diff --git a/plugins/providers/hyperv/action/import.rb b/plugins/providers/hyperv/action/import.rb
index d841242ff..6c11a2105 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/hyperv/action/import.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/hyperv/action/import.rb
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           differencing_disk = env[:machine].provider_config.differencing_disk
           auto_start_action = env[:machine].provider_config.auto_start_action
           auto_stop_action = env[:machine].provider_config.auto_stop_action
+          enable_virtualization_extensions = env[:machine].provider_config.enable_virtualization_extensions
 
           env[:ui].output("Configured Dynamic memory allocation, maxmemory is #{maxmemory}") if maxmemory
           env[:ui].output("Configured startup memory is #{memory}") if memory
           env[:ui].output("Configured cpus number is #{cpus}") if cpus
+          env[:ui].output("Configured enable virtualization extensions is #{enable_virtualization_extensions}") if enable_virtualization_extensions
           env[:ui].output("Configured vmname is #{vmname}") if vmname
           env[:ui].output("Configured differencing disk instead of cloning") if differencing_disk
           env[:ui].output("Configured automatic start action is #{auto_start_action}") if auto_start_action
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           options[:auto_start_action] = auto_start_action if auto_start_action
           options[:auto_stop_action] = auto_stop_action if auto_stop_action
           options[:differencing_disk] = differencing_disk if differencing_disk
+          options[:enable_virtualization_extensions] = "$True" if enable_virtualization_extensions and enable_virtualization_extensions == true
 
           env[:ui].detail("Creating and registering the VM...")
           server = env[:machine].provider.driver.import(options)
diff --git a/plugins/providers/hyperv/config.rb b/plugins/providers/hyperv/config.rb
index 1726bd45f..eec67d1b3 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/hyperv/config.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/hyperv/config.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
       attr_accessor :differencing_disk # Create differencing disk instead of cloning whole VHD [Boolean]
       attr_accessor :auto_start_action #action on automatic start of VM. Values: Nothing, StartIfRunning, Start
       attr_accessor :auto_stop_action #action on automatic stop of VM. Values: ShutDown, TurnOff, Save
+      attr_accessor :enable_virtualization_extensions # Enable virtualization extensions (nested virtualization). Values: true, false
 
       def initialize
         @ip_address_timeout = UNSET_VALUE
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         @differencing_disk = UNSET_VALUE
         @auto_start_action = UNSET_VALUE
         @auto_stop_action = UNSET_VALUE
+        @enable_virtualization_extensions = UNSET_VALUE
       end
 
       def finalize!
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         @differencing_disk = false if @differencing_disk == UNSET_VALUE
         @auto_start_action = nil if @auto_start_action == UNSET_VALUE
         @auto_stop_action = nil if @auto_stop_action == UNSET_VALUE
+        @enable_virtualization_extensions = false if @enable_virtualization_extensions == UNSET_VALUE # TODO will this work?
       end
 
       def validate(machine)
diff --git a/plugins/providers/hyperv/scripts/import_vm_xml.ps1 b/plugins/providers/hyperv/scripts/import_vm_xml.ps1
index 16055e135..c7aca6b34 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/hyperv/scripts/import_vm_xml.ps1
+++ b/plugins/providers/hyperv/scripts/import_vm_xml.ps1
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ Param(
     [string]$cpus=$null,
     [string]$vmname=$null,
     [string]$auto_start_action=$null,
-    [string]$auto_stop_action=$null
+    [string]$auto_stop_action=$null,
+    [string]$enable_virtualization_extensions=$False
 )
 
 # Include the following modules
@@ -170,6 +171,11 @@ if ($generation -ne 1) {
     }
 }
 
+# Enable nested virtualization if configured
+if ($enable_virtualization_extensions) {
+    Set-VMProcessor -VM $vm -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $true
+}
+
 # A regular expression pattern to pull the number from controllers
 [regex]$rx="\d"
 
diff --git a/website/source/docs/hyperv/configuration.html.md b/website/source/docs/hyperv/configuration.html.md
index c6002ec34..59f12e54c 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/hyperv/configuration.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/hyperv/configuration.html.md
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ you may set. A complete reference is shown below:
     virtual machine to report an IP address. This defaults to 120 seconds.
     This may have to be increased if your VM takes longer to boot.
   * `differencing_disk` (boolean) - Switch to use differencing disk intead of cloning whole VHD.
+  * `enable_virtualization_extensions` (boolean) - Enable virtualization extensions for the virtual CPUs.
+    This allows Hyper-V to be nested and run inside another Hyper-VM VM. It requires Windows 10  - 1511 (build 10586) or newer.
+    Default is not defined. This will be disabled if not set.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/website/source/docs/hyperv/index.html.md b/website/source/docs/hyperv/index.html.md
index 02f12b2bc..b847b9ab2 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/hyperv/index.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/hyperv/index.html.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Vagrant comes with support out of the box for [Hyper-V](https://en.wikipedia.org
 a native hypervisor written by Microsoft. Hyper-V is available by default for
 almost all Windows 8.1 installs.
 
-The Hyper-V provider is compatible with Windows 8.1 only. Prior versions
+The Hyper-V provider is compatible with Windows 8.1 and later only. Prior versions
 of Hyper-V do not include the necessary APIs for Vagrant to work.
 
 Hyper-V must be enabled prior to using the provider. Most Windows installations