diff a/builder/vmware/common/step_configure_vnc.go b/builder/vmware/common/step_configure_vnc.go	(rejected hunks)
@@ -52,6 +52,21 @@ func (StepConfigureVNC) VNCAddress(portMin, portMax uint) (string, uint, error)
 	return "127.0.0.1", vncPort, nil
 }
 
+func VNCPassword() (string) {
+	length := int(8)
+
+	charSet := []byte("1234567890-=qwertyuiop[]asdfghjkl;zxcvbnm,./!@#%^*()_+QWERTYUIOP{}|ASDFGHJKL:XCVBNM<>?")
+	charSetLength := len(charSet)
+
+	password := make([]byte, length)
+
+	for i := 0; i < length; i++ {
+		password[i] = charSet[ rand.Intn(charSetLength) ]
+	}
+
+	return string(password)
+}
+
 func (s *StepConfigureVNC) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 	driver := state.Get("driver").(Driver)
 	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
@@ -86,12 +101,14 @@ func (s *StepConfigureVNC) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 		ui.Error(err.Error())
 		return multistep.ActionHalt
 	}
+	vncPassword := VNCPassword()
 
 	log.Printf("Found available VNC port: %d", vncPort)
 
 	vmxData := ParseVMX(string(vmxBytes))
 	vmxData["remotedisplay.vnc.enabled"] = "TRUE"
 	vmxData["remotedisplay.vnc.port"] = fmt.Sprintf("%d", vncPort)
+	vmxData["remotedisplay.vnc.password"] = vncPassword
 
 	if err := WriteVMX(vmxPath, vmxData); err != nil {
 		err := fmt.Errorf("Error writing VMX data: %s", err)
@@ -102,6 +119,7 @@ func (s *StepConfigureVNC) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 
 	state.Put("vnc_port", vncPort)
 	state.Put("vnc_ip", vncIp)
+	state.Put("vnc_password", vncPassword)
 
 	return multistep.ActionContinue
 }