diff --git a/builder/nutanix/config.go b/builder/nutanix/config.go
index 5a1495e..c5214b7 100644
--- a/builder/nutanix/config.go
+++ b/builder/nutanix/config.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	ImageDelete                    bool          `mapstructure:"image_delete" json:"image_delete" required:"false"`
 	ImageExport                    bool          `mapstructure:"image_export" json:"image_export" required:"false"`
 	WaitTimeout                    time.Duration `mapstructure:"ip_wait_timeout" json:"ip_wait_timeout" required:"false"`
+	ForceDelete                    bool          `mapstructure:"force_delete" json:"force_delete" required:"false"`
 
 	ctx interpolate.Context
 }
diff --git a/builder/nutanix/config.hcl2spec.go b/builder/nutanix/config.hcl2spec.go
index 71efded..4743750 100644
--- a/builder/nutanix/config.hcl2spec.go
+++ b/builder/nutanix/config.hcl2spec.go
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ type FlatConfig struct {
 	ImageDelete               *bool             `mapstructure:"image_delete" json:"image_delete" required:"false" cty:"image_delete" hcl:"image_delete"`
 	ImageExport               *bool             `mapstructure:"image_export" json:"image_export" required:"false" cty:"image_export" hcl:"image_export"`
 	WaitTimeout               *string           `mapstructure:"ip_wait_timeout" json:"ip_wait_timeout" required:"false" cty:"ip_wait_timeout" hcl:"ip_wait_timeout"`
+	ForceDelete               *bool             `mapstructure:"force_delete" json:"force_delete" required:"false" cty:"force_delete" hcl:"force_delete"`
 }
 
 // FlatMapstructure returns a new FlatConfig.
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@ func (*FlatConfig) HCL2Spec() map[string]hcldec.Spec {
 		"image_delete":                 &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "image_delete", Type: cty.Bool, Required: false},
 		"image_export":                 &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "image_export", Type: cty.Bool, Required: false},
 		"ip_wait_timeout":              &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "ip_wait_timeout", Type: cty.String, Required: false},
+		"force_delete":                 &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "force_delete", Type: cty.Bool, Required: false},
 	}
 	return s
 }
diff --git a/builder/nutanix/step_build_vm.go b/builder/nutanix/step_build_vm.go
index 1ea7562..f558348 100644
--- a/builder/nutanix/step_build_vm.go
+++ b/builder/nutanix/step_build_vm.go
@@ -79,19 +79,22 @@ func (s *stepBuildVM) Cleanup(state multistep.StateBag) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
+	d := state.Get("driver").(Driver)
+	config := state.Get("config").(*Config)
+
 	_, cancelled := state.GetOk(multistep.StateCancelled)
 	_, halted := state.GetOk(multistep.StateHalted)
 
-	d := state.Get("driver").(Driver)
-	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
-
-	if cancelled || halted {
+	if cancelled || halted && !config.ForceDelete {
 		ui.Say("Task cancelled, virtual machine is not deleted")
 		return
+	} else if config.ForceDelete && cancelled || halted {
+		ui.Say("Force Deleting virtual machine...")
+	} else {
+		ui.Say("Deleting virtual machine...")
 	}
 
-	ui.Say("Deleting virtual machine...")
-
 	if cdUUID, ok := state.GetOk("cd_uuid"); ok {
 		err := d.DeleteImage(cdUUID.(string))
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/docs/builders/nutanix.mdx b/docs/builders/nutanix.mdx
index 4ebae15..d9221e1 100644
--- a/docs/builders/nutanix.mdx
+++ b/docs/builders/nutanix.mdx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ These parameters allow to define information about platform and temporary VM use
   - `ip_wait_timeout` (duration string | ex: "0h42m0s") - Amount of time to wait for VM's IP, similar to 'ssh_timeout'. Defaults to 15m (15 minutes). See the Golang [ParseDuration](https://golang.org/pkg/time/#ParseDuration) documentation for full details.
   - `vm_categories` ([]Category) - Assign Categories to the vm.
   - `project` (string) - Assign Project to the vm.
+  - `force_delete` (bool) - Delete vm even if build is not succesful (default is false).
 
 
 ## Output configuration