diff --git a/builder/vmware/builder.go b/builder/vmware/builder.go
index 260382e63..a11cc3b7b 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/builder.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/builder.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook) packer.Artifact {
 		&stepRun{},
 		&stepTypeBootCommand{},
 		&stepWaitForSSH{},
+		&stepProvision{},
 	}
 
 	// Setup the state bag
diff --git a/builder/vmware/step_provision.go b/builder/vmware/step_provision.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f089d937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builder/vmware/step_provision.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package vmware
+
+import (
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+	"log"
+)
+
+type stepProvision struct{}
+
+func (*stepProvision) Run(state map[string]interface{}) multistep.StepAction {
+	comm := state["communicator"].(packer.Communicator)
+	hook := state["hook"].(packer.Hook)
+	ui := state["ui"].(packer.Ui)
+
+	log.Println("Running the provision hook")
+	hook.Run(packer.HookProvision, ui, comm, nil)
+
+	return multistep.ActionContinue
+}
+
+func (*stepProvision) Cleanup(map[string]interface{}) {}