diff --git a/airflow/contrib/operators/dataproc_operator.py b/airflow/contrib/operators/dataproc_operator.py
index 11d47b81cb..fc3e9fd06a 100644
--- a/airflow/contrib/operators/dataproc_operator.py
+++ b/airflow/contrib/operators/dataproc_operator.py
@@ -1099,18 +1099,25 @@ class DataprocWorkflowTemplateInstantiateOperator(DataprocOperationBaseOperator)
         For this to work, the service account making the request must have domain-wide
         delegation enabled.
     :type delegate_to: str
+    :param parameters: a map of parameters for Dataproc Template in key-value format:
+        map (key: string, value: string)
+        Example: { "date_from": "2019-08-01", "date_to": "2019-08-02"}.
+        Values may not exceed 100 characters. Please refer to:
+        https://cloud.google.com/dataproc/docs/concepts/workflows/workflow-parameters
+    :type parameters: Dict[str, str]
     """
 
     template_fields = ['template_id']
 
     @apply_defaults
-    def __init__(self, template_id, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, template_id, parameters, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.template_id = template_id
+        self.parameters = parameters
 
     def start(self):
         """
-        Instantiate a WorkflowTemplate on Google Cloud Dataproc.
+        Instantiate a WorkflowTemplate on Google Cloud Dataproc with given parameters.
         """
         self.log.info('Instantiating Template: %s', self.template_id)
         return (
@@ -1118,7 +1125,7 @@ class DataprocWorkflowTemplateInstantiateOperator(DataprocOperationBaseOperator)
             .instantiate(
                 name=('projects/%s/regions/%s/workflowTemplates/%s' %
                       (self.project_id, self.region, self.template_id)),
-                body={'requestId': str(uuid.uuid4())})
+                body={'requestId': str(uuid.uuid4()), 'parameters': self.parameters})
             .execute())
 
 
diff --git a/tests/contrib/operators/test_dataproc_operator.py b/tests/contrib/operators/test_dataproc_operator.py
index 41f5cd4dc3..efa025beac 100644
--- a/tests/contrib/operators/test_dataproc_operator.py
+++ b/tests/contrib/operators/test_dataproc_operator.py
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ GCP_REGION = 'us-central1'
 GCP_REGION_TEMPLATED = "{{ 'US-CENTRAL1' | lower }}"
 MAIN_URI = 'test-uri'
 TEMPLATE_ID = 'template-id'
+WORKFLOW_PARAMETERS = '{"parameter": "value"}'
 
 LABELS = {
     'label_a': 'value_a',
@@ -1235,6 +1236,7 @@ class TestDataprocWorkflowTemplateInstantiateOperator(unittest.TestCase):
                 project_id=GCP_PROJECT_ID,
                 region=GCP_REGION,
                 template_id=TEMPLATE_ID,
+                parameters=WORKFLOW_PARAMETERS,
                 dag=self.dag
             )