diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 62dc1deeb..1ccedf2f9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 - Use the auto-generated OAS schema from elastic/kibana for the Fleet API. ([#834](https://github.com/elastic/terraform-provider-elasticstack/issues/834))
+- Support description in `elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role` data sources. ([#884](https://github.com/elastic/terraform-provider-elasticstack/pull/884))
 
 ## [0.11.11] - 2024-10-25
 
diff --git a/docs/data-sources/elasticsearch_security_role.md b/docs/data-sources/elasticsearch_security_role.md
index 6e917b674..9663e0d3d 100644
--- a/docs/data-sources/elasticsearch_security_role.md
+++ b/docs/data-sources/elasticsearch_security_role.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ output "role" {
 
 - `applications` (Set of Object) A list of application privilege entries. (see [below for nested schema](#nestedatt--applications))
 - `cluster` (Set of String) A list of cluster privileges. These privileges define the cluster level actions that users with this role are able to execute.
+- `description` (String) The description of the role.
 - `global` (String) An object defining global privileges.
 - `id` (String) Internal identifier of the resource
 - `indices` (Set of Object) A list of indices permissions entries. (see [below for nested schema](#nestedatt--indices))
diff --git a/internal/elasticsearch/security/role_data_source.go b/internal/elasticsearch/security/role_data_source.go
index fe8933a85..3b2ffc294 100644
--- a/internal/elasticsearch/security/role_data_source.go
+++ b/internal/elasticsearch/security/role_data_source.go
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ func DataSourceRole() *schema.Resource {
 			Type:        schema.TypeString,
 			Required:    true,
 		},
+		"description": {
+			Description: "The description of the role.",
+			Type:        schema.TypeString,
+			Computed:    true,
+		},
 		"applications": {
 			Description: "A list of application privilege entries.",
 			Type:        schema.TypeSet,
diff --git a/internal/elasticsearch/security/role_data_source_test.go b/internal/elasticsearch/security/role_data_source_test.go
index 33778129e..1fbebe705 100644
--- a/internal/elasticsearch/security/role_data_source_test.go
+++ b/internal/elasticsearch/security/role_data_source_test.go
@@ -49,6 +49,23 @@ func TestAccDataSourceSecurityRole(t *testing.T) {
 					resource.TestCheckTypeSetElemAttr("data.elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role.test", "remote_indices.*.names.*", "sample2"),
 				),
 			},
+			{
+				Config:   testAccDataSourceSecurityRoleWithDescription,
+				SkipFunc: versionutils.CheckIfVersionIsUnsupported(minSupportedDescriptionVersion),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("data.elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role.test", "name", "data_source_test"),
+					resource.TestCheckTypeSetElemAttr("data.elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role.test", "cluster.*", "all"),
+					utils.TestCheckResourceListAttr("data.elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role.test", "indices.0.names", []string{"index1", "index2"}),
+					resource.TestCheckTypeSetElemAttr("data.elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role.test", "indices.0.privileges.*", "all"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("data.elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role.test", "indices.0.allow_restricted_indices", "true"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("data.elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role.test", "applications.0.application", "myapp"),
+					utils.TestCheckResourceListAttr("data.elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role.test", "applications.0.privileges", []string{"admin", "read"}),
+					resource.TestCheckTypeSetElemAttr("data.elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role.test", "applications.0.resources.*", "*"),
+					resource.TestCheckTypeSetElemAttr("data.elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role.test", "run_as.*", "other_user"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("data.elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role.test", "metadata", `{"version":1}`),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("data.elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role.test", "description", `Test data source`),
+				),
+			},
 		},
 	})
 }
@@ -86,6 +103,41 @@ data "elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role" "test" {
 }
 `
 
+const testAccDataSourceSecurityRoleWithDescription = `
+provider "elasticstack" {
+  elasticsearch {}
+}
+
+resource "elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role" "test" {
+  name    = "data_source_test"
+  cluster = ["all"]
+
+  indices {
+    names                    = ["index1", "index2"]
+    privileges               = ["all"]
+    allow_restricted_indices = true
+  }
+
+  applications {
+    application = "myapp"
+    privileges  = ["admin", "read"]
+    resources   = ["*"]
+  }
+
+  run_as = ["other_user"]
+
+  metadata = jsonencode({
+    version = 1
+  })
+
+  description =  "Test data source"
+}
+
+data "elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role" "test" {
+  name = elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role.test.name
+}
+`
+
 const testAccDataSourceSecurityRoleRemoteIndices = `
 provider "elasticstack" {
   elasticsearch {}