diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3fd9f9ec0..7071f9b51 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ Destination:
 Hardware customization:
 * `CPUs` - number of CPU sockets. Inherited from source VM by default.
 * `CPU_reservation` - Amount of reserved CPU resources in MHz. Inherited from source VM by default.
+* `CPU_limit` - Upper limit of available CPU resources in MHz. Inherited from source VM by default, set to `-1` for reset.
 * `RAM` - Amount of RAM in megabytes. Inherited from source VM by default.
 
 Provisioning:
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ Post-processing:
 
       "CPUs": 2,
       "CPU_reservation": 1000,
+      "CPU_limit": 2000,
       "RAM": 8192,
 
       "ssh_username": "root",
diff --git a/step_hardware.go b/step_hardware.go
index 2a1ea04af..a420f122e 100644
--- a/step_hardware.go
+++ b/step_hardware.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 type HardwareConfig struct {
 	CPUs           int32 `mapstructure:"CPUs"`
 	CPUReservation int64 `mapstructure:"CPU_reservation"`
+	CPULimit       int64 `mapstructure:"CPU_limit"`
 	RAM            int64 `mapstructure:"RAM"`
 }
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ func (s *StepConfigureHardware) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepActi
 
 		var cpuSpec types.ResourceAllocationInfo
 		cpuSpec.Reservation = s.config.CPUReservation
+		cpuSpec.Limit = s.config.CPULimit
 		confSpec.CpuAllocation = &cpuSpec
 
 		task, err := vm.Reconfigure(ctx, confSpec)