diff --git a/post-processor/vsphere-template/step_mark_as_template.go b/post-processor/vsphere-template/step_mark_as_template.go
index e33bf342..12c53496 100644
--- a/post-processor/vsphere-template/step_mark_as_template.go
+++ b/post-processor/vsphere-template/step_mark_as_template.go
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ type stepMarkAsTemplate struct {
 
 func NewStepMarkAsTemplate(artifact packersdk.Artifact, p *PostProcessor) *stepMarkAsTemplate {
 	remoteFolder := "Discovered virtual machine"
+	//if post-processor config folder is not null, use the folder as remoteFolder
+	if p.config.Folder != "" {
+		remoteFolder = p.config.Folder
+	}
 	vmname := artifact.Id()
 
 	if artifact.BuilderId() == vsphere.BuilderId {