diff --git a/examples/hcl/ubuntu/build.pkr.hcl b/examples/hcl/ubuntu/build.pkr.hcl
index 04e306c6d..2c5bb1022 100644
--- a/examples/hcl/ubuntu/build.pkr.hcl
+++ b/examples/hcl/ubuntu/build.pkr.hcl
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ EOF
     boot_command            = local.ubuntu_1804_boot_command
   }
 
+  source "source.vmware-iso.esxi-base-ubuntu-amd64" {
+    name                    = "16.04-from-esxi"
+    iso_url                 = local.iso_url_ubuntu_1604
+    iso_checksum            = "file:${local.iso_checksum_url_ubuntu_1604}"
+    output_directory        = "vmware_iso_ubuntu_1604_amd64_from_esxi"
+    boot_command            = local.ubuntu_1604_boot_command
+  }
+
   source "source.qemu.base-ubuntu-amd64" {
     name                    = "16.04"
     iso_url                 = local.iso_url_ubuntu_1604
diff --git a/examples/hcl/ubuntu/source.esxi-vmware-iso.pkr.hcl b/examples/hcl/ubuntu/source.esxi-vmware-iso.pkr.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53257272b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hcl/ubuntu/source.esxi-vmware-iso.pkr.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+source "vmware-iso" "esxi-base-ubuntu-amd64" {
+    headless                = var.headless
+    boot_wait               = "10s"
+    guest_os_type           = "ubuntu-64"
+    http_directory          = local.http_directory
+    shutdown_command        = "echo 'vagrant' | sudo -S shutdown -P now"
+    ssh_password            = "vagrant"
+    ssh_port                = 22
+    ssh_timeout             = "10000s"
+    ssh_username            = "vagrant"
+    tools_upload_flavor     = "linux"
+    vmx_data = {
+        "cpuid.coresPerSocket" = "1"
+        "ethernet0.pciSlotNumber" = "32"
+    }
+    vmx_remove_ethernet_interfaces = true
+
+    remote_type             = "esx5"
+    remote_host             = var.esxi_host
+    remote_username         = var.esxi_user
+    remote_password         = var.esxi_password
+    remote_datastore        = var.datastore
+    remote_private_key_file = var.remote_private_key_file_path
+}
diff --git a/examples/hcl/ubuntu/source.vsphere-iso.pkr.hcl b/examples/hcl/ubuntu/source.vsphere-iso.pkr.hcl
index 09bfcf57b..b424c8ef0 100644
--- a/examples/hcl/ubuntu/source.vsphere-iso.pkr.hcl
+++ b/examples/hcl/ubuntu/source.vsphere-iso.pkr.hcl
@@ -10,17 +10,23 @@
 // export PKR_VAR_vcenter_user=""
 // export PKR_VAR_vm_ip=""
 // export PKR_VAR_gateway_ip=""
+// ...
 
 variable "vcenter_endpoint" { type = string }
 variable "vcenter_user"     { type = string }
 variable "vcenter_password" { type = string }
 variable "esxi_host"        { type = string }
+variable "esxi_password"    { type = string }
+variable "esxi_user"        { type = string }
 variable "datacenter_name"  { type = string }
 variable "vm_ip"            { type = string }
 variable "gateway_ip"       { type = string }
 variable "datastore" {
     default = "datastore1"
 }
+variable "remote_private_key_file_path" {
+    type = string
+}
 
 source "vsphere-iso" "base-ubuntu-amd64" {
     vcenter_server      = var.vcenter_endpoint