diff --git a/google/node_config.go b/google/node_config.go
index 251317b485d..975849c18c1 100644
--- a/google/node_config.go
+++ b/google/node_config.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ var schemaNodeConfig = &schema.Schema{
 	Optional: true,
 	Computed: true,
 	ForceNew: true,
+	MaxItems: 1,
 	Elem: &schema.Resource{
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 			"machine_type": {
diff --git a/google/resource_container_cluster.go b/google/resource_container_cluster.go
index 50dda94d7c2..59ff63b6d0e 100644
--- a/google/resource_container_cluster.go
+++ b/google/resource_container_cluster.go
@@ -355,9 +355,6 @@ func resourceContainerClusterCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) er
 	}
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("node_config"); ok {
 		nodeConfigs := v.([]interface{})
-		if len(nodeConfigs) > 1 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Cannot specify more than one node_config.")
-		}
 		nodeConfig := nodeConfigs[0].(map[string]interface{})
 
 		cluster.NodeConfig = &container.NodeConfig{}
diff --git a/google/resource_container_node_pool.go b/google/resource_container_node_pool.go
index 0265bab7219..d08ceeb3afc 100644
--- a/google/resource_container_node_pool.go
+++ b/google/resource_container_node_pool.go
@@ -89,9 +89,6 @@ func resourceContainerNodePoolCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) e
 
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("node_config"); ok {
 		nodeConfigs := v.([]interface{})
-		if len(nodeConfigs) > 1 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Cannot specify more than one node_config.")
-		}
 		nodeConfig := nodeConfigs[0].(map[string]interface{})
 
 		nodePool.Config = &container.NodeConfig{}
@@ -104,6 +101,10 @@ func resourceContainerNodePoolCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) e
 			nodePool.Config.DiskSizeGb = int64(v.(int))
 		}
 
+		if v, ok = nodeConfig["local_ssd_count"]; ok {
+			nodePool.Config.LocalSsdCount = int64(v.(int))
+		}
+
 		if v, ok := nodeConfig["oauth_scopes"]; ok {
 			scopesList := v.([]interface{})
 			scopes := []string{}
@@ -113,6 +114,39 @@ func resourceContainerNodePoolCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) e
 
 			nodePool.Config.OauthScopes = scopes
 		}
+
+		if v, ok = nodeConfig["service_account"]; ok {
+			nodePool.Config.ServiceAccount = v.(string)
+		}
+
+		if v, ok = nodeConfig["metadata"]; ok {
+			m := make(map[string]string)
+			for k, val := range v.(map[string]interface{}) {
+				m[k] = val.(string)
+			}
+			nodePool.Config.Metadata = m
+		}
+
+		if v, ok = nodeConfig["image_type"]; ok {
+			nodePool.Config.ImageType = v.(string)
+		}
+
+		if v, ok = nodeConfig["labels"]; ok {
+			m := make(map[string]string)
+			for k, val := range v.(map[string]interface{}) {
+				m[k] = val.(string)
+			}
+			nodePool.Config.Labels = m
+		}
+
+		if v, ok := nodeConfig["tags"]; ok {
+			tagsList := v.([]interface{})
+			tags := []string{}
+			for _, v := range tagsList {
+				tags = append(tags, v.(string))
+			}
+			nodePool.Config.Tags = tags
+		}
 	}
 
 	req := &container.CreateNodePoolRequest{
diff --git a/google/resource_container_node_pool_test.go b/google/resource_container_node_pool_test.go
index 7728b75cd21..1a19e7afe53 100644
--- a/google/resource_container_node_pool_test.go
+++ b/google/resource_container_node_pool_test.go
@@ -123,6 +123,39 @@ func testAccCheckContainerNodePoolMatches(n string) resource.TestCheckFunc {
 	}
 }
 
+func nodepoolCheckMatch(attributes map[string]string, attr string, gcp interface{}) string {
+	if gcpList, ok := gcp.([]string); ok {
+		return nodepoolCheckListMatch(attributes, attr, gcpList)
+	}
+	tf := attributes[attr]
+	if tf != gcp {
+		return nodepoolMatchError(attr, tf, gcp)
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func nodepoolCheckListMatch(attributes map[string]string, attr string, gcpList []string) string {
+	num, err := strconv.Atoi(attributes[attr+".#"])
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("Error in number conversion for attribute %s: %s", attr, err)
+	}
+	if num != len(gcpList) {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("NodePool has mismatched %s size.\nTF Size: %d\nGCP Size: %d", attr, num, len(gcpList))
+	}
+
+	for i, gcp := range gcpList {
+		if tf := attributes[fmt.Sprintf("%s.%d", attr, i)]; tf != gcp {
+			return nodepoolMatchError(fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d]", attr, i), tf, gcp)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ""
+}
+
+func nodepoolMatchError(attr, tf string, gcp interface{}) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("NodePool has mismatched %s.\nTF State: %+v\nGCP State: %+v", attr, tf, gcp)
+}
+
 var testAccContainerNodePool_basic = fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "google_container_cluster" "cluster" {
 	name = "tf-cluster-nodepool-test-%s"
@@ -190,36 +223,3 @@ resource "google_container_node_pool" "np_with_node_config_scope_alias" {
 		oauth_scopes = ["compute-rw", "storage-ro", "logging-write", "monitoring"]
 	}
 }`, acctest.RandString(10), acctest.RandString(10))
-
-func nodepoolCheckMatch(attributes map[string]string, attr string, gcp interface{}) string {
-	if gcpList, ok := gcp.([]string); ok {
-		return nodepoolCheckListMatch(attributes, attr, gcpList)
-	}
-	tf := attributes[attr]
-	if tf != gcp {
-		return nodepoolMatchError(attr, tf, gcp)
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
-func nodepoolCheckListMatch(attributes map[string]string, attr string, gcpList []string) string {
-	num, err := strconv.Atoi(attributes[attr+".#"])
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("Error in number conversion for attribute %s: %s", attr, err)
-	}
-	if num != len(gcpList) {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("NodePool has mismatched %s size.\nTF Size: %d\nGCP Size: %d", attr, num, len(gcpList))
-	}
-
-	for i, gcp := range gcpList {
-		if tf := attributes[fmt.Sprintf("%s.%d", attr, i)]; tf != gcp {
-			return nodepoolMatchError(fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d]", attr, i), tf, gcp)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return ""
-}
-
-func nodepoolMatchError(attr, tf string, gcp interface{}) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("NodePool has mismatched %s.\nTF State: %+v\nGCP State: %+v", attr, tf, gcp)
-}