diff --git a/github/data_source_github_release.go b/github/data_source_github_release.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91f4606d86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github/data_source_github_release.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package github
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
+)
+
+func dataSourceGithubRelease() *schema.Resource {
+	return &schema.Resource{
+		Read: dataSourceGithubReleaseRead,
+
+		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+			"repository": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Required: true,
+			},
+			"owner": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Required: true,
+			},
+			"release_id": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeInt,
+				Required: true,
+			},
+			"url": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func dataSourceGithubReleaseRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
+	repository := d.Get("repository").(string)
+	owner := d.Get("owner").(string)
+	releaseID := int64(d.Get("release_id").(int))
+	log.Printf("[INFO] Refreshing GitHub release %s from repository %s", releaseID, repository)
+
+	client := meta.(*Organization).client
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	release, _, err := client.Repositories.GetRelease(ctx, owner, repository, releaseID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	d.SetId(strconv.FormatInt(release.GetID(), 10))
+	d.Set("url", release.GetURL())
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/github/provider.go b/github/provider.go
index 1bcd2a8c8d..17049531cf 100644
--- a/github/provider.go
+++ b/github/provider.go
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ func Provider() terraform.ResourceProvider {
 		DataSourcesMap: map[string]*schema.Resource{
 			"github_collaborators": dataSourceGithubCollaborators(),
 			"github_ip_ranges":     dataSourceGithubIpRanges(),
+			"github_release":       dataSourceGithubRelease(),
 			"github_repositories":  dataSourceGithubRepositories(),
 			"github_repository":    dataSourceGithubRepository(),
 			"github_team":          dataSourceGithubTeam(),