diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/vmware.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/vmware.py
index 411a71bdaf..5501e9a17b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/vmware.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/vmware.py
@@ -1088,6 +1088,42 @@ class PyVmomi(object):
         """
         return find_hostsystem_by_name(self.content, hostname=host_name)
 
+    def get_all_host_objs(self, cluster_name=None, esxi_host_name=None):
+        """
+        Function to get all host system managed object
+
+        Args:
+            cluster_name: Name of Cluster
+            esxi_host_name: Name of ESXi server
+
+        Returns: A list of all host system managed objects, else empty list
+
+        """
+        host_obj_list = []
+        if not self.is_vcenter():
+            hosts = get_all_objs(self.content, [vim.HostSystem]).keys()
+            if hosts:
+                host_obj_list.append(hosts[0])
+        else:
+            if cluster_name:
+                cluster_obj = self.find_cluster_by_name(cluster_name=cluster_name)
+                if cluster_obj:
+                    host_obj_list = [host for host in cluster_obj.host]
+                else:
+                    self.module.fail_json(changed=False, msg="Cluster '%s' not found" % cluster_name)
+            elif esxi_host_name:
+                if isinstance(esxi_host_name, str):
+                    esxi_host_name = [esxi_host_name]
+
+                for host in esxi_host_name:
+                    esxi_host_obj = self.find_hostsystem_by_name(host_name=host)
+                    if esxi_host_obj:
+                        host_obj_list = [esxi_host_obj]
+                    else:
+                        self.module.fail_json(changed=False, msg="ESXi '%s' not found" % host)
+
+        return host_obj_list
+
     # Network related functions
     @staticmethod
     def find_host_portgroup_by_name(host, portgroup_name):
@@ -1118,35 +1154,18 @@ class PyVmomi(object):
             pgs_list.append(pg)
         return pgs_list
 
-    def get_all_host_objs(self, cluster_name=None, esxi_host_name=None):
+    # Datacenter
+    def find_datacenter_by_name(self, datacenter_name):
         """
-        Function to get all host system managed object
+        Function to get datacenter managed object by name
 
         Args:
-            cluster_name: Name of Cluster
-            esxi_host_name: Name of ESXi server
+            datacenter_name: Name of datacenter
 
-        Returns: A list of all host system managed objects, else empty list
+        Returns: datacenter managed object if found else None
 
         """
-        host_obj_list = []
-        if not self.is_vcenter():
-            host_obj_list.append(get_all_objs(self.content, [vim.HostSystem])[0])
-        else:
-            if cluster_name:
-                cluster_obj = self.find_cluster_by_name(cluster_name=cluster_name)
-                if cluster_obj:
-                    host_obj_list = [host for host in cluster_obj.host]
-                else:
-                    self.module.fail_json(changed=False, msg="Cluster '%s' not found" % cluster_name)
-            elif esxi_host_name:
-                esxi_host_obj = self.find_hostsystem_by_name(host_name=esxi_host_name)
-                if esxi_host_obj:
-                    host_obj_list = [esxi_host_obj]
-                else:
-                    self.module.fail_json(changed=False, msg="ESXi '%s' not found" % esxi_host_name)
-
-        return host_obj_list
+        return find_datacenter_by_name(self.content, datacenter_name=datacenter_name)
 
     def find_datastore_by_name(self, datastore_name):
         """
@@ -1158,3 +1177,19 @@ class PyVmomi(object):
 
