diff --git a/lib/fog/vcloud/compute.rb b/lib/fog/vcloud/compute.rb
index 8ce660f0c..8accf6dc3 100644
--- a/lib/fog/vcloud/compute.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/vcloud/compute.rb
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ module Fog
       request :undeploy
       request :get_metadata
       request :delete_metadata
+      request :configure_metadata
 
       class Mock
 
diff --git a/lib/fog/vcloud/models/compute/tags.rb b/lib/fog/vcloud/models/compute/tags.rb
index 82ffe2fde..68a03d601 100644
--- a/lib/fog/vcloud/models/compute/tags.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/vcloud/models/compute/tags.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ module Fog
         rescue Fog::Errors::NotFound
           nil
         end
+        
+        def create(opts)
+          service.configure_metadata(opts.merge(href: href))
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/fog/vcloud/requests/compute/configure_metadata.rb b/lib/fog/vcloud/requests/compute/configure_metadata.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd59b62b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/fog/vcloud/requests/compute/configure_metadata.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+module Fog
+  module Vcloud
+    class Compute
+      class Real
+
+        def configure_metadata(opts= {})
+          valid_opts = [:key, :value, :href]
+          unless valid_opts.all? { |opt| opts.has_key?(opt) }
+            raise ArgumentError.new("Required data missing: #{(valid_opts - opts.keys).map(&:inspect).join(", ")}")
+          end
+          
+          body = <<EOF
+          <Metadata
+             type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.metadata+xml"
+             xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5">
+             <MetadataEntry>
+                <Key>#{opts[:key]}</Key>
+                <Value>#{opts[:value]}</Value>
+             </MetadataEntry>
+          </Metadata>
+EOF
+
+          request(
+            :body     => body,
+            :expects  => 202, # it returns a task object
+            :headers  => {'Content-Type' => 'application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.metadata+xml' },
+            :method   => 'POST',
+            :uri      => opts[:href],
+            :parse    => true
+          )
+        end
+
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end