diff --git a/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine.go b/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine.go
index 816385867277..15e291a3890a 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine.go
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ type virtualMachine struct {
 	linkedClone           bool
 	skipCustomization     bool
 	enableDiskUUID        bool
+	moid                  string
 	windowsOptionalConfig windowsOptConfig
 	customConfigurations  map[string](types.AnyType)
 }
@@ -232,6 +233,11 @@ func resourceVSphereVirtualMachine() *schema.Resource {
 				Computed: true,
 			},
 
+			"moid": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+
 			"custom_configuration_parameters": &schema.Schema{
 				Type:     schema.TypeMap,
 				Optional: true,
@@ -924,6 +930,13 @@ func resourceVSphereVirtualMachineRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	err = d.Set("moid", vm.Reference().Value)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Invalid moid to set: %#v", vm.Reference().Value)
+	} else {
+		log.Printf("[DEBUG] Set the moid: %#v", vm.Reference().Value)
+	}
+
 	state, err := vm.PowerState(context.TODO())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -952,6 +965,13 @@ func resourceVSphereVirtualMachineRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] mvm.Summary.Config - %#v", mvm.Config)
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] mvm.Guest.Net - %#v", mvm.Guest.Net)
 
+	err = d.Set("moid", mvm.Reference().Value)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Invalid moid to set: %#v", mvm.Reference().Value)
+	} else {
+		log.Printf("[DEBUG] Set the moid: %#v", mvm.Reference().Value)
+	}
+
 	disks := make([]map[string]interface{}, 0)
 	templateDisk := make(map[string]interface{}, 1)
 	for _, device := range mvm.Config.Hardware.Device {
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 05f609cef7b0..ad2f89040590 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/vsphere/r/virtual_machine.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/vsphere/r/virtual_machine.html.markdown
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ The following attributes are exported:
 
 * `id` - The instance ID.
 * `uuid` - The instance UUID.
+* `moid` - The instance MOID (Managed Object Reference ID).
 * `name` - See Argument Reference above.
 * `vcpu` - See Argument Reference above.
 * `memory` - See Argument Reference above.