diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/DeployVMCmd.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/DeployVMCmd.java
index 09455d45dff..6d7cc9c81c2 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/DeployVMCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/DeployVMCmd.java
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ public class DeployVMCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCustomIdCmd implements SecurityG
     @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.NETWORK_IDS, type = CommandType.LIST, collectionType = CommandType.UUID, entityType = NetworkResponse.class, description = "list of network ids used by virtual machine. Can't be specified with ipToNetworkList parameter")
     private List<Long> networkIds;
 
-    @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.BOOT_TYPE, type = CommandType.STRING, required = false, description = "Guest VM Boot option either custom[UEFI] or default boot [BIOS]", since = "4.14.0.0")
+    @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.BOOT_TYPE, type = CommandType.STRING, required = false, description = "Guest VM Boot option either custom[UEFI] or default boot [BIOS]. Not applicable with VMware, as we honour what is defined in the template.", since = "4.14.0.0")
     private String bootType;
 
-    @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.BOOT_MODE, type = CommandType.STRING, required = false, description = "Boot Mode [Legacy] or [Secure] Applicable when Boot Type Selected is UEFI, otherwise Legacy By default for BIOS", since = "4.14.0.0")
+    @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.BOOT_MODE, type = CommandType.STRING, required = false, description = "Boot Mode [Legacy] or [Secure] Applicable when Boot Type Selected is UEFI, otherwise Legacy only for BIOS. Not applicable with VMware, as we honour what is defined in the template.", since = "4.14.0.0")
     private String bootMode;
 
     @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.BOOT_INTO_SETUP, type = CommandType.BOOLEAN, required = false, description = "Boot into hardware setup or not (ignored if startVm = false, only valid for vmware)", since = "4.15.0.0")
@@ -265,8 +265,7 @@ public class DeployVMCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCustomIdCmd implements SecurityG
         return domainId;
     }
 
-    private ApiConstants.BootType  getBootType() {
-
+    public ApiConstants.BootType  getBootType() {
         if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(bootType)) {
             try {
                 String type = bootType.trim().toUpperCase();
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
index 54b990c2ef6..4cd7043768d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
@@ -5184,6 +5184,10 @@ public class UserVmManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements UserVmManager, Vir
         if (template == null) {
             throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Unable to use template " + templateId);
         }
+        // Bootmode and boottype are not supported on VMWare
+        if (template.getHypervisorType() == HypervisorType.VMware && (cmd.getBootMode() != null || cmd.getBootType() != null)) {
+            throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Boot type and boot mode are not supported on VMware, as we honour what is defined in the template.");
+        }
 
         Long diskOfferingId = cmd.getDiskOfferingId();
         DiskOffering diskOffering = null;