diff --git a/datasource/urls.py b/datasource/urls.py
index 9183d41..ec02ad3 100644
--- a/datasource/urls.py
+++ b/datasource/urls.py
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ urlpatterns = [
         views.os_metadata_json, name='ds_openstack_metadata'),
     url(r'^openstack/(?P<version>[\w\-\.]+)/user_data$',
         views.os_userdata, name='ds_openstack_userdata'),
+    url(r'^vdi/(?P<vname>[\w\-\.]+)/$',
+        views.get_vdi_url, name='vdi_url'),
 ]
diff --git a/datasource/views.py b/datasource/views.py
index 9264717..d23d99a 100644
--- a/datasource/views.py
+++ b/datasource/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.http import HttpResponse, Http404
 from accounts.models import UserInstance, UserSSHKey
+from instances.models import Instance
+from vrtManager.instance import wvmInstance
+from libvirt import libvirtError
 import json
 import socket
 
@@ -62,3 +65,24 @@ def get_client_ip(request):
 def get_hostname_by_ip(ip):
     addrs = socket.gethostbyaddr(ip)
     return addrs[0]
+
+def get_vdi_url(request, vname):
+    instance = Instance.objects.get(name=vname)
+    compute = instance.compute
+    data = {}
+    try:
+        conn = wvmInstance(compute.hostname,
+                           compute.login,
+                           compute.password,
+                           compute.type,
+                           instance.name)
+
+        fqdn = get_hostname_by_ip(compute.hostname)
+        url = "{}://{}:{}".format(conn.get_console_type(), fqdn, conn.get_console_port())
+        response = url
+        return HttpResponse(response)
+    
+    except libvirtError as lib_err:
+        err = "Error getting vdi url for {}".format(vname)
+        raise Http404(err)
+
diff --git a/instances/templates/instance.html b/instances/templates/instance.html
index 061c394..13336b5 100644
--- a/instances/templates/instance.html
+++ b/instances/templates/instance.html
@@ -241,6 +241,13 @@
                                                 </a>
                                             </li>
                                             {% endif %}
+                                            {% ifequal status 1 %}
+                                            <li role="presentation">
+                                                <a href="#vdiconsole" aria-controls="vdiconsole" role="tab" data-toggle="tab">
+                                                    {% trans "VDI" %}
+                                                </a>
+                                            </li>
+                                            {% endifequal %}
                                         </ul>
                                         <!-- Tab panes -->
                                         <div class="tab-content">
@@ -297,6 +304,13 @@
                                                 <div class="clearfix"></div>
                                             </div>
                                             {% endif %}
+                                            {% ifequal status 1 %}
+                                            <div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane tab-pane-bordered" id="vdiconsole">
+                                                    <p>{% trans "This action opens a remote viewer with a connection to the console of the instance." %}</p>
+                                                    <a href="#" class="btn btn-lg btn-success pull-right" id="vdi_url" >{% trans "VDI" %}</a>
+                                                <div class="clearfix"></div>
+                                            </div>
+                                            {% endifequal %}
                                         </div>
                                     </div>
                                 </div>
@@ -1305,6 +1319,12 @@
             $("#console_select_listen_address option[value='" + console_listen_address + "']").prop('selected', true);
         }
     });
+    $(document).ready(function () {
+        // set vdi url
+        $.get("/datasource/vdi/{{ vname }}/", function(data) {
+            $("#vdi_url").attr("href", data);
+        });
+    });
 {% if not request.user.is_superuser %}
     $('#select_clone_name').on('change', function () {
         update_clone_disk_name($(this).val());