diff --git a/.changelog/8718.txt b/.changelog/8718.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..79c7f34151d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/8718.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:enhancement
+compute: added support for specifying regional disks for `google_compute_instance` `boot_disk.source`
+```
diff --git a/google/services/compute/resource_compute_instance.go b/google/services/compute/resource_compute_instance.go
index 85c9ddf1645..f207491a55c 100644
--- a/google/services/compute/resource_compute_instance.go
+++ b/google/services/compute/resource_compute_instance.go
@@ -2483,7 +2483,15 @@ func expandBootDisk(d *schema.ResourceData, config *transport_tpg.Config, projec
 	}
 
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("boot_disk.0.source"); ok {
-		source, err := tpgresource.ParseDiskFieldValue(v.(string), d, config)
+		var err error
+		var source interface {
+			RelativeLink() string
+		}
+		if strings.Contains(v.(string), "regions/") {
+			source, err = tpgresource.ParseRegionDiskFieldValue(v.(string), d, config)
+		} else {
+			source, err = tpgresource.ParseDiskFieldValue(v.(string), d, config)
+		}
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/google/services/compute/resource_compute_instance_test.go b/google/services/compute/resource_compute_instance_test.go
index 43efbfeccc4..0cccfd3d79d 100644
--- a/google/services/compute/resource_compute_instance_test.go
+++ b/google/services/compute/resource_compute_instance_test.go
@@ -2465,6 +2465,31 @@ func TestAccComputeInstance_metadataStartupScript_update(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccComputeInstance_regionBootDisk(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	var instance compute.Instance
+	var instanceName = fmt.Sprintf("tf-test-%s", acctest.RandString(t, 10))
+	var diskName = fmt.Sprintf("tf-test-%s", acctest.RandString(t, 10))
+	var suffix = acctest.RandString(t, 10)
+
+	acctest.VcrTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:                 func() { acctest.AccTestPreCheck(t) },
+		ProtoV5ProviderFactories: acctest.ProtoV5ProviderFactories(t),
+		CheckDestroy:             testAccCheckComputeInstanceDestroyProducer(t),
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccComputeInstance_regionBootDisk(instanceName, diskName, suffix),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckComputeInstanceExists(
+						t, "google_compute_instance.regional_vm_instance", &instance),
+					testAccCheckComputeInstanceBootDisk(&instance, diskName),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func testAccCheckComputeInstanceUpdateMachineType(t *testing.T, n string) resource.TestCheckFunc {
 	return func(s *terraform.State) error {
 		rs, ok := s.RootModule().Resources[n]
@@ -6656,3 +6681,52 @@ resource "google_compute_instance" "foobar" {
 }
 `, instance, machineType, metadata)
 }
+
+func testAccComputeInstance_regionBootDisk(instance, diskName, suffix string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "google_compute_instance" "regional_vm_instance" {
+  name         = "%s"
+  machine_type = "e2-medium"
+  zone = "us-central1-c"
+
+  boot_disk {
+    source = google_compute_region_disk.regionaldisk.self_link
+  }
+  network_interface {
+    network = google_compute_network.vpc_network.name
+    access_config {}
+  }
+}
+
+resource "google_compute_region_disk" "regionaldisk" {
+  name          = "%s"
+  type          = "pd-ssd"
+  region        = "us-central1"
+  replica_zones = ["us-central1-c", "us-central1-a"]
+  size          = 50
+  snapshot      = google_compute_snapshot.debian.id
+}
+
+resource "google_compute_network" "vpc_network" {
+  name = "tf-test-%s"
+}
+
+data "google_compute_image" "debian" {
+  family  = "debian-11"
+  project = "debian-cloud"
+}
+
+resource "google_compute_snapshot" "debian" {
+  name        = "tf-test-%s"
+  source_disk = google_compute_disk.debian.id
+}
+
+resource "google_compute_disk" "debian" {
+  name  = "tf-test-%s"
+  image = data.google_compute_image.debian.self_link
+  size  = 10
+  type  = "pd-ssd"
+  zone  = "us-central1-c"
+}
+`, instance, diskName, suffix, suffix, suffix)
+}