diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
index 9f5cf045866..be87f121852 100755
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
@@ -2765,6 +2765,12 @@ public class VmwareResource implements StoragePoolResource, ServerResource, Vmwa
             vmConfigSpec.setCpuHotAddEnabled(vmMo.isCpuHotAddSupported(guestOsId));
             configNestedHVSupport(vmMo, vmSpec, vmConfigSpec);
 
+             // Check for multi-cores per socket settings
+            String coresPerSocket = vmSpec.getDetails().get("cpu.corespersocket");
+            if (coresPerSocket != null) {
+                vmConfigSpec.setNumCoresPerSocket(NumbersUtil.parseInt(coresPerSocket, 1));
+            }
+
             VirtualDeviceConfigSpec[] deviceConfigSpecArray = new VirtualDeviceConfigSpec[totalChangeDevices];
             int i = 0;
             int ideUnitNumber = 0;