diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1d5aba68c..597788270 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
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diff --git a/hcl2template/function/vault.go b/hcl2template/function/vault.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09a7a75bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hcl2template/function/vault.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package function
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty"
+	"github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty/function"
+
+	vaultapi "github.com/hashicorp/vault/api"
+)
+
+// VaultFunc constructs a function that retrieves KV secrets from HC vault
+var VaultFunc = function.New(&function.Spec{
+	Params: []function.Parameter{
+		{
+			Name: "path",
+			Type: cty.String,
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "key",
+			Type: cty.String,
+		},
+	},
+	Type: function.StaticReturnType(cty.String),
+	Impl: func(args []cty.Value, retType cty.Type) (cty.Value, error) {
+
+		path := args[0].AsString()
+		key := args[1].AsString()
+
+		if token := os.Getenv("VAULT_TOKEN"); token == "" {
+			return cty.StringVal(""), errors.New("Must set VAULT_TOKEN env var in order to " +
+				"use vault template function")
+		}
+
+		vaultConfig := vaultapi.DefaultConfig()
+		cli, err := vaultapi.NewClient(vaultConfig)
+		if err != nil {
+			return cty.StringVal(""), fmt.Errorf("Error getting Vault client: %s", err)
+		}
+		secret, err := cli.Logical().Read(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return cty.StringVal(""), fmt.Errorf("Error reading vault secret: %s", err)
+		}
+		if secret == nil {
+			return cty.StringVal(""), errors.New("Vault Secret does not exist at the given path")
+		}
+
+		data, ok := secret.Data["data"]
+		if !ok {
+			// maybe ths is v1, not v2 kv store
+			value, ok := secret.Data[key]
+			if ok {
+				return cty.StringVal(value.(string)), nil
+			}
+
+			// neither v1 nor v2 proudced a valid value
+			return cty.StringVal(""), fmt.Errorf("Vault data was empty at the "+
+				"given path. Warnings: %s", strings.Join(secret.Warnings, "; "))
+		}
+
+		value := data.(map[string]interface{})[key].(string)
+		return cty.StringVal(value), nil
+	},
+})
+
+// Vault returns a secret from a KV store in HC vault
+func Vault() (cty.Value, error) {
+	return VaultFunc.Call([]cty.Value{})
+}
diff --git a/hcl2template/functions.go b/hcl2template/functions.go
index 821c525ba..eca271e9c 100644
--- a/hcl2template/functions.go
+++ b/hcl2template/functions.go
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ func Functions(basedir string) map[string]function.Function {
 		"uuidv4":          uuid.V4Func,
 		"uuidv5":          uuid.V5Func,
 		"values":          stdlib.ValuesFunc,
+		"vault":           pkrfunction.VaultFunc,
 		"yamldecode":      ctyyaml.YAMLDecodeFunc,
 		"yamlencode":      ctyyaml.YAMLEncodeFunc,
 		"zipmap":          stdlib.ZipmapFunc,
diff --git a/website/pages/docs/from-1.5/functions/vault/index.mdx b/website/pages/docs/from-1.5/functions/vault/index.mdx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59fb78ef5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/pages/docs/from-1.5/functions/vault/index.mdx
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+layout: docs
+page_title: vault - Functions - Configuration Language
+sidebar_title: vault Functions
+description: Overview of available vault functions
+---
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diff --git a/website/pages/docs/from-1.5/functions/vault/vault.mdx b/website/pages/docs/from-1.5/functions/vault/vault.mdx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1dc92b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/pages/docs/from-1.5/functions/vault/vault.mdx
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+---
+layout: docs
+page_title: vault - Functions - Configuration Language
+sidebar_title: vault
+description: The vault function retrieves secrets from HashiCorp Vault KV stores.
+--
+
+# `vault` Function
+
+Secrets can be read from [Vault](https://www.vaultproject.io/) and used within
+your template as user variables. the `vault` function is available _only_
+within the default value of a user variable, allowing you to default a user
+variable to a vault secret.
+
+An example of using a v2 kv engine:
+
+If you store a value in vault using `vault kv put secret/hello foo=world`, you
+can access it using the following:
+
+```hcl
+vault("/secret/data/hello" "foo")
+```
+
+which will assign "my_secret": "world"
+
+An example of using a v1 kv engine:
+
+If you store a value in vault using:
+
+    vault secrets enable -version=1 -path=secrets kv
+    vault kv put secrets/hello foo=world
+
+You can access it using the following:
+
+```hcl
+vault("secrets/hello", "foo")
+```
+
+This example accesses the Vault path `secret/data/foo` and returns the value
+stored at the key `bar`, storing it as "my_secret".
+
+In order for this to work, you must set the environment variables `VAULT_TOKEN`
+and `VAULT_ADDR` to valid values.
+
+The api tool we use allows for more custom configuration of the Vault client via
+environment variables.
+
+The full list of available environment variables is:
+
+```text
+"VAULT_ADDR"
+"VAULT_AGENT_ADDR"
+"VAULT_CACERT"
+"VAULT_CAPATH"
+"VAULT_CLIENT_CERT"
+"VAULT_CLIENT_KEY"
+"VAULT_CLIENT_TIMEOUT"
+"VAULT_SKIP_VERIFY"
+"VAULT_NAMESPACE"
+"VAULT_TLS_SERVER_NAME"
+"VAULT_WRAP_TTL"
+"VAULT_MAX_RETRIES"
+"VAULT_TOKEN"
+"VAULT_MFA"
+"VAULT_RATE_LIMIT"
+```
+
+and detailed documentation for usage of each of those variables can be found
+[here](https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/commands/#environment-variables).
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