diff --git a/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_instance.go b/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_instance.go
index fdf77ee9..8b188eb7 100644
--- a/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_instance.go
+++ b/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_instance.go
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ func resourceCloudStackInstance() *schema.Resource {
 				Optional: true,
 				Computed: true,
 				ForceNew: true,
+				ConflictsWith: []string{"network_ids"},
+			},
+
+			"network_ids": {
+				Type:          schema.TypeList,
+				Optional:      true,
+				Elem:          &schema.Schema{Type: schema.TypeString},
+				ConflictsWith: []string{"network_id"},
 			},
 
 			"ip_address": {
@@ -307,6 +315,14 @@ func resourceCloudStackInstanceCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 		p.SetNetworkids([]string{d.Get("network_id").(string)})
 	}
 
+	if networks, ok := d.GetOk("network_ids"); ok {
+		var networkIds []string
+		for _, nw := range networks.([]interface{}) {
+			networkIds = append(networkIds, fmt.Sprintf("%v", nw))
+		}
+		p.SetNetworkids(networkIds);
+	}
+
 	// If there is a ipaddres supplied, add it to the parameter struct
 	if ipaddress, ok := d.GetOk("ip_address"); ok {
 		p.SetIpaddress(ipaddress.(string))