diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_vpc.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_vpc.py
index 5b943ace710..691c47bbc50 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_vpc.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_vpc.py
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2016, René Moser <mail@renemoser.net>
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1',
                     'status': ['stableinterface'],
                     'supported_by': 'community'}
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ options:
     description:
       - "CIDR of the VPC, e.g. 10.1.0.0/16"
       - "All VPC guest networks' CIDRs must be within this CIDR."
-      - "Required on C(state=present)."
+      - "Required on I(state=present)."
   network_domain:
     description:
       - "Network domain for the VPC."
@@ -42,15 +45,18 @@ options:
       - "If not set, default VPC offering is used."
   clean_up:
     description:
-      - "Whether to redeploy a VPC router or not when C(state=restarted)"
+      - "Whether to redeploy a VPC router or not when I(state=restarted)"
     version_added: "2.5"
+    type: bool
   state:
     description:
       - "State of the VPC."
+      - "The state C(started) is only considered while creating the VPC, added in version 2.6."
     default: present
     choices:
       - present
       - absent
+      - started
       - restarted
   domain:
     description:
@@ -68,24 +74,33 @@ options:
   tags:
     description:
       - "List of tags. Tags are a list of dictionaries having keys C(key) and C(value)."
-      - "For deleting all tags, set an empty list e.g. C(tags: [])."
+      - "For deleting all tags, set an empty list e.g. I(tags: [])."
     aliases:
       - tag
   poll_async:
     description:
       - "Poll async jobs until job has finished."
-    default: true
+    default: yes
+    type: bool
 extends_documentation_fragment: cloudstack
 '''
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
-- name: Ensure a VPC is present
+- name: Ensure a VPC is present but not started after creating
   local_action:
     module: cs_vpc
     name: my_vpc
     display_text: My example VPC
     cidr: 10.10.0.0/16
 
+- name: Ensure a VPC is present and started after creating
+  local_action:
+    module: cs_vpc
+    name: my_vpc
+    display_text: My example VPC
+    cidr: 10.10.0.0/16
+    state: started
+
 - name: Ensure a VPC is absent
   local_action:
     module: cs_vpc
@@ -96,7 +111,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
   local_action:
     module: cs_vpc
     name: my_vpc
-    clean_up: true
+    clean_up: yes
     state: restarted
 '''
 
@@ -274,6 +289,7 @@ class AnsibleCloudStackVpc(AnsibleCloudStack):
             'domainid': self.get_domain(key='id'),
             'projectid': self.get_project(key='id'),
             'zoneid': self.get_zone(key='id'),
+            'start': self.module.params.get('state') == 'started'
         }
         self.result['diff']['after'] = args
         if not self.module.check_mode:
@@ -322,7 +338,7 @@ def main():
         vpc_offering=dict(),
         network_domain=dict(),
         clean_up=dict(type='bool'),
-        state=dict(choices=['present', 'absent', 'restarted'], default='present'),
+        state=dict(choices=['present', 'absent', 'started', 'restarted'], default='present'),
         domain=dict(),
         account=dict(),
         project=dict(),
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/cs_vpc/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/cs_vpc/tasks/main.yml
index bcf7d6e879e..aafc8607812 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/cs_vpc/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/cs_vpc/tasks/main.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
     vpc_offering: Redundant VPC offering
     network_domain: test.example.com
     zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+    state: started
   register: vpc
   check_mode: true
 - name: verify test create vpc with custom offering in check mode
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@
     vpc_offering: Redundant VPC offering
     network_domain: test.example.com
     zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+    state: started
   register: vpc
 - name: verify test create vpc with custom offering
   assert:
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@
     vpc_offering: Redundant VPC offering
     network_domain: test.example.com
     zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+    state: started
   register: vpc
 - name: verify test create vpc with custom offering idempotence
   assert:
@@ -101,7 +104,6 @@
     - vpc.cidr == "10.10.1.0/16"
     - vpc.network_domain == "test.example.com"
 
-
 - name: test create vpc with default offering in check mode
   cs_vpc:
     name: "{{ cs_resource_prefix }}_vpc"
diff --git a/test/sanity/validate-modules/ignore.txt b/test/sanity/validate-modules/ignore.txt
index 1b671eec067..94b2714de6b 100644
--- a/test/sanity/validate-modules/ignore.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/validate-modules/ignore.txt
@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_vmsnapshot.py E325
 lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_volume.py E322
 lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_volume.py E324
 lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_volume.py E325
-lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_vpc.py E325
 lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_vpc_offering.py E325
 lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_vpn_connection.py E322
 lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_vpn_customer_gateway.py E325