diff --git a/builder/parallels/common/driver.go b/builder/parallels/common/driver.go
index 5c3d93c09..03a4e0f09 100644
--- a/builder/parallels/common/driver.go
+++ b/builder/parallels/common/driver.go
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ type Driver interface {
 	// Send scancodes to the vm using the prltype python script.
 	SendKeyScanCodes(string, ...string) error
 
+	// Apply default сonfiguration settings to the virtual machine
+	SetDefaultConfiguration(string) error
+
 	// Finds the MAC address of the NIC nic0
 	Mac(string) (string, error)
 
diff --git a/builder/parallels/common/driver_10.go b/builder/parallels/common/driver_10.go
index 9ab0754de..c37d421dc 100644
--- a/builder/parallels/common/driver_10.go
+++ b/builder/parallels/common/driver_10.go
@@ -5,3 +5,27 @@ package common
 type Parallels10Driver struct {
 	Parallels9Driver
 }
+
+func (d *Parallels10Driver) SetDefaultConfiguration(vmName string) error {
+	commands := make([][]string, 12)
+	commands[0] = []string{"set", vmName, "--cpus", "1"}
+	commands[1] = []string{"set", vmName, "--memsize", "512"}
+	commands[2] = []string{"set", vmName, "--startup-view", "same"}
+	commands[3] = []string{"set", vmName, "--on-shutdown", "close"}
+	commands[4] = []string{"set", vmName, "--on-window-close", "keep-running"}
+	commands[5] = []string{"set", vmName, "--auto-share-camera", "off"}
+	commands[6] = []string{"set", vmName, "--smart-guard", "off"}
+	commands[7] = []string{"set", vmName, "--shared-cloud", "off"}
+	commands[8] = []string{"set", vmName, "--shared-profile", "off"}
+	commands[9] = []string{"set", vmName, "--smart-mount", "off"}
+	commands[10] = []string{"set", vmName, "--sh-app-guest-to-host", "off"}
+	commands[11] = []string{"set", vmName, "--sh-app-host-to-guest", "off"}
+
+	for _, command := range commands {
+		err := d.Prlctl(command...)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/builder/parallels/common/driver_9.go b/builder/parallels/common/driver_9.go
index 98d36cc24..c577151dc 100644
--- a/builder/parallels/common/driver_9.go
+++ b/builder/parallels/common/driver_9.go
@@ -255,6 +255,25 @@ func prepend(head string, tail []string) []string {
 	return tmp
 }
 
+func (d *Parallels9Driver) SetDefaultConfiguration(vmName string) error {
+	commands := make([][]string, 7)
+	commands[0] = []string{"set", vmName, "--cpus", "1"}
+	commands[1] = []string{"set", vmName, "--memsize", "512"}
+	commands[2] = []string{"set", vmName, "--startup-view", "same"}
+	commands[3] = []string{"set", vmName, "--on-shutdown", "close"}
+	commands[4] = []string{"set", vmName, "--on-window-close", "keep-running"}
+	commands[5] = []string{"set", vmName, "--auto-share-camera", "off"}
+	commands[6] = []string{"set", vmName, "--smart-guard", "off"}
+
+	for _, command := range commands {
+		err := d.Prlctl(command...)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (d *Parallels9Driver) Mac(vmName string) (string, error) {
 	var stdout bytes.Buffer