diff --git a/builder/hyperv/common/driver.go b/builder/hyperv/common/driver.go
index a62e3112b..8cfe67582 100644
--- a/builder/hyperv/common/driver.go
+++ b/builder/hyperv/common/driver.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ type Driver interface {
 
 	DeleteVirtualMachine(string) error
 
-	SetVirtualMachineCpu(string, uint) error
+	SetVirtualMachineCpu(string, uint, bool) error
 
 	SetSecureBoot(string, bool) error
 
diff --git a/builder/hyperv/common/driver_ps_4.go b/builder/hyperv/common/driver_ps_4.go
index 15d6c6817..df1355c59 100644
--- a/builder/hyperv/common/driver_ps_4.go
+++ b/builder/hyperv/common/driver_ps_4.go
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ func (d *HypervPS4Driver) DeleteVirtualMachine(vmName string) error {
 	return hyperv.DeleteVirtualMachine(vmName)
 }
 
-func (d *HypervPS4Driver) SetVirtualMachineCpu(vmName string, cpu uint) error {
-	return hyperv.SetVirtualMachineCpu(vmName, cpu)
+func (d *HypervPS4Driver) SetVirtualMachineCpu(vmName string, cpu uint, exposeVirtualizationExtensions bool) error {
+	return hyperv.SetVirtualMachineCpu(vmName, cpu, exposeVirtualizationExtensions)
 }
 
 func (d *HypervPS4Driver) SetSecureBoot(vmName string, enable bool) error {
diff --git a/builder/hyperv/common/step_create_vm.go b/builder/hyperv/common/step_create_vm.go
index a23c393c9..e67942920 100644
--- a/builder/hyperv/common/step_create_vm.go
+++ b/builder/hyperv/common/step_create_vm.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type StepCreateVM struct {
 	Generation      uint
 	Cpu             uint
 	EnableSecureBoot bool
+	ExposeVirtualizationExtensions bool
 }
 
 func (s *StepCreateVM) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ func (s *StepCreateVM) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 		return multistep.ActionHalt
 	}
 
-	err = driver.SetVirtualMachineCpu(s.VMName, s.Cpu)
+	err = driver.SetVirtualMachineCpu(s.VMName, s.Cpu, s.ExposeVirtualizationExtensions)
 	if err != nil {
 		err := fmt.Errorf("Error creating setting virtual machine cpu: %s", err)
 		state.Put("error", err)
diff --git a/builder/hyperv/iso/builder.go b/builder/hyperv/iso/builder.go
index ac3fbae85..92d192424 100644
--- a/builder/hyperv/iso/builder.go
+++ b/builder/hyperv/iso/builder.go
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Cpu              uint     `mapstructure:"cpu"`
 	Generation       uint     `mapstructure:"generation"`
 	EnableSecureBoot bool     `mapstructure:"enable_secure_boot"`
+	EnableVirtualizationExtensions `mapstructure:"enable_virtualization_extensions`
 
 	Communicator string `mapstructure:"communicator"`
 
@@ -298,6 +299,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			Generation:      b.config.Generation,
 			Cpu:             b.config.Cpu,
 			EnableSecureBoot: b.config.EnableSecureBoot,
+			EnableVirtualizationExtensions: b.config.EnableVirtualizationExtensions
 		},
 		&hypervcommon.StepEnableIntegrationService{},
 
diff --git a/powershell/hyperv/hyperv.go b/powershell/hyperv/hyperv.go
index 32952520f..b75a5e0b7 100644
--- a/powershell/hyperv/hyperv.go
+++ b/powershell/hyperv/hyperv.go
@@ -217,11 +217,11 @@ New-VM -Name $vmName -Path $path -MemoryStartupBytes $memoryStartupBytes -NewVHD
 	}
 }
 
-func SetVirtualMachineCpu(vmName string, cpu uint) error {
+func SetVirtualMachineCpu(vmName string, cpu uint, exposeVirtualizationExtensions bool) error {
 
 	var script = `
-param([string]$vmName, [int]$cpu)
-Set-VMProcessor -VMName $vmName -Count $cpu
+param([string]$vmName, [int]$cpu, [bool]$exposeVirtualizationExtensions)
+Set-VMProcessor -VMName $vmName -Count $cpu -exposeVirtualizationExtensions $exposeVirtualizationExtensions
 `
 
 	var ps powershell.PowerShellCmd