diff --git a/docsite/rst/guide_cloudstack.rst b/docsite/rst/guide_cloudstack.rst
index d3e72e3b23..ac293f8ee1 100644
--- a/docsite/rst/guide_cloudstack.rst
+++ b/docsite/rst/guide_cloudstack.rst
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Environment Variables
 `````````````````````
 .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
-Since Ansible 2.3 it is possible to use environment variables for domain (``CLOUDSTACK_DOMAIN``), account (``CLOUDSTACK_ACCOUNT``), project (``CLOUDSTACK_PROJECT``) and zone (``CLOUDSTACK_ZONE``). This simplifies the tasks by not repeating the arguments for every tasks.
+Since Ansible 2.3 it is possible to use environment variables for domain (``CLOUDSTACK_DOMAIN``), account (``CLOUDSTACK_ACCOUNT``), project (``CLOUDSTACK_PROJECT``), VPC (``CLOUDSTACK_VPC``) and zone (``CLOUDSTACK_ZONE``). This simplifies the tasks by not repeating the arguments for every tasks.
 
 Below you see an example how it can be used in combination with Ansible's block feature:
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/cloudstack.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/cloudstack.py
index 6a6f4dd527..a2535877a5 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/cloudstack.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/cloudstack.py
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ class AnsibleCloudStack(object):
             return self._get_by_key(key, self.vpc)
 
         vpc = self.module.params.get('vpc')
+        if not vpc:
+            vpc = os.environ.get('CLOUDSTACK_VPC')
         if not vpc:
             return None