diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/hyperv-iso.html.md.erb b/website/source/docs/builders/hyperv-iso.html.md.erb
index f8d8ddf9b..66f8766ef 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/builders/hyperv-iso.html.md.erb
+++ b/website/source/docs/builders/hyperv-iso.html.md.erb
@@ -1012,3 +1012,5 @@ d-i pkgsel/update-policy select none
 
 choose-mirror-bin mirror/http/proxy string
 ```
+
+-> **Note for *nix guests:** Please note that packer requires the VM to be running a hyper-v KVP daemon in order to detect the IP address of the guest VM. On RHEL based machines this may require installing the package `hyperv-daemons` and ensuring the `hypervkvpd` service is started at boot. On Debian based machines, you may need `linux-cloud-tools-common` for `hv_kvp_daemon`. Failure to do this may cause packer to wait at `Waiting for SSH to become available...` before eventually timing out.