap.Wrapf("Error describing certificates: {{err}}", err)
 	}
 
-	target := d.Get("domain")
-	for _, cert := range resp.CertificateSummaryList {
-		if *cert.DomainName == target {
-			// Need to call SetId with a value or state won't be written.
-			d.SetId(time.Now().UTC().String())
-			return d.Set("arn", cert.CertificateArn)
-		}
+	if len(arns) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("No certificate with statuses [%s] for domain %q found in this region.",
+			strings.Join(statuses.([]string), ", "), target)
+	}
+	if len(arns) > 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Multiple certificates with statuses [%s] for domain %s found in this region.",
+			strings.Join(statuses.([]string), ","), target)
 	}
 
-	return fmt.Errorf("No certificate with domain %s found in this region", target)
+	d.SetId(time.Now().UTC().String())
+	d.Set("arn", arns[0])
+
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/data_source_aws_acm_certificate_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/data_source_aws_acm_certificate_test.go
index 8130306cb83c..382911eede01 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/data_source_aws_acm_certificate_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/data_source_aws_acm_certificate_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func TestAccAwsAcmCertificateDataSource_basic(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		Providers: testAccProviders,
 		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
-			resource.TestStep{
+			{
 				Config: testAccCheckAwsAcmCertificateDataSourceConfig(region, domain),
 				Check:  testAccCheckAcmArnMatches("data.aws_acm_certificate.test", certArn),
 			},
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/d/acm_certificate.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/d/acm_certificate.html.markdown
index a05ae97f46e1..b505f0097cb9 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/d/acm_certificate.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/d/acm_certificate.html.markdown
@@ -19,12 +19,16 @@ them by domain without having to hard code the ARNs as input.
 ```
 data "aws_acm_certificate" "example" {
   domain = "tf.example.com"
+  statuses = ["ISSUED"]
 }
 ```
 
 ## Argument Reference
 
  * `domain` - (Required) The domain of the certificate to look up. If no certificate is found with this name, an error will be returned.
+ * `statuses` - (Optional) A list of statuses on which to filter the returned list. Valid values are `PENDING_VALIDATION`, `ISSUED`,
+   `INACTIVE`, `EXPIRED`, `VALIDATION_TIMED_OUT`, `REVOKED` and `FAILED`. If no value is specified, only certificates in the `ISSUED` state
+   are returned.
 
 ## Attributes Reference