diff --git a/docker/resource_docker_container.go b/docker/resource_docker_container.go
index 7f639344..ade00b46 100644
--- a/docker/resource_docker_container.go
+++ b/docker/resource_docker_container.go
@@ -812,6 +812,11 @@ func resourceDockerContainer() *schema.Resource {
 				Elem:        &schema.Schema{Type: schema.TypeString},
 				Set:         schema.HashString,
 			},
+			"init": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeBool,
+				Optional: true,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/docker/resource_docker_container_funcs.go b/docker/resource_docker_container_funcs.go
index 763f583a..ba51eef1 100644
--- a/docker/resource_docker_container_funcs.go
+++ b/docker/resource_docker_container_funcs.go
@@ -322,6 +322,9 @@ func resourceDockerContainerCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) err
 		hostConfig.GroupAdd = stringSetToStringSlice(v.(*schema.Set))
 	}
 
+	init := d.Get("init").(bool)
+	hostConfig.Init = &init
+
 	var retContainer container.ContainerCreateCreatedBody
 
 	if retContainer, err = client.ContainerCreate(context.Background(), config, hostConfig, networkingConfig, d.Get("name").(string)); err != nil {
@@ -619,6 +622,15 @@ func resourceDockerContainerRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 	d.Set("publish_all_ports", container.HostConfig.PublishAllPorts)
 	d.Set("restart", container.HostConfig.RestartPolicy.Name)
 	d.Set("max_retry_count", container.HostConfig.RestartPolicy.MaximumRetryCount)
+	// From what I can tell Init being nullable is only for container creation to allow
+	// dockerd to default it to the daemons own default settings. So this != nil
+	// check is most likely not ever going to fail. In the event that it does the
+	// "init" value will be set to false as there isn't much else we can do about it.
+	if container.HostConfig.Init != nil {
+		d.Set("init", *container.HostConfig.Init)
+	} else {
+		d.Set("init", false)
+	}
 	d.Set("working_dir", container.Config.WorkingDir)
 	if len(container.HostConfig.CapAdd) > 0 || len(container.HostConfig.CapDrop) > 0 {
 		// TODO implement DiffSuppressFunc
diff --git a/docker/resource_docker_container_test.go b/docker/resource_docker_container_test.go
index da7e2788..65d81200 100644
--- a/docker/resource_docker_container_test.go
+++ b/docker/resource_docker_container_test.go
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ func TestAccDockerContainer_basic(t *testing.T) {
 					"destroy_grace_seconds",
 					"upload",
 					"remove_volumes",
+					"init",
 
 					// TODO mavogel: Will be done in #219
 					"volumes",
@@ -100,6 +101,48 @@ func TestAccDockerContainer_basic(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	})
 }
+
+func TestAccDockerContainer_init(t *testing.T) {
+	resourceName := "docker_container.fooinit"
+	var c types.ContainerJSON
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:  func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers: testAccProviders,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccDockerContainerInitConfig,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccContainerRunning(resourceName, &c),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:      "docker_container.fooinit",
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{
+					"attach",
+					"log_driver",
+					"logs",
+					"must_run",
+					"restart",
+					"rm",
+					"start",
+					"container_logs",
+					"destroy_grace_seconds",
+					"upload",
+					"remove_volumes",
+
+					// TODO mavogel: Will be done in #219
+					"volumes",
+					"network_alias",
+					"networks",
+					"network_advanced",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestAccDockerContainer_basic_network(t *testing.T) {
 	var c types.ContainerJSON
 	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
@@ -1697,6 +1740,18 @@ resource "docker_container" "foo" {
 }
 `
 
+const testAccDockerContainerInitConfig = `
+resource "docker_image" "fooinit" {
+	name = "nginx:latest"
+}
+
+resource "docker_container" "fooinit" {
+	name = "tf-test"
+	image = "${docker_image.fooinit.latest}"
+	init = true
+}
+`
+
 const testAccDockerContainerUpdateConfig = `
 resource "docker_image" "foo" {
 	name = "nginx:latest"
diff --git a/website/docs/r/container.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/container.html.markdown
index 563b3bfe..6008e044 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/container.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/container.html.markdown
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ data is stored in them. See [the docker documentation](https://docs.docker.com/n
 * `sysctls` - (Optional, map) A map of kernel parameters (sysctls) to set in the container.
 * `ipc_mode` - (Optional, string) IPC sharing mode for the container. Possible values are: `none`, `private`, `shareable`, `container:<name|id>` or `host`.
 * `group_add` - (Optional, set of strings) Add additional groups to run as.
+* `init` - (Optional, bool) Configured whether an init process should be injected for this container. If unset this will default to the `dockerd` defaults.
 
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