diff --git a/azurerm/data_source_shared_image_version.go b/azurerm/data_source_shared_image_version.go
index 5e2f6d9e8e67..9c547f382fbd 100644
--- a/azurerm/data_source_shared_image_version.go
+++ b/azurerm/data_source_shared_image_version.go
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ func dataSourceArmSharedImageVersion() *schema.Resource {
 							Type:     schema.TypeInt,
 							Computed: true,
 						},
+
+						"storage_account_type": {
+							Type:     schema.TypeString,
+							Computed: true,
+						},
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -144,6 +149,8 @@ func flattenSharedImageVersionDataSourceTargetRegions(input *[]compute.TargetReg
 				output["regional_replica_count"] = int(*v.RegionalReplicaCount)
 			}
 
+			output["storage_account_type"] = v.StorageAccountType
+
 			results = append(results, output)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/azurerm/data_source_shared_image_version_test.go b/azurerm/data_source_shared_image_version_test.go
index 56af8676c853..7e7db2b303b4 100644
--- a/azurerm/data_source_shared_image_version_test.go
+++ b/azurerm/data_source_shared_image_version_test.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ func TestAccDataSourceAzureRMSharedImageVersion_basic(t *testing.T) {
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(dataSourceName, "tags.%", "0"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(dataSourceName, "managed_image_id"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(dataSourceName, "target_region.#", "1"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(dataSourceName, "target_region.0.storage_account_type", "Standard_LRS"),
 				),
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/azurerm/resource_arm_shared_image_version.go b/azurerm/resource_arm_shared_image_version.go
index 3bf0ddc5eed2..f31fb4eb79be 100644
--- a/azurerm/resource_arm_shared_image_version.go
+++ b/azurerm/resource_arm_shared_image_version.go
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ func resourceArmSharedImageVersion() *schema.Resource {
 							Type:     schema.TypeInt,
 							Required: true,
 						},
+
+						"storage_account_type": {
+							Type:     schema.TypeString,
+							Optional: true,
+							ForceNew: true,
+						},
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -256,10 +262,12 @@ func expandSharedImageVersionTargetRegions(d *schema.ResourceData) *[]compute.Ta
 
 		name := input["name"].(string)
 		regionalReplicaCount := input["regional_replica_count"].(int)
+		storageAccountType := input["storage_account_type"].(string)
 
 		output := compute.TargetRegion{
 			Name:                 utils.String(name),
 			RegionalReplicaCount: utils.Int32(int32(regionalReplicaCount)),
+			StorageAccountType:   compute.StorageAccountType(storageAccountType),
 		}
 		results = append(results, output)
 	}
@@ -282,6 +290,8 @@ func flattenSharedImageVersionTargetRegions(input *[]compute.TargetRegion) []int
 				output["regional_replica_count"] = int(*v.RegionalReplicaCount)
 			}
 
