diff --git a/cloudflare/resource_cloudflare_spectrum_application.go b/cloudflare/resource_cloudflare_spectrum_application.go
index b107da64a6..27af623aba 100644
--- a/cloudflare/resource_cloudflare_spectrum_application.go
+++ b/cloudflare/resource_cloudflare_spectrum_application.go
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ func resourceCloudflareSpectrumApplication() *schema.Resource {
 				Required: true,
 			},
 
+			"traffic_type": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Default:  "direct",
+				Optional: true,
+				ValidateFunc: validation.StringInSlice([]string{
+					"direct", "http", "https",
+				}, false),
+			},
+
 			"dns": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeList,
 				Required: true,
@@ -176,6 +185,7 @@ func resourceCloudflareSpectrumApplicationRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta inte
 
 	d.Set("origin_port", application.OriginPort)
 	d.Set("tls", application.TLS)
+	d.Set("traffic_type", application.TrafficType)
 	d.Set("ip_firewall", application.IPFirewall)
 	d.Set("proxy_protocol", application.ProxyProtocol)
 
@@ -273,6 +283,10 @@ func applicationFromResource(d *schema.ResourceData) cloudflare.SpectrumApplicat
 		application.TLS = tls.(string)
 	}
 
+	if traffic_type, ok := d.GetOk("traffic_type"); ok {
+		application.TrafficType = traffic_type.(string)
+	}
+
 	if ipFirewall, ok := d.GetOk("ip_firewall"); ok {
 		application.IPFirewall = ipFirewall.(bool)
 	}
diff --git a/website/docs/r/spectrum_application.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/spectrum_application.html.markdown
index c987f4f2f6..c4d1eec2c4 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/spectrum_application.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/spectrum_application.html.markdown
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Provides a Cloudflare Spectrum Application. You can extend the power of Cloudfla
 # Define a spectrum application proxies ssh traffic
 resource "cloudflare_spectrum_application" "ssh_proxy" {
   protocol = "tcp/22"
+  traffic_type = "direct"
   dns = {
     type = "CNAME"
     name = "ssh.example.com"
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ resource "cloudflare_spectrum_application" "ssh_proxy" {
 * `tls` - (Optional) TLS configuration option for Cloudflare to connect to your origin. Valid values are: `off`, `flexible`, `full` and `strict`. Defaults to `off`.
 * `ip_firewall` - (Optional) Enables the IP Firewall for this application. Defaults to `true`.
 * `proxy_protocol` - (Optional) Enables Proxy Protocol v1 to the origin. Defaults to `false`.
+* `traffic_type` - (Optional) Set's application type. Valid values are: `direct`, `http`, `https`.  Defaults to `direct`.
 
 **dns**