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 fdbc244997d0..d6322ab3afad 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
 import com.vmware.vim25.VirtualMachineRelocateSpec;
 import com.vmware.vim25.VirtualMachineRelocateSpecDiskLocator;
 import com.vmware.vim25.VirtualMachineRuntimeInfo;
+import com.vmware.vim25.VirtualMachineVideoCard;
 import com.vmware.vim25.VmwareDistributedVirtualSwitchVlanIdSpec;
 
 import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.command.StorageSubSystemCommand;
@@ -1895,6 +1896,8 @@ protected StartAnswer execute(StartCommand cmd) {
 
             postDiskConfigBeforeStart(vmMo, vmSpec, sortedDisks, ideControllerKey, scsiControllerKey, iqnToPath, hyperHost, context);
 
+            postVideoCardMemoryConfigBeforeStart(vmMo, vmSpec);
+
             //
             // Power-on VM
             //
@@ -1943,6 +1946,79 @@ protected StartAnswer execute(StartCommand cmd) {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets video card memory to the one provided in detail svga.vramSize (if provided).
+     * 64MB was always set before.
+     * Size must be in KB.
+     * @param vmMo virtual machine mo
+     * @param vmSpec virtual machine specs
+     */
+    protected void postVideoCardMemoryConfigBeforeStart(VirtualMachineMO vmMo, VirtualMachineTO vmSpec) {
+        String paramVRamSize = "svga.vramSize";
+        if (vmSpec.getDetails().containsKey(paramVRamSize)){
+            String value = vmSpec.getDetails().get(paramVRamSize);
+            try {
+                long svgaVmramSize = Long.parseLong(value);
+                setNewVRamSizeVmVideoCard(vmMo, svgaVmramSize);
+            }
+            catch (NumberFormatException e){
+                s_logger.error("Unexpected value, cannot parse " + value + " to long due to: " + e.getMessage());
+            }
+            catch (Exception e){
+                s_logger.error("Error while reconfiguring vm due to: " + e.getMessage());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Search for vm video card iterating through vm device list
+     * @param vmMo virtual machine mo
+     * @param svgaVmramSize new svga vram size (in KB)
+     */
+    private void setNewVRamSizeVmVideoCard(VirtualMachineMO vmMo, long svgaVmramSize) throws Exception {
+        for (VirtualDevice device : vmMo.getAllDeviceList()){
+            if (device instanceof VirtualMachineVideoCard){
+                VirtualMachineVideoCard videoCard = (VirtualMachineVideoCard) device;
+                modifyVmVideoCardVRamSize(videoCard, vmMo, svgaVmramSize);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Modifies vm vram size if it was set to a different size to the one provided in svga.vramSize (user_vm_details or template_vm_details)
+     * @param videoCard vm's video card device
+     * @param vmMo virtual machine mo
+     * @param svgaVmramSize new svga vram size (in KB)
+     */
+    private void modifyVmVideoCardVRamSize(VirtualMachineVideoCard videoCard, VirtualMachineMO vmMo, long svgaVmramSize) throws Exception {
+        if (videoCard.getVideoRamSizeInKB().longValue() != svgaVmramSize){
+            s_logger.info("Video card memory was set " + videoCard.getVideoRamSizeInKB().longValue() + "kb instead of " + svgaVmramSize + "kb");
+            VirtualMachineConfigSpec newSizeSpecs = configSpecVideoCardNewVRamSize(videoCard, svgaVmramSize);
+            boolean res = vmMo.configureVm(newSizeSpecs);
+            if (res) {
+                s_logger.info("Video card memory successfully updated to " + svgaVmramSize + "kb");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a VirtualMachineConfigSpec to edit its svga vram size
+     * @param videoCard video card device to edit providing the svga vram size
+     * @param svgaVmramSize new svga vram size (in KB)
+     */
+    private VirtualMachineConfigSpec configSpecVideoCardNewVRamSize(VirtualMachineVideoCard videoCard, long svgaVmramSize){
+        videoCard.setVideoRamSizeInKB(svgaVmramSize);
+        videoCard.setUseAutoDetect(false);
+
+        VirtualDeviceConfigSpec arrayVideoCardConfigSpecs = new VirtualDeviceConfigSpec();
+        arrayVideoCardConfigSpecs.setDevice(videoCard);
+        arrayVideoCardConfigSpecs.setOperation(VirtualDeviceConfigSpecOperation.EDIT);
+
+        VirtualMachineConfigSpec changeVideoCardSpecs = new VirtualMachineConfigSpec();
+        changeVideoCardSpecs.getDeviceChange().add(arrayVideoCardConfigSpecs);
+        return changeVideoCardSpecs;
+    }
+
     private void tearDownVm(VirtualMachineMO vmMo) throws Exception{
 
         if(vmMo == null) return;
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/test/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResourceTest.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/test/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResourceTest.java
index 2e3d41c0485d..f554da9b3951 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/test/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResourceTest.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/test/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResourceTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.any;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -26,8 +32,9 @@
 import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
 import org.mockito.Spy;
 
+import com.vmware.vim25.VirtualDevice;
 import com.vmware.vim25.VirtualMachineConfigSpec;
-
+import com.vmware.vim25.VirtualMachineVideoCard;
 import com.cloud.agent.api.Command;
 import com.cloud.agent.api.ScaleVmAnswer;
 import com.cloud.agent.api.ScaleVmCommand;
@@ -64,6 +71,10 @@ public VmwareHypervisorHost getHyperHost(VmwareContext context, Command cmd) {
     VirtualMachineMO vmMo;
     @Mock
     VirtualMachineConfigSpec vmConfigSpec;
+    @Mock
+    VirtualMachineMO vmMo3dgpu;
+    @Mock
+    VirtualMachineTO vmSpec3dgpu;
 
     @Before
     public void setup() {
@@ -90,4 +101,20 @@ public void testScaleVMF1() throws Exception {
         verify(_resource).execute(cmd);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testStartVm3dgpuEnabled() throws Exception{
+        Map<String, String> specDetails = new HashMap<String, String>();
+        specDetails.put("svga.vramSize", "131072");
+        when(vmSpec3dgpu.getDetails()).thenReturn(specDetails);
+
+        VirtualMachineVideoCard videoCard = mock(VirtualMachineVideoCard.class);
+        when(videoCard.getVideoRamSizeInKB()).thenReturn(65536l);
+        when(vmMo3dgpu.getAllDeviceList()).thenReturn(Arrays.asList((VirtualDevice) videoCard));
+
+        when(vmMo3dgpu.configureVm(any(VirtualMachineConfigSpec.class))).thenReturn(true);
+
+        _resource.postVideoCardMemoryConfigBeforeStart(vmMo3dgpu, vmSpec3dgpu);
+        verify(vmMo3dgpu).configureVm(any(VirtualMachineConfigSpec.class));
+    }
+
 }