diff --git a/moto/cloudformation/parsing.py b/moto/cloudformation/parsing.py
index e4117e839..4d3f53384 100644
--- a/moto/cloudformation/parsing.py
+++ b/moto/cloudformation/parsing.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ MODEL_MAP = {
     "AWS::EC2::VolumeAttachment": ec2_models.VolumeAttachment,
     "AWS::EC2::VPC": ec2_models.VPC,
     "AWS::EC2::VPCGatewayAttachment": ec2_models.VPCGatewayAttachment,
+    "AWS::EC2::VPCPeeringConnection": ec2_models.VPCPeeringConnection,
     "AWS::ElasticLoadBalancing::LoadBalancer": elb_models.FakeLoadBalancer,
     "AWS::IAM::InstanceProfile": iam_models.InstanceProfile,
     "AWS::IAM::Role": iam_models.Role,
diff --git a/tests/test_cloudformation/test_cloudformation_stack_integration.py b/tests/test_cloudformation/test_cloudformation_stack_integration.py
index 031ed464a..4b3cc20f5 100644
--- a/tests/test_cloudformation/test_cloudformation_stack_integration.py
+++ b/tests/test_cloudformation/test_cloudformation_stack_integration.py
@@ -984,3 +984,33 @@ def test_vpc_gateway_attachment_creation_should_attach_itself_to_vpc():
     )
 
     igws.should.have.length_of(1)
+
+
+@mock_cloudformation
+@mock_ec2
+def test_vpc_peering_creation():
+    vpc_conn = boto.vpc.connect_to_region("us-west-1")
+    vpc_source = vpc_conn.create_vpc("10.0.0.0/16")
+    peer_vpc = vpc_conn.create_vpc("10.1.0.0/16")
+    template = {
+        "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
+        "Resources": {
+            "vpcpeeringconnection": {
+                "Type": "AWS::EC2::VPCPeeringConnection",
+                "Properties": {
+                    "PeerVpcId": peer_vpc.id,
+                    "VpcId": vpc_source.id,
+                }
+            },
+        }
+    }
+
+    template_json = json.dumps(template)
+    cf_conn = boto.cloudformation.connect_to_region("us-west-1")
+    cf_conn.create_stack(
+        "test_stack",
+        template_body=template_json,
+    )
+
+    peering_connections = vpc_conn.get_all_vpc_peering_connections()
+    peering_connections.should.have.length_of(1)