diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/cloud/agent/api/to/RemoteInstanceTO.java b/api/src/main/java/com/cloud/agent/api/to/RemoteInstanceTO.java
index d86eb2a3a7f..18737c584b3 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/cloud/agent/api/to/RemoteInstanceTO.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/cloud/agent/api/to/RemoteInstanceTO.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public class RemoteInstanceTO implements Serializable {
 
     private Hypervisor.HypervisorType hypervisorType;
     private String instanceName;
+    private String instancePath;
 
     // VMware Remote Instances parameters (required for exporting OVA through ovftool)
     // TODO: cloud.agent.transport.Request#getCommands() cannot handle gsoc decode for polymorphic classes
@@ -44,9 +45,10 @@ public class RemoteInstanceTO implements Serializable {
         this.instanceName = instanceName;
     }
 
-    public RemoteInstanceTO(String instanceName, String vcenterHost, String vcenterUsername, String vcenterPassword, String datacenterName) {
+    public RemoteInstanceTO(String instanceName, String instancePath, String vcenterHost, String vcenterUsername, String vcenterPassword, String datacenterName) {
         this.hypervisorType = Hypervisor.HypervisorType.VMware;
         this.instanceName = instanceName;
+        this.instancePath = instancePath;
         this.vcenterHost = vcenterHost;
         this.vcenterUsername = vcenterUsername;
         this.vcenterPassword = vcenterPassword;
@@ -61,6 +63,10 @@ public class RemoteInstanceTO implements Serializable {
         return this.instanceName;
     }
 
+    public String getInstancePath() {
+        return this.instancePath;
+    }
+
     public String getVcenterUsername() {
         return vcenterUsername;
     }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/vm/UnmanagedInstanceTO.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/vm/UnmanagedInstanceTO.java
index 5697a040b81..6f632853527 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/vm/UnmanagedInstanceTO.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/vm/UnmanagedInstanceTO.java
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ public class UnmanagedInstanceTO {
 
     private String internalCSName;
 
+    private String path;
+
     private PowerState powerState;
 
     private PowerState cloneSourcePowerState;
@@ -75,6 +77,14 @@ public class UnmanagedInstanceTO {
         this.internalCSName = internalCSName;
     }
 
+    public String getPath() {
+        return path;
+    }
+
+    public void setPath(String path) {
+        this.path = path;
+    }
+
     public PowerState getPowerState() {
         return powerState;
     }
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper.java
index e6654b1ffc5..504edb9d888 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ public class LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper extends CommandWrapper<Convert
         RemoteInstanceTO sourceInstance = cmd.getSourceInstance();
         Hypervisor.HypervisorType sourceHypervisorType = sourceInstance.getHypervisorType();
         String sourceInstanceName = sourceInstance.getInstanceName();
+        String sourceInstancePath = sourceInstance.getInstancePath();
         Hypervisor.HypervisorType destinationHypervisorType = cmd.getDestinationHypervisorType();
         DataStoreTO conversionTemporaryLocation = cmd.getConversionTemporaryLocation();
         long timeout = (long) cmd.getWait() * 1000;
@@ -177,9 +178,15 @@ public class LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper extends CommandWrapper<Convert
         String password = vmwareInstance.getVcenterPassword();
         String datacenter = vmwareInstance.getDatacenterName();
         String vm = vmwareInstance.getInstanceName();
+        String path = vmwareInstance.getInstancePath();
 
         String encodedUsername = encodeUsername(username);
         String encodedPassword = encodeUsername(password);
+        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(path)) {
+            s_logger.info("VM path: " + path);
+            return String.format("vi://%s:%s@%s/%s/%s/%s",
+                    encodedUsername, encodedPassword, vcenter, datacenter, path, vm);
+        }
         return String.format("vi://%s:%s@%s/%s/vm/%s",
                 encodedUsername, encodedPassword, vcenter, datacenter, vm);
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/vm/UnmanagedVMsManagerImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/vm/UnmanagedVMsManagerImpl.java
index f70a26f33c7..abb0e6b63c5 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/vm/UnmanagedVMsManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/vm/UnmanagedVMsManagerImpl.java
@@ -1947,7 +1947,7 @@ public class UnmanagedVMsManagerImpl implements UnmanagedVMsManager {
         LOGGER.debug(String.format("Delegating the conversion of instance %s from VMware to KVM to the host %s (%s) after OVF export through ovftool",
                 sourceVM, convertHost.getId(), convertHost.getName()));
 
-        RemoteInstanceTO remoteInstanceTO = new RemoteInstanceTO(sourceVMwareInstance.getName(), vcenterHost, vcenterUsername, vcenterPassword, datacenterName);
+        RemoteInstanceTO remoteInstanceTO = new RemoteInstanceTO(sourceVMwareInstance.getName(), sourceVMwareInstance.getPath(), vcenterHost, vcenterUsername, vcenterPassword, datacenterName);
         List<String> destinationStoragePools = selectInstanceConversionStoragePools(convertStoragePools, sourceVMwareInstance.getDisks(), serviceOffering, dataDiskOfferingMap);
         ConvertInstanceCommand cmd = new ConvertInstanceCommand(remoteInstanceTO,
                 Hypervisor.HypervisorType.KVM, temporaryConvertLocation, null, false, true);
diff --git a/vmware-base/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/VirtualMachineMO.java b/vmware-base/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/VirtualMachineMO.java
index 20c62c30c0b..1e824f34fbb 100644
--- a/vmware-base/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/VirtualMachineMO.java
+++ b/vmware-base/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/VirtualMachineMO.java
@@ -891,6 +891,27 @@ public class VirtualMachineMO extends BaseMO {
         return fileLayout;
     }
 
+    public String getPath() throws Exception {
+        List<String> subPaths = new ArrayList<>();
+        ManagedObjectReference mor = _context.getVimClient().getDynamicProperty(_mor, "parent");
+        while (mor != null && mor.getType().equalsIgnoreCase("Folder")) {
+            String subPath = _context.getVimClient().getDynamicProperty(mor, "name");
+            if (StringUtils.isBlank(subPath)) {
+                return null;
+            }
+            subPaths.add(subPath);
+            mor = _context.getVimClient().getDynamicProperty(mor, "parent");
+        }
+
+        if (!subPaths.isEmpty()) {
+            Collections.reverse(subPaths);
+            String path = StringUtils.join(subPaths, "/");
+            return path;
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public ManagedObjectReference getParentMor() throws Exception {
         return _context.getVimClient().getDynamicProperty(_mor, "parent");
diff --git a/vmware-base/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/util/VmwareHelper.java b/vmware-base/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/util/VmwareHelper.java
index 96b176df5f6..b273688c162 100644
--- a/vmware-base/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/util/VmwareHelper.java
+++ b/vmware-base/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/util/VmwareHelper.java
@@ -801,6 +801,7 @@ public class VmwareHelper {
             instance = new UnmanagedInstanceTO();
             instance.setName(vmMo.getVmName());
             instance.setInternalCSName(vmMo.getInternalCSName());
+            instance.setPath((vmMo.getPath()));
             instance.setCpuCoresPerSocket(vmMo.getCoresPerSocket());
             instance.setOperatingSystemId(vmMo.getVmGuestInfo().getGuestId());
             VirtualMachineConfigSummary configSummary = vmMo.getConfigSummary();