diff --git a/lib/fog/vsphere/compute.rb b/lib/fog/vsphere/compute.rb
index db2ffe239..133805842 100644
--- a/lib/fog/vsphere/compute.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/vsphere/compute.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ module Fog
       recognizes :vsphere_port, :vsphere_path, :vsphere_ns
       recognizes :vsphere_rev, :vsphere_ssl, :vsphere_expected_pubkey_hash
 
+      request_path 'fog/vsphere/requests/compute'
+      request :current_time
+
       class Mock
 
         def initialize(options={})
diff --git a/lib/fog/vsphere/requests/compute/current_time.rb b/lib/fog/vsphere/requests/compute/current_time.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e50bd989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/fog/vsphere/requests/compute/current_time.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+module Fog
+  module Compute
+    class Vsphere
+      class Real
+
+        def current_time
+          @connection.serviceInstance.CurrentTime
+        end
+
+      end
+
+      class Mock
+
+        def current_time
+          Time.now.utc
+        end
+
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end