diff --git a/google/resource_cloudfunctions_function.go b/google/resource_cloudfunctions_function.go
index 3e4b2806..980f2e6f 100644
--- a/google/resource_cloudfunctions_function.go
+++ b/google/resource_cloudfunctions_function.go
@@ -190,6 +190,13 @@ func resourceCloudFunctionsFunction() *schema.Resource {
 				Computed: true,
 			},
 
+			"service_account_email": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Optional: true,
+				Computed: true,
+				ForceNew: true,
+			},
+
 			"environment_variables": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeMap,
 				Optional: true,
@@ -312,9 +319,10 @@ func resourceCloudFunctionsCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) erro
 	}
 
 	function := &cloudfunctions.CloudFunction{
-		Name:            cloudFuncId.cloudFunctionId(),
-		Runtime:         d.Get("runtime").(string),
-		ForceSendFields: []string{},
+		Name:                cloudFuncId.cloudFunctionId(),
+		Runtime:             d.Get("runtime").(string),
+		ServiceAccountEmail: d.Get("service_account_email").(string),
+		ForceSendFields:     []string{},
 	}
 
 	sourceRepos := d.Get("source_repository").([]interface{})
@@ -406,6 +414,7 @@ func resourceCloudFunctionsRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 	d.Set("timeout", timeout)
 	d.Set("labels", function.Labels)
 	d.Set("runtime", function.Runtime)
+	d.Set("service_account_email", function.ServiceAccountEmail)
 	d.Set("environment_variables", function.EnvironmentVariables)
 	if function.SourceArchiveUrl != "" {
 		// sourceArchiveUrl should always be a Google Cloud Storage URL (e.g. gs://bucket/object)
diff --git a/google/resource_cloudfunctions_function_test.go b/google/resource_cloudfunctions_function_test.go
index a2403de1..b7cdcb0e 100644
--- a/google/resource_cloudfunctions_function_test.go
+++ b/google/resource_cloudfunctions_function_test.go
@@ -258,6 +258,35 @@ func TestAccCloudFunctionsFunction_sourceRepo(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccCloudFunctionsFunction_serviceAccountEmail(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	funcResourceName := "google_cloudfunctions_function.function"
+	functionName := fmt.Sprintf("tf-test-%s", acctest.RandString(10))
+	bucketName := fmt.Sprintf("tf-test-bucket-%d", acctest.RandInt())
+	zipFilePath, err := createZIPArchiveForIndexJs(testHTTPTriggerPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err.Error())
+	}
+	defer os.Remove(zipFilePath) // clean up
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckCloudFunctionsFunctionDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccCloudFunctionsFunction_serviceAccountEmail(functionName, bucketName, zipFilePath),
+			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:      funcResourceName,
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func testAccCheckCloudFunctionsFunctionDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
 	config := testAccProvider.Meta().(*Config)
 
@@ -607,3 +636,30 @@ resource "google_cloudfunctions_function" "function" {
 }
 `, functionName, project)
 }
+
+func testAccCloudFunctionsFunction_serviceAccountEmail(functionName, bucketName, zipFilePath string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "google_storage_bucket" "bucket" {
+  name = "%s"
+}
+
+resource "google_storage_bucket_object" "archive" {
+  name   = "index.zip"
+  bucket = "${google_storage_bucket.bucket.name}"
+  source = "%s"
+}
+
+data "google_compute_default_service_account" "default" { }
+
+resource "google_cloudfunctions_function" "function" {
+  name = "%s"
+
+  source_archive_bucket = "${google_storage_bucket.bucket.name}"
+  source_archive_object = "${google_storage_bucket_object.archive.name}"
+
+  service_account_email = "${data.google_compute_default_service_account.default.email}"
+
+  trigger_http = true
+  entry_point  = "helloGET"
+}`, bucketName, zipFilePath, functionName)
+}
diff --git a/website/docs/r/cloudfunctions_function.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/cloudfunctions_function.html.markdown
index 4d302ffa..88818565 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/cloudfunctions_function.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/cloudfunctions_function.html.markdown
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 
 * `runtime` - (Optional) The runtime in which the function is going to run. If empty, defaults to `"nodejs6"`.
 
+* `service_account_email` - (Optional) If provided, the self-provided service account to run the function with.
+
 * `environment_variables` - (Optional) A set of key/value environment variable pairs to assign to the function.
 
 * `source_archive_bucket` - (Optional) The GCS bucket containing the zip archive which contains the function.