diff --git a/apis/cloudstack/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cloudstack/domain/VirtualMachine.java b/apis/cloudstack/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cloudstack/domain/VirtualMachine.java
index c15ff744b9..0ccd08fc04 100644
--- a/apis/cloudstack/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cloudstack/domain/VirtualMachine.java
+++ b/apis/cloudstack/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cloudstack/domain/VirtualMachine.java
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ public class VirtualMachine {
                             @Nullable VirtualMachine.State state, @Nullable String templateDisplayText, @Nullable String templateId,
                             @Nullable String templateName, @Nullable String zoneId, @Nullable String zoneName, @Nullable Set<NIC> nics,
                             @Nullable String hypervisor, @Nullable Set<SecurityGroup> securityGroups) {
-      Preconditions.checkArgument(Strings.isNullOrEmpty(cpuUsed) || cpuUsed.matches("^[0-9\\.\\-]+%$"), "cpuUsed value should be a decimal number followed by %");
+      Preconditions.checkArgument(Strings.isNullOrEmpty(cpuUsed) || cpuUsed.matches("^[0-9\\.|,\\-]+%$"), "cpuUsed value should be a decimal number followed by %");
       this.id = checkNotNull(id, "id");
       this.account = account;
       this.cpuCount = cpuCount;
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ public class VirtualMachine {
     * @return the amount of the vm's CPU currently used
     */
    public float getCpuUsed() {
-      return cpuUsed != null ? Float.parseFloat(cpuUsed.substring(0, cpuUsed.length() - 1)) : 0.0f;
+      return cpuUsed != null ? Float.parseFloat(cpuUsed.substring(0, cpuUsed.length() - 1).replace(',', '.')) : 0.0f;
    }
 
    private String getCpuUsedAsString() {
diff --git a/apis/cloudstack/src/test/java/org/jclouds/cloudstack/domain/VirtualMachineTest.java b/apis/cloudstack/src/test/java/org/jclouds/cloudstack/domain/VirtualMachineTest.java
index 95db9e170d..9299c8224a 100644
--- a/apis/cloudstack/src/test/java/org/jclouds/cloudstack/domain/VirtualMachineTest.java
+++ b/apis/cloudstack/src/test/java/org/jclouds/cloudstack/domain/VirtualMachineTest.java
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ public class VirtualMachineTest {
       // Retrieving CpuUsed should just give us a straightforward float
       vm = VirtualMachine.builder().id("3").cpuUsed("23.4%").build();
       assertEquals(vm.getCpuUsed(), 23.4, 0.01);
+      
+      //Allow ',' as decimal separator
+      vm = VirtualMachine.builder().id("4").cpuUsed("23,4%").build();
+      assertEquals(vm.getCpuUsed(), 23.4, 0.01);
    }
 
 }