diff --git a/google/resource_dataproc_cluster.go b/google/resource_dataproc_cluster.go
index 4bcac73b..6d38c2f7 100644
--- a/google/resource_dataproc_cluster.go
+++ b/google/resource_dataproc_cluster.go
@@ -215,10 +215,12 @@ func resourceDataprocCluster() *schema.Resource {
 
 										Elem: &schema.Resource{
 											Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
-
-												// API does not honour this if set ...
-												// It simply ignores it completely
-												// "num_local_ssds": { ... }
+												"num_local_ssds": {
+													Type:     schema.TypeInt,
+													Optional: true,
+													Computed: true,
+													ForceNew: true,
+												},
 
 												"boot_disk_size_gb": {
 													Type:         schema.TypeInt,
@@ -227,6 +229,14 @@ func resourceDataprocCluster() *schema.Resource {
 													ForceNew:     true,
 													ValidateFunc: validation.IntAtLeast(10),
 												},
+
+												"boot_disk_type": {
+													Type:         schema.TypeString,
+													Optional:     true,
+													ForceNew:     true,
+													ValidateFunc: validation.StringInSlice([]string{"pd-standard", "pd-ssd", ""}, false),
+													Default:      "pd-standard",
+												},
 											},
 										},
 									},
@@ -611,6 +621,12 @@ func expandPreemptibleInstanceGroupConfig(cfg map[string]interface{}) *dataproc.
 			if v, ok := dcfg["boot_disk_size_gb"]; ok {
 				icg.DiskConfig.BootDiskSizeGb = int64(v.(int))
 			}
+			if v, ok := dcfg["num_local_ssds"]; ok {
+				icg.DiskConfig.NumLocalSsds = int64(v.(int))
+			}
+			if v, ok := dcfg["boot_disk_type"]; ok {
+				icg.DiskConfig.BootDiskType = v.(string)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return icg
@@ -869,6 +885,8 @@ func flattenPreemptibleInstanceGroupConfig(d *schema.ResourceData, icg *dataproc
 		data["instance_names"] = icg.InstanceNames
 		if icg.DiskConfig != nil {
 			disk["boot_disk_size_gb"] = icg.DiskConfig.BootDiskSizeGb
+			disk["num_local_ssds"] = icg.DiskConfig.NumLocalSsds
+			disk["boot_disk_type"] = icg.DiskConfig.BootDiskType
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/google/resource_dataproc_cluster_test.go b/google/resource_dataproc_cluster_test.go
index c8be786b..c0c3a493 100644
--- a/google/resource_dataproc_cluster_test.go
+++ b/google/resource_dataproc_cluster_test.go
@@ -610,6 +610,8 @@ func validateDataprocCluster_withConfigOverrides(n string, cluster *dataproc.Clu
 
 			{"cluster_config.0.preemptible_worker_config.0.num_instances", "1", strconv.Itoa(int(cluster.Config.SecondaryWorkerConfig.NumInstances))},
 			{"cluster_config.0.preemptible_worker_config.0.disk_config.0.boot_disk_size_gb", "12", strconv.Itoa(int(cluster.Config.SecondaryWorkerConfig.DiskConfig.BootDiskSizeGb))},
+			{"cluster_config.0.preemptible_worker_config.0.disk_config.0.num_local_ssds", "1", strconv.Itoa(int(cluster.Config.SecondaryWorkerConfig.DiskConfig.NumLocalSsds))},
+			{"cluster_config.0.preemptible_worker_config.0.disk_config.0.boot_disk_type", "pd-ssd", cluster.Config.SecondaryWorkerConfig.DiskConfig.BootDiskType},
 			{"cluster_config.0.preemptible_worker_config.0.instance_names.#", "1", strconv.Itoa(len(cluster.Config.SecondaryWorkerConfig.InstanceNames))},
 		}
 
@@ -853,7 +855,9 @@ resource "google_dataproc_cluster" "with_config_overrides" {
 		preemptible_worker_config {
 			num_instances     = 1
 			disk_config {
+				boot_disk_type    = "pd-ssd"
 				boot_disk_size_gb = 12
+				num_local_ssds    = 1
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/website/docs/r/dataproc_cluster.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/dataproc_cluster.html.markdown
index ba1d6ae6..fafec09f 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/dataproc_cluster.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/dataproc_cluster.html.markdown
@@ -343,7 +343,9 @@ The `cluster_config.preemptible_worker_config` block supports:
         preemptible_worker_config {
             num_instances     = 1
             disk_config {
+                boot_disk_type    = "pd-standard"
                 boot_disk_size_gb = 10
+                num_local_ssds    = 1
             }
         }
     }
@@ -357,11 +359,17 @@ will be set for you based on whatever was set for the `worker_config.machine_typ
 
 * `disk_config` (Optional) Disk Config
 
+    * `boot_disk_type` - (Optional) The disk type of the primary disk attached to each preemptible worker node.
+	One of `"pd-ssd"` or `"pd-standard"`. Defaults to `"pd-standard"`.
+
     * `boot_disk_size_gb` - (Optional, Computed) Size of the primary disk attached to each preemptible worker node, specified
     in GB. The smallest allowed disk size is 10GB. GCP will default to a predetermined
     computed value if not set (currently 500GB). Note: If SSDs are not
 	attached, it also contains the HDFS data blocks and Hadoop working directories.
 
+	* `num_local_ssds` - (Optional) The amount of local SSD disks that will be
+	attached to each preemptible worker node. Defaults to 0.
+
 - - -
 
 The `cluster_config.software_config` block supports: