diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/475-digital_ocean_droplet-add-vpcuuid.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/475-digital_ocean_droplet-add-vpcuuid.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..397881bd7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/475-digital_ocean_droplet-add-vpcuuid.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - digital_ocean_droplet - add support for new vpc_uuid parameter 
diff --git a/plugins/modules/cloud/digital_ocean/digital_ocean_droplet.py b/plugins/modules/cloud/digital_ocean/digital_ocean_droplet.py
index 2c1e489db0..227d5e0b42 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/cloud/digital_ocean/digital_ocean_droplet.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/cloud/digital_ocean/digital_ocean_droplet.py
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ options:
      - add an additional, private network interface to droplet for inter-droplet communication.
     default: False
     type: bool
+  vpc_uuid:
+    description:
+     - A string specifying the UUID of the VPC to which the Droplet will be assigned. If excluded, Droplet will be
+       assigned to the account's default VPC for the region.
+    type: str
+    version_added: 0.2.0
   user_data:
     description:
       - opaque blob of data which is made available to the droplet
@@ -317,6 +323,7 @@ def main():
             region=dict(aliases=['region_id']),
             ssh_keys=dict(type='list'),
             private_networking=dict(type='bool', default=False),
+            vpc_uuid=dict(type='str'),
             backups=dict(type='bool', default=False),
             monitoring=dict(type='bool', default=False),
             id=dict(aliases=['droplet_id'], type='int'),