diff --git a/ceilometer/compute/virt/vmware/inspector.py b/ceilometer/compute/virt/vmware/inspector.py
index 37189fe6c..b38f868b8 100644
--- a/ceilometer/compute/virt/vmware/inspector.py
+++ b/ceilometer/compute/virt/vmware/inspector.py
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ OPTS = [
     cfg.StrOpt('host_ip',
                default='',
                help='IP address of the VMware Vsphere host.'),
+    cfg.IntOpt('host_port',
+               default=443,
+               help='Port of the VMware Vsphere host.'),
     cfg.StrOpt('host_username',
                default='',
                help='Username of VMware Vsphere.'),
@@ -72,7 +75,8 @@ def get_api_session():
         cfg.CONF.vmware.host_password,
         cfg.CONF.vmware.api_retry_count,
         cfg.CONF.vmware.task_poll_interval,
-        wsdl_loc=cfg.CONF.vmware.wsdl_location)
+        wsdl_loc=cfg.CONF.vmware.wsdl_location,
+        port=cfg.CONF.vmware.host_port)
     return api_session
 
 
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/compute/virt/vmware/test_inspector.py b/ceilometer/tests/compute/virt/vmware/test_inspector.py
index c1fd52860..7461e8f6d 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/compute/virt/vmware/test_inspector.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/compute/virt/vmware/test_inspector.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class TestVsphereInspection(base.BaseTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         api_session = api.VMwareAPISession("test_server", "test_user",
                                            "test_password", 0, None,
-                                           create_session=False)
+                                           create_session=False, port=7443)
         vsphere_inspector.get_api_session = mock.Mock(
             return_value=api_session)
         self._inspector = vsphere_inspector.VsphereInspector()
diff --git a/doc/source/configuration.rst b/doc/source/configuration.rst
index 832252546..4b23f38ed 100644
--- a/doc/source/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/source/configuration.rst
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ Parameter                   Default                               Note
 host_ip                     ""                                    (Str) IP address of the VMware Vsphere host.
 host_password               ""                                    (Str) Password of VMware Vsphere.
 host_username               ""                                    (Str) Username of VMware Vsphere.
+host_port                   443                                   (Int) Listening Port of VMware Vsphere host. 
 api_retry_count             10                                    (Int) Number of times a VMware Vsphere API must be retried.
 task_poll_interval          0.5                                   (Float) Sleep time in seconds for polling an ongoing async task.
 wsdl_location               None                                  (Str) Optional vim Service WSDL location