+			output["storage_account_type"] = string(v.StorageAccountType)
+
 			results = append(results, output)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/azurerm/resource_arm_shared_image_version_test.go b/azurerm/resource_arm_shared_image_version_test.go
index c1dbd59e4b3e..e53cb382c6eb 100644
--- a/azurerm/resource_arm_shared_image_version_test.go
+++ b/azurerm/resource_arm_shared_image_version_test.go
@@ -61,6 +61,91 @@ func TestAccAzureRMSharedImageVersion_basic(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	})
 }
+
+func TestAccAzureRMSharedImageVersion_storageAccountTypeLrs(t *testing.T) {
+	resourceName := "azurerm_shared_image_version.test"
+
+	ri := tf.AccRandTimeInt()
+	resourceGroup := fmt.Sprintf("acctestRG-%d", ri)
+	userName := "testadmin"
+	password := "Password1234!"
+	hostName := fmt.Sprintf("tftestcustomimagesrc%d", ri)
+	sshPort := "22"
+
+	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testCheckAzureRMSharedImageVersionDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				// need to create a vm and then reference it in the image creation
+				Config:  testAccAzureRMSharedImageVersion_setup(ri, testLocation(), userName, password, hostName),
+				Destroy: false,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testCheckAzureVMExists("azurerm_virtual_machine.testsource", true),
+					testGeneralizeVMImage(resourceGroup, "testsource", userName, password, hostName, sshPort, testLocation()),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				Config: testAccAzureRMSharedImageVersion_imageVersionStorageAccountType(ri, testLocation(), userName, password, hostName, "Standard_LRS"),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testCheckAzureRMSharedImageVersionExists(resourceName),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(resourceName, "managed_image_id"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "target_region.#", "1"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "target_region.0.storage_account_type", "Standard_LRS"),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:      resourceName,
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func TestAccAzureRMSharedImageVersion_storageAccountTypeZrs(t *testing.T) {
+	resourceName := "azurerm_shared_image_version.test"
+
+	ri := tf.AccRandTimeInt()
+	resourceGroup := fmt.Sprintf("acctestRG-%d", ri)
+	userName := "testadmin"
+	password := "Password1234!"
+	hostName := fmt.Sprintf("tftestcustomimagesrc%d", ri)
+	sshPort := "22"
+
+	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testCheckAzureRMSharedImageVersionDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				// need to create a vm and then reference it in the image creation
+				Config:  testAccAzureRMSharedImageVersion_setup(ri, testLocation(), userName, password, hostName),
+				Destroy: false,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testCheckAzureVMExists("azurerm_virtual_machine.testsource", true),
+					testGeneralizeVMImage(resourceGroup, "testsource", userName, password, hostName, sshPort, testLocation()),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				Config: testAccAzureRMSharedImageVersion_imageVersionStorageAccountType(ri, testLocation(), userName, password, hostName, "Standard_ZRS"),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testCheckAzureRMSharedImageVersionExists(resourceName),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(resourceName, "managed_image_id"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "target_region.#", "1"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "target_region.0.storage_account_type", "Standard_ZRS"),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:      resourceName,
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestAccAzureRMSharedImageVersion_requiresImport(t *testing.T) {
 	if !features.ShouldResourcesBeImported() {
 		t.Skip("Skipping since resources aren't required to be imported")
@@ -217,6 +302,29 @@ resource "azurerm_shared_image_version" "test" {
 }
 `, template)
 }
+
+func testAccAzureRMSharedImageVersion_imageVersionStorageAccountType(rInt int, location, username, password, hostname string, storageAccountType string) string {
+	template := testAccAzureRMSharedImageVersion_provision(rInt, location, username, password, hostname)
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+%s
+
+resource "azurerm_shared_image_version" "test" {
+  name                = "0.0.1"
+  gallery_name        = "${azurerm_shared_image_gallery.test.name}"
+  image_name          = "${azurerm_shared_image.test.name}"
+  resource_group_name = "${azurerm_resource_group.test.name}"
+  location            = "${azurerm_resource_group.test.location}"
+  managed_image_id    = "${azurerm_image.test.id}"
+
+  target_region {
+    name                   = "${azurerm_resource_group.test.location}"
+	regional_replica_count = 1
+	storage_account_type   = "%s"
+  }
+}
+`, template, storageAccountType)
+}
+
 func testAccAzureRMSharedImageVersion_requiresImport(rInt int, location, username, password, hostname string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 %s
diff --git a/website/docs/d/shared_image_version.html.markdown b/website/docs/d/shared_image_version.html.markdown
index 3a77b4878d18..fa4cd0186679 100644
--- a/website/docs/d/shared_image_version.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/d/shared_image_version.html.markdown
@@ -58,3 +58,5 @@ The `target_region` block exports the following:
 * `name` - The Azure Region in which this Image Version exists.
 
 * `regional_replica_count` - The number of replicas of the Image Version to be created per region.
+
+* `storage_account_type` - The storage account type for the image version.
diff --git a/website/docs/r/shared_image_version.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/shared_image_version.html.markdown
index d98a8d81927c..b6181ebc3c71 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/shared_image_version.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/shared_image_version.html.markdown
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ resource "azurerm_shared_image_version" "example" {
   target_region {
     name                   = "${data.azurerm_shared_image.existing.location}"
     regional_replica_count = "5"
+    storage_account_type   = "Standard_LRS"
   }
 }
 ```
@@ -73,6 +74,8 @@ The `target_region` block exports the following:
 
 * `regional_replica_count` - (Required) The number of replicas of the Image Version to be created per region.
 
+* `storage_account_type` - (Optional) The storage account type for the image version, which defaults to `Standard_LRS`. You can store all of your image version replicas in Zone Redundant Storage by specifying `Standard_ZRS`.
+
 ## Attributes Reference
 
 The following attributes are exported: