diff --git a/builder/vmware/vmx/builder.go b/builder/vmware/vmx/builder.go
index 6d76c4537..e799efd0b 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/vmx/builder.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/vmx/builder.go
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 		},
 		&vmwcommon.StepCleanFiles{},
 		&vmwcommon.StepCleanVMX{},
+		&vmwcommon.StepCompactDisk{
+			Skip: b.config.SkipCompaction,
+		},
 	}
 
 	// Run the steps.
diff --git a/builder/vmware/vmx/config.go b/builder/vmware/vmx/config.go
index 3f38dfd8c..5f68d1f42 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/vmx/config.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/vmx/config.go
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	vmwcommon.SSHConfig      `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	vmwcommon.VMXConfig      `mapstructure:",squash"`
 
-	SourcePath string `mapstructure:"source_path"`
-	VMName     string `mapstructure:"vm_name"`
+	SkipCompaction bool   `mapstructure:"skip_compaction"`
+	SourcePath     string `mapstructure:"source_path"`
+	VMName         string `mapstructure:"vm_name"`
 
 	tpl *packer.ConfigTemplate
 }