diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
index da6c863a05..8d7dff552f 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ gnocchi_backend_storage: "{{ 'ceph' if enable_ceph|bool else 'file' }}"
 # Cinder options
 #################################
 cinder_backend_ceph: "{{ enable_ceph }}"
+cinder_backend_vmwarevc_vmdk: "no"
 cinder_volume_group: "cinder-volumes"
 cinder_backup_driver: "nfs"
 cinder_backup_share: ""
@@ -619,3 +620,4 @@ ceph_cache_rule: "cache host firstn"
 vmware_vcenter_host_ip:
 vmware_vcenter_host_username:
 vmware_vcenter_host_password:
+vmware_vcenter_cluster_name:
diff --git a/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml
index 359d4cae74..84fabfc2c5 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ cinder_backends:
     enabled: "{{ enable_cinder_backend_hnas_iscsi | bool }}"
   - name: "hnas-nfs"
     enabled: "{{ enable_cinder_backend_hnas_nfs | bool }}"
+  - name: "vmwarevc-vmdk"
+    enabled: "{{ cinder_backend_vmwarevc_vmdk | bool }}"
 
 cinder_enabled_backends: "{{ cinder_backends|selectattr('enabled', 'equalto', true)|list }}"
 cinder_iscsi_helper: "tgtadm"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2
index b5109d4d4a..64a12ddd52 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2
@@ -154,6 +154,17 @@ hnas_svc0_volume_type = {{ hnas_nfs_svc0_volume_type }}
 hnas_svc0_hdp = {{ hnas_nfs_svc0_hdp }}
 {% endif %}
 
+{% if cinder_backend_vmwarevc_vmdk | bool %}
+[vmwarevc-vmdk]
+volume_backend_name=vmwarevc-vmdk
+volume_driver = cinder.volume.drivers.vmware.vmdk.VMwareVcVmdkDriver
+vmware_host_ip = {{ vmware_vcenter_host_ip }}
+vmware_host_username = {{ vmware_vcenter_host_username }}
+vmware_host_password = {{ vmware_vcenter_host_password }}
+vmware_cluster_name = {{ vmware_vcenter_cluster_name }}
+vmware_insecure = True
+{% endif %}
+
 [privsep_entrypoint]
 helper_command=sudo cinder-rootwrap /etc/cinder/rootwrap.conf privsep-helper --config-file /etc/cinder/cinder.conf
 
diff --git a/etc/kolla/globals.yml b/etc/kolla/globals.yml
index fe9b84614e..db937f77fd 100644
--- a/etc/kolla/globals.yml
+++ b/etc/kolla/globals.yml
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ kolla_internal_vip_address: "10.10.10.254"
 #################################
 # Enable / disable Cinder backends
 #cinder_backend_ceph: "{{ enable_ceph }}"
+#cinder_backend_vmwarevc_vmdk: "no"
 #cinder_volume_group: "cinder-volumes"
 #cinder_backup_driver: "nfs"
 #cinder_backup_share: ""
@@ -368,3 +369,4 @@ tempest_floating_network_name:
 #vmware_vcenter_host_password:
 #vmware_datastore_name:
 #vmware_vcenter_name:
+#vmware_vcenter_cluster_name: