diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/vmware.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/vmware.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d94b9d6bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/vmware.py
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2015, Joseph Callen <jcallen () csc.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+try:
+    import atexit
+    import time
+    # requests is required for exception handling of the ConnectionError
+    import requests
+    from pyVim import connect
+    from pyVmomi import vim, vmodl
+    HAS_PYVMOMI = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_PYVMOMI = False
+
+
+class TaskError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+def wait_for_task(task):
+
+    while True:
+        if task.info.state == vim.TaskInfo.State.success:
+            return True, task.info.result
+        if task.info.state == vim.TaskInfo.State.error
+            try:
+                raise TaskError(task.info.error)
+            except AttributeError:
+                raise TaskError("An unknown error has occurred")
+        if task.info.state == vim.TaskInfo.State.running:
+            time.sleep(15)
+        if task.info.state = vim.TaskInfo.State.queued:
+            time.sleep(15)
+
+
+def find_dvspg_by_name(dv_switch, portgroup_name):
+
+    portgroups = dv_switch.portgroup
+
+    for pg in portgroups:
+        if pg.name == portgroup_name:
+            return pg
+
+    return None
+
+
+def find_cluster_by_name_datacenter(datacenter, cluster_name):
+
+    host_folder = datacenter.hostFolder
+    for folder in host_folder.childEntity:
+        if folder.name == cluster_name:
+            return folder
+    return None
+
+
+def find_datacenter_by_name(content, datacenter_name, throw=True):
+
+    datacenters = get_all_objs(content, [vim.Datacenter])
+    for dc in datacenters:
+        if dc.name == datacenter_name:
+            return dc
+
+    return None
+
+
+def find_dvs_by_name(content, switch_name):
+
+    vmware_distributed_switches = get_all_objs(content, [vim.dvs.VmwareDistributedVirtualSwitch])
+    for dvs in vmware_distributed_switches:
+        if dvs.name == switch_name:
+            return dvs
+    return None
+
+
+def find_hostsystem_by_name(content, hostname):
+
+    host_system = get_all_objs(content, [vim.HostSystem])
+    for host in host_system:
+        if host.name == hostname:
+            return host
+    return None
+
+
+def vmware_argument_spec():
+
+    return dict(
+        hostname=dict(type='str', required=True),
+        username=dict(type='str', aliases=['user', 'admin'], required=True),
+        password=dict(type='str', aliases=['pass', 'pwd'], required=True, no_log=True),
+    )
+
+
+def connect_to_api(module, disconnect_atexit=True):
+
+    hostname = module.params['hostname']
+    username = module.params['username']
+    password = module.params['password']
+    try:
+        service_instance = connect.SmartConnect(host=hostname, user=username, pwd=password)
+
+        # Disabling atexit should be used in special cases only.
+        # Such as IP change of the ESXi host which removes the connection anyway.
+        # Also removal significantly speeds up the return of the module
+
+        if disconnect_atexit:
+            atexit.register(connect.Disconnect, service_instance)
+        return service_instance.RetrieveContent()
+    except vim.fault.InvalidLogin as invalid_login:
+        module.fail_json(msg=invalid_login.msg, apierror=str(invalid_login))
+    except requests.ConnectionError as connection_error:
+        module.fail_json(msg="Unable to connect to vCenter or ESXi API on TCP/443.", apierror=str(connection_error))
+
+
+def get_all_objs(content, vimtype):
+
+    obj = {}
+    container = content.viewManager.CreateContainerView(content.rootFolder, vimtype, True)
+    for managed_object_ref in container.view:
+        obj.update({managed_object_ref: managed_object_ref.name})
+    return obj