diff --git a/lib/fog/aws/models/rds/server.rb b/lib/fog/aws/models/rds/server.rb
index 8d3bd1d2f..1269e3e2e 100644
--- a/lib/fog/aws/models/rds/server.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/aws/models/rds/server.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ module Fog
         attribute :db_subnet_group_name, :aliases => 'DBSubnetGroupName'
         attribute :publicly_accessible, :aliases => 'PubliclyAccessible'
         attribute :vpc_security_groups, :aliases => 'VpcSecurityGroups', :type => :array
+        attribute :storage_type, :aliases => 'StorageType'
 
         attr_accessor :password, :parameter_group_name, :security_group_names, :port
 
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ module Fog
             'DBSubnetGroupName'             => db_subnet_group_name,
             'PubliclyAccessible'            => publicly_accessible,
             'VpcSecurityGroups'             => vpc_security_groups,
+            'StorageType'                   => storage_type,
           }
 
           options.delete_if {|key, value| value.nil?}
diff --git a/lib/fog/aws/parsers/rds/db_parser.rb b/lib/fog/aws/parsers/rds/db_parser.rb
index 01fcac943..1679615c0 100644
--- a/lib/fog/aws/parsers/rds/db_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/aws/parsers/rds/db_parser.rb
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ module Fog
 
             when 'LatestRestorableTime', 'InstanceCreateTime'
               @db_instance[name] = Time.parse value
-            when 'Engine', 'DBInstanceStatus', 'DBInstanceIdentifier', 
+            when 'Engine', 'DBInstanceStatus', 'DBInstanceIdentifier',
               'PreferredBackupWindow', 'PreferredMaintenanceWindow',
               'AvailabilityZone', 'MasterUsername', 'DBName', 'LicenseModel',
-              'DBSubnetGroupName'
+              'DBSubnetGroupName', 'StorageType'
               @db_instance[name] = value
             when 'MultiAZ', 'AutoMinorVersionUpgrade', 'PubliclyAccessible'
               if value == 'false'
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ module Fog
               else
                 @db_instance[name] = value.to_i
               end
-            when 'DBInstanceClass', 'EngineVersion', 'MasterUserPassword', 
+            when 'DBInstanceClass', 'EngineVersion', 'MasterUserPassword',
                 'MultiAZ', 'Iops', 'AllocatedStorage'
               if @in_pending_modified_values
                 @pending_modified_values[name] = value
diff --git a/lib/fog/aws/requests/rds/create_db_instance.rb b/lib/fog/aws/requests/rds/create_db_instance.rb
index 3bfd66663..797fbb8b8 100644
--- a/lib/fog/aws/requests/rds/create_db_instance.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/aws/requests/rds/create_db_instance.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ module Fog
         # @param DBSubnetGroupName [String] The name, if any, of the VPC subnet for this RDS instance
         # @param PubliclyAcccesible [Boolean] Whether an RDS instance inside of the VPC subnet should have a public-facing endpoint
         # @param VpcSecurityGroups [Array] A list of VPC Security Groups to authorize on this DB instance
+        # @param StorageType [string] Specifies storage type to be associated with the DB Instance.  Valid values: standard | gp2 | io1
         #
         # @return [Excon::Response]:
         #   * body [Hash]:
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ module Fog
                  "DBSubnetGroupName" => options["DBSubnetGroupName"],
                  "PubliclyAccessible" => options["PubliclyAccessible"],
                  "VpcSecurityGroups" => options["VpcSecurityGroups"],
+                 "StorageType" => options["StorageType"],
              }
 
           self.data[:servers][db_name] = data