diff --git a/builder/vmware/iso/driver_esx5.go b/builder/vmware/iso/driver_esx5.go
index 8fbba7106..c99376a66 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/iso/driver_esx5.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/iso/driver_esx5.go
@@ -174,18 +174,35 @@ func (d *ESX5Driver) SSHAddress(state multistep.StateBag) (string, error) {
 		return address.(string), nil
 	}
 
-	r, err := d.run(nil, "vim-cmd", "vmsvc/get.guest", d.vmId, " | grep -m 1 ipAddress | awk -F'\"' '{print $2}'")
+	r, err := d.esxcli("network", "vm", "list")
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	ipAddress := strings.TrimRight(r, "\n")
+	record, err := r.find("Name", config.VMName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	wid := record["WorldID"]
+	if wid == "" {
+		return "", errors.New("VM WorldID not found")
+	}
+
+	r, err = d.esxcli("network", "vm", "port", "list", "-w", wid)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	record, err = r.read()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
 
-	if ipAddress == "" {
+	if record["IPAddress"] == "0.0.0.0" {
 		return "", errors.New("VM network port found, but no IP address")
 	}
 
-	address := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", ipAddress, config.SSHPort)
+	address := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", record["IPAddress"], config.SSHPort)
 	state.Put("vm_address", address)
 	return address, nil
 }
diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html.markdown
index 1276d2ead..ce3359140 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html.markdown
@@ -323,6 +323,16 @@ In addition to using the desktop products of VMware locally to build
 virtual machines, Packer can use a remote VMware Hypervisor to build
 the virtual machine.
 
+<div class="alert alert-block alert-info">
+Note: Packer supports ESXi 5.1 and above.
+</div>
+
+Before using a remote vSphere Hypervisor, you need to enable GuestIPHack by running the following command:
+
+```
+esxcli system settings advanced set -o /Net/GuestIPHack -i 1
+```
+
 When using a remote VMware Hypervisor, the builder still downloads the
 ISO and various files locally, and uploads these to the remote machine.
 Packer currently uses SSH to communicate to the ESXi machine rather than