diff --git a/builder/virtualbox/common/driver.go b/builder/virtualbox/common/driver.go
index bfe8069ac..3cfd1f6b9 100644
--- a/builder/virtualbox/common/driver.go
+++ b/builder/virtualbox/common/driver.go
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ type Driver interface {
 	// Create a SCSI controller.
 	CreateSCSIController(vm string, controller string) error
 
+	// Create an NVME controller
+	CreateNVMeController(vm string, controller string, portcount int) error
+
 	// Delete a VM by name
 	Delete(string) error
 
diff --git a/builder/virtualbox/common/driver_4_2.go b/builder/virtualbox/common/driver_4_2.go
index 03f119e94..86edd9174 100644
--- a/builder/virtualbox/common/driver_4_2.go
+++ b/builder/virtualbox/common/driver_4_2.go
@@ -51,6 +51,18 @@ func (d *VBox42Driver) CreateSATAController(vmName string, name string, portcoun
 	return d.VBoxManage(command...)
 }
 
+func (d *VBox42Driver) CreateNVMeController(vmName string, name string, portcount int) error {
+	command := []string{
+		"storagectl", vmName,
+		"--name", name,
+		"--add", "pcie",
+		"--controller", "NVMe",
+		"--portcount", strconv.Itoa(portcount),
+	}
+
+	return d.VBoxManage(command...)
+}
+
 func (d *VBox42Driver) CreateSCSIController(vmName string, name string) error {
 
 	command := []string{
diff --git a/builder/virtualbox/iso/builder.go b/builder/virtualbox/iso/builder.go
index 11d5784c5..b20b0b70f 100644
--- a/builder/virtualbox/iso/builder.go
+++ b/builder/virtualbox/iso/builder.go
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	// The type of controller that the primary hard drive is attached to,
 	// defaults to ide. When set to sata, the drive is attached to an AHCI SATA
 	// controller. When set to scsi, the drive is attached to an LsiLogic SCSI
+	// controller. When set to pcie, the drive is attached to an NVMe
 	// controller.
 	HardDriveInterface string `mapstructure:"hard_drive_interface" required:"false"`
 	// The number of ports available on any SATA controller created, defaults
@@ -96,6 +97,11 @@ type Config struct {
 	// controller. Increasing this value can be useful if you want to attach
 	// additional drives.
 	SATAPortCount int `mapstructure:"sata_port_count" required:"false"`
+	// The number of ports available on any NVMe controller created, defaults
+	// to 1. VirtualBox supports up to 255 ports on a maximum of 1 NVMe
+	// controller. Increasing this value can be useful if you want to attach
+	// additional drives.
+	NVMePortCount int `mapstructure:"nvme_port_count" required:"false"`
 	// Forces some guests (i.e. Windows 7+) to treat disks as SSDs and stops
 	// them from performing disk fragmentation. Also set hard_drive_discard to
 	// true to enable TRIM support.
@@ -194,11 +200,11 @@ func (b *Builder) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) ([]string, error) {
 	}
 
 	switch b.config.HardDriveInterface {
-	case "ide", "sata", "scsi", "nvme":
+	case "ide", "sata", "scsi", "pcie":
 		// do nothing
 	default:
 		errs = packer.MultiErrorAppend(
-			errs, errors.New("hard_drive_interface can only be ide, sata, nvme or scsi"))
+			errs, errors.New("hard_drive_interface can only be ide, sata, pcie or scsi"))
 	}
 
 	if b.config.SATAPortCount == 0 {
@@ -210,6 +216,15 @@ func (b *Builder) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) ([]string, error) {
 			errs, errors.New("sata_port_count cannot be greater than 30"))
 	}
 
+	if b.config.NVMePortCount == 0 {
+		b.config.NVMePortCount = 1
+	}
+
+	if b.config.NVMePortCount > 255 {
+		errs = packer.MultiErrorAppend(
+			errs, errors.New("nvme_port_count cannot be greater than 255"))
+	}
+
 	if b.config.ISOInterface != "ide" && b.config.ISOInterface != "sata" {
 		errs = packer.MultiErrorAppend(
 			errs, errors.New("iso_interface can only be ide or sata"))
diff --git a/builder/virtualbox/iso/step_create_disk.go b/builder/virtualbox/iso/step_create_disk.go
index 6a00ea4fa..b70a65b93 100644
--- a/builder/virtualbox/iso/step_create_disk.go
+++ b/builder/virtualbox/iso/step_create_disk.go
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ func (s *stepCreateDisk) Run(ctx context.Context, state multistep.StateBag) mult
 			ui.Error(err.Error())
 			return multistep.ActionHalt
 		}
+	} else if config.HardDriveInterface == "pcie" {
+		if err := driver.CreateNVMeController(vmName, "NVMe Controller", config.NVMePortCount); err != nil {
+			err := fmt.Errorf("Error creating NVMe controller: %s", err)
+			state.Put("error", err)
+			ui.Error(err.Error())
+			return multistep.ActionHalt
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Attach the disk to the controller