diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_access_key.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_access_key.go
index f5a094c5a4e3..ef74fe88b740 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_access_key.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_access_key.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package aws
 
 import (
+	"crypto/hmac"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
@@ -32,6 +35,10 @@ func resourceAwsIamAccessKey() *schema.Resource {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Computed: true,
 			},
+			"ses_smtp_password": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -55,6 +62,10 @@ func resourceAwsIamAccessKeyCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) err
 	if err := d.Set("secret", createResp.AccessKey.SecretAccessKey); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
+	d.Set("ses_smtp_password",
+		sesSmtpPasswordFromSecretKey(createResp.AccessKey.SecretAccessKey))
+
 	return resourceAwsIamAccessKeyReadResult(d, &iam.AccessKeyMetadata{
 		AccessKeyId: createResp.AccessKey.AccessKeyId,
 		CreateDate:  createResp.AccessKey.CreateDate,
@@ -115,3 +126,19 @@ func resourceAwsIamAccessKeyDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) err
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func sesSmtpPasswordFromSecretKey(key *string) string {
+	if key == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	version := byte(0x02)
+	message := []byte("SendRawEmail")
+	hmacKey := []byte(*key)
+	h := hmac.New(sha256.New, hmacKey)
+	h.Write(message)
+	rawSig := h.Sum(nil)
+	versionedSig := make([]byte, 0, len(rawSig)+1)
+	versionedSig = append(versionedSig, version)
+	versionedSig = append(versionedSig, rawSig...)
+	return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(versionedSig)
+}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_access_key_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_access_key_test.go
index 1d62b93b9ffd..3a1df33ae3ea 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_access_key_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_access_key_test.go
@@ -116,3 +116,20 @@ resource "aws_iam_access_key" "a_key" {
 	user = "${aws_iam_user.a_user.name}"
 }
 `
+
+func TestSesSmtpPasswordFromSecretKey(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		Input    string
+		Expected string
+	}{
+		{"some+secret+key", "AnkqhOiWEcszZZzTMCQbOY1sPGoLFgMH9zhp4eNgSjo4"},
+		{"another+secret+key", "Akwqr0Giwi8FsQFgW3DXWCC2DiiQ/jZjqLDWK8TeTBgL"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		actual := sesSmtpPasswordFromSecretKey(&tc.Input)
+		if actual != tc.Expected {
+			t.Fatalf("%q: expected %q, got %q", tc.Input, tc.Expected, actual)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/iam_access_key.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/iam_access_key.html.markdown
index c3baeb998cde..529563ed5dcc 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/iam_access_key.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/iam_access_key.html.markdown
@@ -55,5 +55,8 @@ The following attributes are exported:
 * `id` - The access key ID.
 * `user` - The IAM user associated with this access key.
 * `secret` - The secret access key. Note that this will be written to the state file.
+* `ses_smtp_password` - The secret access key converted into an SES SMTP
+  password by applying [AWS's documented conversion
+  algorithm](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/smtp-credentials.html#smtp-credentials-convert).
 * `status` - "Active" or "Inactive". Keys are initially active, but can be made
 	inactive by other means.