         """
         return find_datastore_by_name(self.content, datastore_name=datastore_name)
+
+    # Datastore cluster
+    def find_datastore_cluster_by_name(self, datastore_cluster_name):
+        """
+        Function to get datastore cluster managed object by name
+        Args:
+            datastore_cluster: Name of datastore cluster
+
+        Returns: Datastore cluster managed object if found else None
+
+        """
+        data_store_clusters = get_all_objs(self.content, [vim.StoragePod])
+        for dsc in data_store_clusters:
+            if dsc.name == datastore_cluster_name:
+                return dsc
+        return None
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_datastore_cluster.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_datastore_cluster.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..091f2b1dd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_datastore_cluster.py
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (c) 2018, Ansible Project
+# Copyright (c) 2018, Abhijeet Kasurde <akasurde@redhat.com>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {
+    'metadata_version': '1.1',
+    'status': ['preview'],
+    'supported_by': 'community'
+}
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: vmware_datastore_cluster
+short_description: Manage VMware vSphere datastore clusters
+description:
+    - This module can be used to add and delete datastore cluster in given VMware environment.
+    - All parameters and VMware object values are case sensitive.
+version_added: 2.6
+author:
+-  Abhijeet Kasurde (@akasurde)
+notes:
+    - Tested on vSphere 6.0, 6.5
+requirements:
+    - "python >= 2.6"
+    - PyVmomi
+options:
+    datacenter_name:
+      description:
+      - The name of the datacenter.
+      required: True
+    datastore_cluster_name:
+      description:
+      - The name of the datastore cluster.
+      required: True
+    state:
+      description:
+      - If the datastore cluster should be present or absent.
+      choices: [ present, absent ]
+      default: present
+extends_documentation_fragment: vmware.documentation
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: Create datastore cluster
+  vmware_datastore_cluster:
+    hostname: vCenter
+    username: root
+    password: vmware
+    datacenter_name: "datacenter"
+    datastore_cluster_name: datacluster0
+    state: present
+
+
+- name: Delete datastore cluster
+  vmware_datastore_cluster:
+    hostname: vCenter
+    username: root
+    password: vmware
+    datacenter_name: "datacenter"
+    datastore_cluster_name: datacluster0
+    state: absent
+'''
+
+RETURN = """
+result:
+    description: information about datastore cluster operation
+    returned: always
+    type: string
+    sample: "Datastore cluster 'DSC2' created successfully."
+"""
+
+try:
+    from pyVmomi import vim, vmodl
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.vmware import PyVmomi, vmware_argument_spec, wait_for_task
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
+
+
+class VMwareDatastoreClusterManager(PyVmomi):
+    def __init__(self, module):
+        super(VMwareDatastoreClusterManager, self).__init__(module)
+        datacenter_name = self.params.get('datacenter_name')
+        self.datacenter_obj = self.find_datacenter_by_name(datacenter_name)
+        if not self.datacenter_obj:
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Failed to find datacenter '%s' required"
+                                      " for managing datastore cluster." % datacenter_name)
+        self.datastore_cluster_name = self.params.get('datastore_cluster_name')
+        self.datastore_cluster_obj = self.find_datastore_cluster_by_name(self.datastore_cluster_name)
+
+    def ensure(self):
+        """
+        Function to manage internal state of datastore cluster
+
+        """
+        results = dict(changed=False, result='')
+        state = self.module.params.get('state')
+
+        if self.datastore_cluster_obj:
+            if state == 'present':
+                results['result'] = "Datastore cluster '%s' already available." % self.datastore_cluster_name
+            elif state == 'absent':
+                # Delete datastore cluster
+                if not self.module.check_mode:
+                    task = self.datastore_cluster_obj.Destroy_Task()
+                    changed, result = wait_for_task(task)
+                else:
+                    changed = True
+                if changed:
+                    results['result'] = "Datastore cluster '%s' deleted successfully." % self.datastore_cluster_name
+                    results['changed'] = changed
+                else:
+                    self.module.fail_json(msg="Failed to delete datastore cluster '%s'." % self.datastore_cluster_name)
+        else:
+            if state == 'present':
+                # Create datastore cluster
+                if not self.module.check_mode:
+                    try:
