diff --git a/builder/cloudstack/builder.go b/builder/cloudstack/builder.go
index 8e562354e..f905d4a9e 100644
--- a/builder/cloudstack/builder.go
+++ b/builder/cloudstack/builder.go
@@ -56,7 +56,14 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 	// Build the steps.
 	steps := []multistep.Step{
 		&stepPrepareConfig{},
-		&stepCreateInstance{},
+		&common.StepHTTPServer{
+			HTTPDir:     b.config.HTTPDir,
+			HTTPPortMin: b.config.HTTPPortMin,
+			HTTPPortMax: b.config.HTTPPortMax,
+		},
+		&stepCreateInstance{
+			Ctx: b.config.ctx,
+		},
 		&stepSetupNetworking{},
 		&communicator.StepConnect{
 			Config:    &b.config.Comm,
diff --git a/builder/cloudstack/config.go b/builder/cloudstack/config.go
index 5394d3c9c..4f87c06eb 100644
--- a/builder/cloudstack/config.go
+++ b/builder/cloudstack/config.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 // Config holds all the details needed to configure the builder.
 type Config struct {
 	common.PackerConfig `mapstructure:",squash"`
+	common.HTTPConfig   `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	Comm                communicator.Config `mapstructure:",squash"`
 
 	APIURL       string        `mapstructure:"api_url"`
@@ -64,6 +65,11 @@ func NewConfig(raws ...interface{}) (*Config, error) {
 	err := config.Decode(c, &config.DecodeOpts{
 		Interpolate:        true,
 		InterpolateContext: &c.ctx,
+		InterpolateFilter: &interpolate.RenderFilter{
+			Exclude: []string{
+				"user_data",
+			},
+		},
 	}, raws...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/builder/cloudstack/step_create_instance.go b/builder/cloudstack/step_create_instance.go
index c1caa9f36..cf22f3c08 100644
--- a/builder/cloudstack/step_create_instance.go
+++ b/builder/cloudstack/step_create_instance.go
@@ -2,16 +2,27 @@ package cloudstack
 
 import (
 	"encoding/base64"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/packer"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/template/interpolate"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
 	"github.com/xanzy/go-cloudstack/cloudstack"
 )
 
+// userDataTemplateData represents variables for user_data interpolation
+type userDataTemplateData struct {
+	HTTPIP   string
+	HTTPPort uint
+}
+
 // stepCreateInstance represents a Packer build step that creates CloudStack instances.
-type stepCreateInstance struct{}
+type stepCreateInstance struct {
+	Ctx interpolate.Context
+}
 
 // Run executes the Packer build step that creates a CloudStack instance.
 func (s *stepCreateInstance) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
@@ -65,7 +76,26 @@ func (s *stepCreateInstance) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction
 	}
 
 	if config.UserData != "" {
-		ud, err := getUserData(config.UserData, config.HTTPGetOnly)
+		httpPort := state.Get("http_port").(uint)
+		hostIp, err := hostIP()
+		if err != nil {
+			ui.Error(err.Error())
+			return multistep.ActionHalt
+		}
+
+		s.Ctx.Data = &userDataTemplateData{
+			hostIp,
+			httpPort,
+		}
+
+		renderedUserData, err := interpolate.Render(config.UserData, &s.Ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			err := fmt.Errorf("Error rendering user_data: %s", err)
+			ui.Error(err.Error())
+			return multistep.ActionHalt
+		}
+
+		ud, err := getUserData(renderedUserData, config.HTTPGetOnly)
 		if err != nil {
 			ui.Error(err.Error())
 			return multistep.ActionHalt
@@ -159,3 +189,20 @@ func getUserData(userData string, httpGETOnly bool) (string, error) {
 
 	return ud, nil
 }
+
+func hostIP() (string, error) {
+	addrs, err := net.InterfaceAddrs()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	for _, addr := range addrs {
+		if ipnet, ok := addr.(*net.IPNet); ok && !ipnet.IP.IsLoopback() {
+			if ipnet.IP.To4() != nil {
+				return ipnet.IP.String(), nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return "", errors.New("No host IP found")
+}
diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/cloudstack.html.md b/website/source/docs/builders/cloudstack.html.md
index 8c2d4d3b6..22665cb2f 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/builders/cloudstack.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/builders/cloudstack.html.md
@@ -83,10 +83,24 @@ builder.
 -   `disk_size` (int) - The size (in GB) of the root disk of the new instance.
     This option is only available when using `source_template`.
 
+-   `http_directory` (string) - Path to a directory to serve using an
+    HTTP server. The files in this directory will be available over HTTP that
+    will be requestable from the virtual machine. This is useful for hosting
+    kickstart files and so on. By default this is "", which means no HTTP server
+    will be started. The address and port of the HTTP server will be available
+    as variables in `user_data`. This is covered in more detail below.
+
 -   `http_get_only` (boolean) - Some cloud providers only allow HTTP GET calls to
     their CloudStack API. If using such a provider, you need to set this to `true`
     in order for the provider to only make GET calls and no POST calls.
 
+-   `http_port_min` and `http_port_max` (integer) - These are the minimum and
+    maximum port to use for the HTTP server started to serve the
+    `http_directory`. Because Packer often runs in parallel, Packer will choose
+    a randomly available port in this range to run the HTTP server. If you want
+    to force the HTTP server to be on one port, make this minimum and maximum
+    port the same. By default the values are 8000 and 9000, respectively.
+
 -   `hypervisor` (string) - The target hypervisor (e.g. `XenServer`, `KVM`) for
     the new template. This option is required when using `source_iso`.
 
@@ -123,6 +137,15 @@ builder.
 -   `use_local_ip_address` (boolean) - Set to `true` to indicate that the
     provisioners should connect to the local IP address of the instance.
 
+## User Data
+
+The available variables are:
+
+-  `HTTPIP` and `HTTPPort` - The IP and port, respectively of an HTTP server
+    that is started serving the directory specified by the `http_directory`
+    configuration parameter. If `http_directory` isn't specified, these will be
+    blank!
+
 ## Basic Example
 
 Here is a basic example.