diff --git a/lib/vSphere/action/clone.rb b/lib/vSphere/action/clone.rb
index 00116cf6..0714e7ff 100644
--- a/lib/vSphere/action/clone.rb
+++ b/lib/vSphere/action/clone.rb
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ def get_location(datastore, dc, machine, template)
             location[:datastore] = datastore unless datastore.nil?
           end
           location[:pool] = get_resource_pool(dc, machine) unless machine.provider_config.clone_from_vm
+          location[:host] = get_host_system(dc,machine) unless machine.provider_config.host_system.nil?
           location
         end
 
diff --git a/lib/vSphere/config.rb b/lib/vSphere/config.rb
index 19d3efb5..369c534f 100644
--- a/lib/vSphere/config.rb
+++ b/lib/vSphere/config.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class Config < Vagrant.plugin('2', :config)
       attr_accessor :password
       attr_accessor :data_center_name
       attr_accessor :compute_resource_name
+      attr_accessor :host_system
       attr_accessor :resource_pool_name
       attr_accessor :clone_from_vm
       attr_accessor :template_name
diff --git a/lib/vSphere/util/vim_helpers.rb b/lib/vSphere/util/vim_helpers.rb
index d23e3bb4..9f4f7e2a 100644
--- a/lib/vSphere/util/vim_helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/vSphere/util/vim_helpers.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ def get_compute_resource(datacenter, machine)
           cr
         end
 
+        def get_host_system(datacenter, machine)
+          cr = find_clustercompute_or_compute_resource(datacenter, machine.provider_config.compute_resource_name)
+          hs = cr.host.find { |host| host.name == machine.provider_config.host_system }
+          hs
+        end
+
         def find_clustercompute_or_compute_resource(datacenter, path)
           if path.is_a? String
             es = path.split('/').reject(&:empty?)
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index b9384370..5d76f239 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ def call
         password: 'testpassword',
         data_center_name: nil,
         compute_resource_name: 'testcomputeresource',
+        host_system: nil,
         resource_pool_name: 'testresourcepool',
         vm_base_path: nil,
         template_name: TEMPLATE,
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ def call
                           vmFolder: vm_folder,
                           pretty_path: "data_center/#{vm_folder}",
                           find_compute_resource: @compute_resource,
+                          find_host_system: @host_system,
                           hostFolder: @host_folder)
 
     @device = RbVmomi::VIM::VirtualEthernetCard.new