+                        self.datacenter_obj.datastoreFolder.CreateStoragePod(name=self.datastore_cluster_name)
+                    except Exception as generic_exc:
+                        self.module.fail_json(msg="Failed to create datstore cluster"
+                                                  " '%s' due to %s" % (self.datastore_cluster_name,
+                                                                       to_native(generic_exc)))
+                results['changed'] = True
+                results['result'] = "Datastore cluster '%s' created successfully." % self.datastore_cluster_name
+            elif state == 'absent':
+                results['result'] = "Datastore cluster '%s' not available or already deleted." % self.datastore_cluster_name
+        self.module.exit_json(**results)
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_spec = vmware_argument_spec()
+    argument_spec.update(
+        dict(
+            datacenter_name=dict(type='str', required=True),
+            datastore_cluster_name=dict(type='str', required=True),
+            state=dict(default='present', choices=['present', 'absent'], type='str'),
+        )
+    )
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=argument_spec,
+        supports_check_mode=True
+    )
+
+    datastore_cluster_mgr = VMwareDatastoreClusterManager(module)
+    datastore_cluster_mgr.ensure()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/vmware_datastore_cluster/aliases b/test/integration/targets/vmware_datastore_cluster/aliases
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dcb429935f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/vmware_datastore_cluster/aliases
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+posix/ci/cloud/group4/vcenter
+cloud/vcenter
+destructive
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/vmware_datastore_cluster/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/vmware_datastore_cluster/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..817f349246
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/vmware_datastore_cluster/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+# Test code for the vmware_datastore_cluster module.
+# Copyright: (c) 2018, Abhijeet Kasurde <akasurde@redhat.com>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+- name: Make sure pyvmomi is installed
+  pip:
+    name: pyvmomi
+    state: latest
+  when: "{{ ansible_user_id == 'root' }}"
+
+- name: store the vcenter container ip
+  set_fact:
+    vcsim: '{{ lookup("env", "vcenter_host") }}'
+
+- debug:
+    var: vcsim
+
+- name: Wait for Flask controller to come up online
+  wait_for:
+    host: '{{ vcsim }}'
+    port: 5000
+    state: started
+
+- name: Kill vcsim
+  uri:
+    url: http://{{ vcsim }}:5000/killall
+
+- name: Start vcsim
+  uri:
+    url: http://{{ vcsim }}:5000/spawn?cluster=2
+  register: vcsim_instance
+
+- name: Wait for Flask controller to come up online
+  wait_for:
+    host: '{{ vcsim }}'
+    port: 443
+    state: started
+
+- debug:
+    var: vcsim_instance
+
+- name: Get datacenter
+  uri:
+    url: http://{{ vcsim }}:5000/govc_find?filter=DC
+  register: datacenters
+
+- name: store the vcenter container ip
+  set_fact:
+    dc1: "{{ datacenters['json'][0] | basename }}"
+
+
+- name: Add a datastore cluster to datacenter (check-mode)
+  vmware_datastore_cluster: &add_datastore_cluster
+    hostname: '{{ vcsim }}'
+    username: '{{ vcsim_instance.json.username }}'
+    password: '{{ vcsim_instance.json.password }}'
+    validate_certs: no
+    datacenter_name: "{{ dc1 }}"
+    datastore_cluster_name: DSC1
+    state: present
+  check_mode: yes
+  register: add_dsc_check
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+     - add_dsc_check.changed == true
+
+- name: Add a datastore cluster to datacenter
+  vmware_datastore_cluster: *add_datastore_cluster
+  register: add_dsc
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+     - add_dsc.changed == true
+
+- name: Add a datastore cluster to datacenter again
+  vmware_datastore_cluster: *add_datastore_cluster
+  register: add_dsc
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+     - add_dsc.changed == false
+
+- name: Delete a datastore cluster to datacenter (check-mode)
+  vmware_datastore_cluster: &delete_datastore_cluster
+    hostname: '{{ vcsim }}'
+    username: '{{ vcsim_instance.json.username }}'
+    password: '{{ vcsim_instance.json.password }}'
+    validate_certs: no
+    datacenter_name: "{{ dc1 }}"
+    datastore_cluster_name: DSC1
+    state: absent
+  check_mode: yes
+  register: delete_dsc_check
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+     - delete_dsc_check.changed == true
+
+# TODO: vcsim does not support delete operation on datastore cluster
+#- name: Delete a datastore cluster to datacenter
+#  vmware_datastore_cluster: *delete_datastore_cluster
+#  register: delete_dsc_check
+
+#- assert:
+#    that:
+#     - delete_dsc_check.changed == true