diff --git a/lib/fog/vcloudng/compute.rb b/lib/fog/vcloudng/compute.rb
index 1938ddd1b..62f335793 100644
--- a/lib/fog/vcloudng/compute.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/vcloudng/compute.rb
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ module Fog
        SCHEME = 'https'
      end
      
+     module Errors
+       class ServiceError < Fog::Errors::Error; end
+       class Task < ServiceError; end
+     end
+       
+     
      requires :vcloudng_username, :vcloudng_password, :vcloudng_host
      
      secrets :vcloudng_password
@@ -103,6 +109,7 @@ module Fog
      request :post_vm_metadata
      request :put_vm_metadata_value
      request :delete_vm_metadata
+     request :post_vm_poweron
      request :get_request
      request :get_href
      
diff --git a/lib/fog/vcloudng/models/compute/vm.rb b/lib/fog/vcloudng/models/compute/vm.rb
index 0e6ecedd3..32bf32029 100644
--- a/lib/fog/vcloudng/models/compute/vm.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/vcloudng/models/compute/vm.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ module Fog
           end
         end
         
+        def power_on
+          response = service.post_vm_poweron(id)
+          task_response = response.body
+          task_response[:id] = task_response[:href].split('/').last
+          task = service.tasks.new(task_response)
+          task.wait_for { non_running? }
+          raise Errors::Task.new "#{task.inspect}" if task.status != 'success'
+          true
+        end
+        
         def tags
           requires :id
           service.tags(:vm_id => id)
diff --git a/lib/fog/vcloudng/requests/compute/post_vm_poweron.rb b/lib/fog/vcloudng/requests/compute/post_vm_poweron.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d8d5c7e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/fog/vcloudng/requests/compute/post_vm_poweron.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+module Fog
+  module Compute
+    class Vcloudng
+      class Real
+                
+        def post_vm_poweron(vm_id)  
+          
+          request(
+            :expects  => 202,                
+            :headers => { 'Accept' => 'application/*+xml;version=1.5' },
+            :method   => 'POST',
+            :parser => Fog::ToHashDocument.new,
+            :path     => "vApp/#{vm_id}/power/action/powerOn"
+          )
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end