diff --git a/google/data_source_google_compute_image.go b/google/data_source_google_compute_image.go
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+package google
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
+	compute "google.golang.org/api/compute/v1"
+)
+
+func dataSourceGoogleComputeImage() *schema.Resource {
+	return &schema.Resource{
+		Read: dataSourceGoogleComputeImageRead,
+
+		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+			"name": {
+				Type:          schema.TypeString,
+				Optional:      true,
+				ForceNew:      true,
+				Computed:      true,
+				ConflictsWith: []string{"family"},
+			},
+			"family": {
+				Type:          schema.TypeString,
+				Optional:      true,
+				ForceNew:      true,
+				Computed:      true,
+				ConflictsWith: []string{"name"},
+			},
+			"archive_size_bytes": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeInt,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+			"creation_timestamp": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+			"description": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+			"disk_size_gb": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeInt,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+			"image_id": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+			"image_encryption_key_sha256": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+			"label_fingerprint": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+			"labels": {
+				Type: schema.TypeMap,
+				Elem: &schema.Schema{
+					Type: schema.TypeString,
+				},
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+			"licenses": {
+				Type: schema.TypeList,
+				Elem: &schema.Schema{
+					Type: schema.TypeString,
+				},
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+			"source_disk": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+			"source_disk_encryption_key_sha256": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+			"source_disk_id": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+			"source_image_id": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+			"status": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+			"self_link": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+			"project": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+				Optional: true,
+				ForceNew: true,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func dataSourceGoogleComputeImageRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
+	config := meta.(*Config)
+
+	project, err := getProject(d, config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	params := []string{project}
+	var image *compute.Image
+	if v, ok := d.GetOk("name"); ok {
+		params = append(params, v.(string))
+		log.Printf("[DEBUG] Fetching image %s", v.(string))
+		image, err = config.clientCompute.Images.Get(project, v.(string)).Do()
+		log.Printf("[DEBUG] Fetched image %s", v.(string))
+	} else if v, ok := d.GetOk("family"); ok {
+		params = append(params, "family", v.(string))
+		log.Printf("[DEBUG] Fetching latest non-deprecated image from family %s", v.(string))
+		image, err = config.clientCompute.Images.GetFromFamily(project, v.(string)).Do()
+		log.Printf("[DEBUG] Fetched latest non-deprecated image from family %s", v.(string))
+	} else {
+		return fmt.Errorf("one of name or family must be set")
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error retrieving image information: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	var ieks256, sdeks256 string
+
+	if image.SourceDiskEncryptionKey != nil {
+		sdeks256 = image.SourceDiskEncryptionKey.Sha256
+	}
+
+	if image.ImageEncryptionKey != nil {
+		ieks256 = image.ImageEncryptionKey.Sha256
+	}
+
+	d.Set("project", project)
+	d.Set("name", image.Name)
+	d.Set("family", image.Family)
+	d.Set("archive_size_bytes", image.ArchiveSizeBytes)
+	d.Set("creation_timestamp", image.CreationTimestamp)
+	d.Set("description", image.Description)
+	d.Set("disk_size_gb", image.DiskSizeGb)
+	d.Set("image_id", image.Id)
+	d.Set("image_encryption_key_sha256", ieks256)
+	d.Set("label_fingerprint", image.LabelFingerprint)
+	d.Set("labels", image.Labels)
+	d.Set("licenses", image.Licenses)
+	d.Set("self_link", image.SelfLink)
+	d.Set("source_disk", image.SourceDisk)
+	d.Set("source_disk_encryption_key_sha256", sdeks256)
+	d.Set("source_disk_id", image.SourceDiskId)
+	d.Set("source_image_id", image.SourceImageId)
+	d.Set("status", image.Status)
+
+	d.SetId(strings.Join(params, "/"))
+
+	return nil
+}