diff --git a/builtin/providers/google/resource_backend_service_test.go b/builtin/providers/google/resource_backend_service_test.go
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+++ b/builtin/providers/google/resource_backend_service_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+package google
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/terraform"
+	"google.golang.org/api/compute/v1"
+)
+
+func TestAccComputeBackendService_basic(t *testing.T) {
+	var svc compute.BackendService
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckComputeBackendServiceDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccComputeBackendService_basic,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckComputeBackendServiceExists(
+						"google_compute_backend_service.foobar", &svc),
+				),
+			},
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccComputeBackendService_basicModified,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckComputeBackendServiceExists(
+						"google_compute_backend_service.foobar", &svc),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func TestAccComputeBackendService_withBackend(t *testing.T) {
+	var svc compute.BackendService
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckComputeBackendServiceDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccComputeBackendService_withBackend,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckComputeBackendServiceExists(
+						"google_compute_backend_service.lipsum", &svc),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+
+	if svc.TimeoutSec != 10 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected TimeoutSec == 10, got %d", svc.TimeoutSec)
+	}
+	if svc.Protocol != "HTTP" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected Protocol to be HTTP, got %q", svc.Protocol)
+	}
+	if len(svc.Backends) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 1 backend, got %d", len(svc.Backends))
+	}
+}
+
+func testAccCheckComputeBackendServiceDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
+	config := testAccProvider.Meta().(*Config)
+
+	for _, rs := range s.RootModule().Resources {
+		if rs.Type != "google_compute_backend_service" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		_, err := config.clientCompute.BackendServices.Get(
+			config.Project, rs.Primary.ID).Do()
+		if err == nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Backend service still exists")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func testAccCheckComputeBackendServiceExists(n string, svc *compute.BackendService) resource.TestCheckFunc {
+	return func(s *terraform.State) error {
+		rs, ok := s.RootModule().Resources[n]
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Not found: %s", n)
+		}
+
+		if rs.Primary.ID == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("No ID is set")
+		}
+
+		config := testAccProvider.Meta().(*Config)
+
+		found, err := config.clientCompute.BackendServices.Get(
+			config.Project, rs.Primary.ID).Do()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if found.Name != rs.Primary.ID {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Backend service not found")
+		}
+
+		*svc = *found
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+const testAccComputeBackendService_basic = `
+resource "google_compute_backend_service" "foobar" {
+    name = "blablah"
+    health_checks = ["${google_compute_http_health_check.zero.self_link}"]
+}
+
+resource "google_compute_http_health_check" "zero" {
+    name = "tf-test-zero"
+    request_path = "/"
+    check_interval_sec = 1
+    timeout_sec = 1
+}
+`
+
+const testAccComputeBackendService_basicModified = `
+resource "google_compute_backend_service" "foobar" {
+    name = "blablah"
+    health_checks = ["${google_compute_http_health_check.one.self_link}"]
+}
+
+resource "google_compute_http_health_check" "zero" {
+    name = "tf-test-zero"
+    request_path = "/"
+    check_interval_sec = 1
+    timeout_sec = 1
+}
+
+resource "google_compute_http_health_check" "one" {
+    name = "tf-test-one"
+    request_path = "/one"
+    check_interval_sec = 30
+    timeout_sec = 30
+}
+`
+
+const testAccComputeBackendService_withBackend = `
+resource "google_compute_backend_service" "lipsum" {
+    name = "hello-world-bs"
+    description = "Hello World 1234"
+    port_name = "http"
+    protocol = "HTTP"
+    timeout_sec = 10
+
+    backend {
+        group = "${google_compute_instance_group_manager.foobar.instance_group}"
+    }
+
+    health_checks = ["${google_compute_http_health_check.default.self_link}"]
+}
+
+resource "google_compute_instance_group_manager" "foobar" {
+    name = "terraform-test"
+    instance_template = "${google_compute_instance_template.foobar.self_link}"
+    base_instance_name = "foobar"
+    zone = "us-central1-f"
+    target_size = 1
+}
+
+resource "google_compute_instance_template" "foobar" {
+    name = "terraform-test"
+    machine_type = "n1-standard-1"
+
+    network_interface {
+        network = "default"
+    }
+
+    disk {
+        source_image = "debian-7-wheezy-v20140814"
+        auto_delete = true
+        boot = true
+    }
+}
+
+resource "google_compute_http_health_check" "default" {
+    name = "test2"
+    request_path = "/"
+    check_interval_sec = 1
+    timeout_sec = 1
+}
+`