diff --git a/vmware-base/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/VirtualMachineMO.java b/vmware-base/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/VirtualMachineMO.java
index 238493557c33..37669dbb5d54 100644
--- a/vmware-base/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/VirtualMachineMO.java
+++ b/vmware-base/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/VirtualMachineMO.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 import com.cloud.storage.Storage;
 import com.cloud.utils.exception.CloudRuntimeException;
+import com.vmware.vim25.HostDnsConfig;
 import com.vmware.vim25.InvalidStateFaultMsg;
 import com.vmware.vim25.RuntimeFaultFaultMsg;
 import com.vmware.vim25.TaskInfo;
@@ -1177,24 +1178,34 @@ public boolean configureVm(Ternary<VirtualDevice, VirtualDeviceConfigSpecOperati
         return false;
     }
 
+    private String getHostFqdn(HostMO hostMO, String hostName) {
+        try {
+            HostDnsConfig hostDnsConfig = hostMO.getHostNetworkInfo().getDnsConfig();
+            return String.format("%s.%s", hostDnsConfig.getHostName(), hostDnsConfig.getDomainName());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            s_logger.error("Could not get host FQDN for host: " + hostName);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     public Pair<String, Integer> getVncPort(String hostNetworkName) throws Exception {
         HostMO hostMo = getRunningHost();
         VmwareHypervisorHostNetworkSummary summary = hostMo.getHyperHostNetworkSummary(hostNetworkName);
 
         VirtualMachineConfigInfo configInfo = getConfigInfo();
         List<OptionValue> values = configInfo.getExtraConfig();
-
+        String hostKey = StringUtils.isNotBlank(summary.getHostIp()) ? summary.getHostIp() : getHostFqdn(hostMo, hostMo.getHostName());
         if (values != null) {
             for (OptionValue option : values) {
                 if (option.getKey().equals("RemoteDisplay.vnc.port")) {
                     String value = (String)option.getValue();
                     if (value != null) {
-                        return new Pair<String, Integer>(summary.getHostIp(), Integer.parseInt(value));
+                        return new Pair<String, Integer>(hostKey, Integer.parseInt(value));
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
-        return new Pair<String, Integer>(summary.getHostIp(), 0);
+        return new Pair<String, Integer>(hostKey, 0);
     }
 
     // vmdkDatastorePath: [datastore name] vmdkFilePath