diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 702242a20..bbd82b07d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 
 ## v0.53.0
 
+ENHANCEMENTS:
+* `r/tfe_project`: Add `description` attribute, by @netramali [1271](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-tfe/pull/1271)
+* `d/tfe_project`: Add `description` attribute, by @netramali [1271](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-tfe/pull/1271)
+
 FEATURES:
 * `r/tfe_workspace`: Add `ignore_additional_tag_names` which explicitly ignores `tag_names` _not_ defined by config so they will not be overwritten by the configured tags, by @brandonc and @mbillow [1254](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-tfe/pull/1254)
 * `r/tfe_oauth_client`: Add `organization_scoped` attribute, by @Netra2104 [1142](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-tfe/pull/1142)
diff --git a/internal/provider/data_source_project.go b/internal/provider/data_source_project.go
index e4c9cf99a..07a1c9b1d 100644
--- a/internal/provider/data_source_project.go
+++ b/internal/provider/data_source_project.go
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ func dataSourceTFEProject() *schema.Resource {
 				Required: true,
 			},
 
+			"description": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+
 			"organization": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Optional: true,
@@ -92,6 +97,7 @@ func dataSourceTFEProjectRead(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta
 			}
 
 			d.Set("workspace_ids", workspaces)
+			d.Set("description", proj.Description)
 			d.SetId(proj.ID)
 			return nil
 		}
diff --git a/internal/provider/data_source_project_test.go b/internal/provider/data_source_project_test.go
index a6fd442ba..0af8c0bb6 100644
--- a/internal/provider/data_source_project_test.go
+++ b/internal/provider/data_source_project_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ func TestAccTFEProjectDataSource_basic(t *testing.T) {
 				Check: resource.ComposeAggregateTestCheckFunc(
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
 						"data.tfe_project.foobar", "name", fmt.Sprintf("project-test-%d", rInt)),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"data.tfe_project.foobar", "description", "project description"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
 						"data.tfe_project.foobar", "organization", orgName),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet("data.tfe_project.foobar", "id"),
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ resource "tfe_organization" "foobar" {
 
 resource "tfe_project" "foobar" {
   name         = "project-test-%d"
+  description  = "project description"
   organization = tfe_organization.foobar.id
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/provider/resource_tfe_project.go b/internal/provider/resource_tfe_project.go
index 2762c5c47..5bc155c8d 100644
--- a/internal/provider/resource_tfe_project.go
+++ b/internal/provider/resource_tfe_project.go
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ func resourceTFEProject() *schema.Resource {
 				),
 			},
 
+			"description": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Optional: true,
+			},
+
 			"organization": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Optional: true,
@@ -66,7 +71,8 @@ func resourceTFEProjectCreate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta
 	name := d.Get("name").(string)
 
 	options := tfe.ProjectCreateOptions{
-		Name: name,
+		Name:        name,
+		Description: tfe.String(d.Get("description").(string)),
 	}
 
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Create new project: %s", name)
@@ -95,6 +101,7 @@ func resourceTFEProjectRead(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta in
 	}
 
 	d.Set("name", project.Name)
+	d.Set("description", project.Description)
 	d.Set("organization", project.Organization.Name)
 
 	return nil
@@ -104,7 +111,8 @@ func resourceTFEProjectUpdate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta
 	config := meta.(ConfiguredClient)
 
 	options := tfe.ProjectUpdateOptions{
-		Name: tfe.String(d.Get("name").(string)),
+		Name:        tfe.String(d.Get("name").(string)),
+		Description: tfe.String(d.Get("description").(string)),
 	}
 
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Update configuration of project: %s", d.Id())
diff --git a/internal/provider/resource_tfe_project_test.go b/internal/provider/resource_tfe_project_test.go
index 0dd424ae6..e77f03ea7 100644
--- a/internal/provider/resource_tfe_project_test.go
+++ b/internal/provider/resource_tfe_project_test.go
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ func TestAccTFEProject_basic(t *testing.T) {
 					testAccCheckTFEProjectAttributes(project),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
 						"tfe_project.foobar", "name", "projecttest"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"tfe_project.foobar", "description", "project description"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
 						"tfe_project.foobar", "organization", fmt.Sprintf("tst-terraform-%d", rInt)),
 				),
@@ -78,6 +80,8 @@ func TestAccTFEProject_update(t *testing.T) {
 					testAccCheckTFEProjectAttributes(project),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
 						"tfe_project.foobar", "name", "projecttest"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"tfe_project.foobar", "description", "project description"),
 				),
 			},
 			{
@@ -88,6 +92,8 @@ func TestAccTFEProject_update(t *testing.T) {
 					testAccCheckTFEProjectAttributesUpdated(project),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
 						"tfe_project.foobar", "name", "project updated"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"tfe_project.foobar", "description", "project description updated"),
 				),
 			},
 		},
@@ -133,6 +139,7 @@ resource "tfe_organization" "foobar" {
 resource "tfe_project" "foobar" {
   organization = tfe_organization.foobar.name
   name = "project updated"
+  description = "project description updated"
 }`, rInt)
 }
 
@@ -146,6 +153,7 @@ resource "tfe_organization" "foobar" {
 resource "tfe_project" "foobar" {
   organization = tfe_organization.foobar.name
   name = "projecttest"
+  description = "project description"
 }`, rInt)
 }
 
diff --git a/website/docs/r/project.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/project.html.markdown
index 40b419e5d..7c152ce85 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/project.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/project.html.markdown
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 
 * `name` - (Required) Name of the project.
 * `organization` - (Optional) Name of the organization. If omitted, organization must be defined in the provider config.
+* `description` - (Optional) A description for the project.
 
 ## Attributes Reference