diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_ssm_association.go b/aws/resource_aws_ssm_association.go
index e44363cd27e..e376c715f7d 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_ssm_association.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_ssm_association.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func resourceAwsSsmAssociation() *schema.Resource {
 				Optional: true,
 				ForceNew: true,
 				Computed: true,
-				MaxItems: 1,
+				MaxItems: 5,
 				Elem: &schema.Resource{
 					Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 						"key": {
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_ssm_association_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_ssm_association_test.go
index 791cc92b88d..4186e29e456 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_ssm_association_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_ssm_association_test.go
@@ -40,6 +40,35 @@ func TestAccAWSSSMAssociation_withTargets(t *testing.T) {
 				Config: testAccAWSSSMAssociationBasicConfigWithTargets(name),
 				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
 					testAccCheckAWSSSMAssociationExists("aws_ssm_association.foo"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"aws_ssm_association.foo", "targets.0.key", "tag:Name"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"aws_ssm_association.foo", "targets.0.values.0", "acceptanceTest"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func TestAccAWSSSMAssociation_withMultipleTargets(t *testing.T) {
+	name := acctest.RandString(10)
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSSSMAssociationDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccAWSSSMAssociationBasicConfigWithMultipleTargets(name),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckAWSSSMAssociationExists("aws_ssm_association.foo"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"aws_ssm_association.foo", "targets.0.key", "tag:Name"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"aws_ssm_association.foo", "targets.0.values.0", "acceptanceTest"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"aws_ssm_association.foo", "targets.1.key", "tag:Environment"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"aws_ssm_association.foo", "targets.1.values.0", "acceptanceTest"),
 				),
 			},
 		},
@@ -365,6 +394,45 @@ resource "aws_ssm_association" "foo" {
 }`, rName)
 }
 
+func testAccAWSSSMAssociationBasicConfigWithMultipleTargets(rName string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "aws_ssm_document" "foo_document" {
+  name = "test_document_association-%s",
+  document_type = "Command"
+  content = <<DOC
+  {
+    "schemaVersion": "1.2",
+    "description": "Check ip configuration of a Linux instance.",
+    "parameters": {
+
+    },
+    "runtimeConfig": {
+      "aws:runShellScript": {
+        "properties": [
+          {
+            "id": "0.aws:runShellScript",
+            "runCommand": ["ifconfig"]
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  }
+DOC
+}
+
+resource "aws_ssm_association" "foo" {
+  name = "${aws_ssm_document.foo_document.name}",
+  targets {
+    key = "tag:Name"
+    values = ["acceptanceTest"]
+  }
+  targets {
+    key = "tag:Environment"
+    values = ["acceptanceTest"]
+  }
+}`, rName)
+}
+
 func testAccAWSSSMAssociationBasicConfig(rName string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "aws_security_group" "tf_test_foo" {
diff --git a/website/docs/r/ssm_association.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/ssm_association.html.markdown
index a16f9b72325..0b96e8d4ad4 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/ssm_association.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/ssm_association.html.markdown
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 * `output_location` - (Optional) An output location block. Output Location is documented below.
 * `parameters` - (Optional) A block of arbitrary string parameters to pass to the SSM document.
 * `schedule_expression` - (Optional) A cron expression when the association will be applied to the target(s).
-* `targets` - (Optional) A block containing the targets of the SSM association. Targets are documented below.
+* `targets` - (Optional) A block containing the targets of the SSM association. Targets are documented below. AWS currently supports a maximum of 5 targets.
 
 Output Location (`output_location`) is an S3 bucket where you want to store the results of this association: