diff --git a/bigip/resource_bigip_ltm_policy.go b/bigip/resource_bigip_ltm_policy.go
index 6e4c8daab..99e34459c 100644
--- a/bigip/resource_bigip_ltm_policy.go
+++ b/bigip/resource_bigip_ltm_policy.go
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ func resourceBigipLtmPolicy() *schema.Resource {
 							Required:    true,
 							Description: "Rule name",
 						},
+						"description": {
+							Type:        schema.TypeString,
+							Optional:    true,
+							Description: "Specifies descriptive text that identifies the irule attached to policy.",
+						},
 						"action": {
 							Type:     schema.TypeList,
 							Optional: true,
@@ -1285,6 +1290,7 @@ func dataToPolicy(name string, d *schema.ResourceData) bigip.Policy {
 		var polRule bigip.PolicyRule
 		for _, item := range val.([]interface{}) {
 			polRule.Name = item.(map[string]interface{})["name"].(string)
+			polRule.Description = item.(map[string]interface{})["description"].(string)
 			var policyRulesActions []bigip.PolicyRuleAction
 			for _, itemAction := range item.(map[string]interface{})["action"].([]interface{}) {
 				var a bigip.PolicyRuleAction
@@ -1403,6 +1409,9 @@ func flattenPolicyRules(rules []bigip.PolicyRule) []interface{} {
 		if v.Name != "" {
 			obj["name"] = v.Name
 		}
+		if v.Description != "" {
+			obj["description"] = v.Description
+		}
 
 		if len(v.Actions) > 0 {
 			r := flattenPolicyRuleActions(v.Actions)
diff --git a/docs/resources/bigip_ltm_policy.md b/docs/resources/bigip_ltm_policy.md
index 11c71733f..633466cc0 100644
--- a/docs/resources/bigip_ltm_policy.md
+++ b/docs/resources/bigip_ltm_policy.md
@@ -54,11 +54,9 @@ resource "bigip_ltm_policy" "test-policy" {
 *  `controls` - (Optional) Specifies the controls
 
 * `rule` - (Optional,type `list`) List of Rules can be applied using the policy. Each rule is block type with following arguments.
-
     * `name` -  (Required,type `string`) Name of Rule to be applied in policy.
-    
+    * `description` - (Optional) Specifies descriptive text that identifies the irule attached to policy.
     * `condition` - (Optional,type `set`) Block type. See [condition](#condition) block for more details.
-    
     * `action` - (Optional,type `set`) Block type. See [action](#action) block for more details.
 
 * `forward` - (Optional) This action will affect forwarding.
diff --git a/examples/bigip_ltm_policy_issue794.tf b/examples/bigip_ltm_policy_issue794.tf
index 644c10d3b..c19a4be9c 100644
--- a/examples/bigip_ltm_policy_issue794.tf
+++ b/examples/bigip_ltm_policy_issue794.tf
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ resource "bigip_ltm_policy" "policy_issue_838_tc1" {
   controls    = ["forwarding"]
   rule {
     name = "rule6"
+    description = "rule6-create"
     action {
       forward    = true
       connection = false
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/f5devcentral/go-bigip/ltm.go b/vendor/github.com/f5devcentral/go-bigip/ltm.go
index ab2b370e2..b0e626d57 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/f5devcentral/go-bigip/ltm.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/f5devcentral/go-bigip/ltm.go
@@ -747,18 +747,20 @@ type PolicyRules struct {
 }
 
 type PolicyRule struct {
-	Name       string
-	FullPath   string
-	Ordinal    int
-	Conditions []PolicyRuleCondition
-	Actions    []PolicyRuleAction
+	Name        string
+	FullPath    string
+	Ordinal     int
+	Description string
+	Conditions  []PolicyRuleCondition
+	Actions     []PolicyRuleAction
 }
 
 type policyRuleDTO struct {
-	Name       string `json:"name"`
-	Ordinal    int    `json:"ordinal"`
-	FullPath   string `json:"fullPath,omitempty"`
-	Conditions struct {
+	Name        string `json:"name"`
+	Ordinal     int    `json:"ordinal"`
+	FullPath    string `json:"fullPath,omitempty"`
+	Description string `json:"description,omitempty"`
+	Conditions  struct {
 		Items []PolicyRuleCondition `json:"items,omitempty"`
 	} `json:"conditionsReference,omitempty"`
 	Actions struct {
@@ -768,9 +770,10 @@ type policyRuleDTO struct {
 
 func (p *PolicyRule) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return json.Marshal(policyRuleDTO{
-		Name:     p.Name,
-		Ordinal:  p.Ordinal,
-		FullPath: p.FullPath,
+		Name:        p.Name,
+		Ordinal:     p.Ordinal,
+		FullPath:    p.FullPath,
+		Description: p.Description,
 		Conditions: struct {
 			Items []PolicyRuleCondition `json:"items,omitempty"`
 		}{Items: p.Conditions},
@@ -792,6 +795,7 @@ func (p *PolicyRule) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
 	p.Actions = dto.Actions.Items
 	p.Conditions = dto.Conditions.Items
 	p.FullPath = dto.FullPath
+	p.Description = dto.Description
 
 	return nil
 }