diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 34dfa60a3..fdba9cc59 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ Content Library | Add library item                                    | `Content
 Datastore       | Allocate space                                      | `Datastore.AllocateSpace`
 ...             | Browse datastore                                    | `Datastore.Browse`
 ...             | Low level file operations                           | `Datastore.FileManagement`
+Host            | Configuration > System Management                   | `Host.Config.SystemManagement`
 Network         | Assign network                                      | `Network.Assign`
 Resource        | Assign virtual machine to resource pool             | `Resource.AssignVMToPool`
 vApp            | Export                                              | `vApp.Export`
diff --git a/terraform/vsphere-role/terraform.tfvars.example b/terraform/vsphere-role/terraform.tfvars.example
index 3d2a35ecc..75781c1ce 100644
--- a/terraform/vsphere-role/terraform.tfvars.example
+++ b/terraform/vsphere-role/terraform.tfvars.example
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ packer_vsphere_privileges = [
   "Datastore.AllocateSpace",
   "Datastore.Browse",
   "Datastore.FileManagement",
+  "Host.Config.SystemManagement",
   "Network.Assign",
   "Resource.AssignVMToPool",
   "VApp.Export",
@@ -50,4 +51,4 @@ packer_vsphere_privileges = [
   "VirtualMachine.Provisioning.MarkAsTemplate",
   "VirtualMachine.Provisioning.MarkAsVM",
   "VirtualMachine.State.CreateSnapshot"
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]