diff --git a/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine.go b/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine.go
index 2955a0ea3a5f..ebbb300ffab3 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine.go
@@ -218,6 +218,11 @@ func resourceVSphereVirtualMachine() *schema.Resource {
 				Default:  false,
 			},
 
+			"uuid": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+
 			"custom_configuration_parameters": &schema.Schema{
 				Type:     schema.TypeMap,
 				Optional: true,
@@ -1071,6 +1076,7 @@ func resourceVSphereVirtualMachineRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 	d.Set("memory_reservation", mvm.Summary.Config.MemoryReservation)
 	d.Set("cpu", mvm.Summary.Config.NumCpu)
 	d.Set("datastore", rootDatastore)
+	d.Set("uuid", mvm.Summary.Config.Uuid)
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine_test.go b/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine_test.go
index 663f5c6c0fad..a9cb82bce414 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"regexp"
 	"testing"
 
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ func (test TestFuncData) testCheckFuncBasic() (
 	return testAccCheckVSphereVirtualMachineExists(vmName, &test.vm),
 		resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(vmName, "name", res),
 		resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(vmName, "vcpu", cpu),
+		resource.TestMatchResourceAttr(vmName, "uuid", regexp.MustCompile("[0-9a-f]{8}-([0-9a-f]{4}-){3}[0-9a-f]{12}")),
 		resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(vmName, "memory", mem),
 		resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(vmName, "disk.#", disks),
 		resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(vmName, "network_interface.#", "1"),
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/vsphere/r/virtual_machine.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/vsphere/r/virtual_machine.html.markdown
index 677821c9b760..5015ac6c42d2 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/vsphere/r/virtual_machine.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/vsphere/r/virtual_machine.html.markdown
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ The `cdrom` block supports:
 The following attributes are exported:
 
 * `id` - The instance ID.
+* `uuid` - The instance UUID.
 * `name` - See Argument Reference above.
 * `vcpu` - See Argument Reference above.
 * `memory` - See Argument Reference above.