diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/cloudstack.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/cloudstack.py
index fcf767f766a..79196fbb827 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/cloudstack.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/cloudstack.py
@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@ class AnsibleCloudStack(object):
 
         network = self.module.params.get('network')
         if not network:
+            vpc_name = self.get_vpc(key='name')
+            if vpc_name:
+                self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not find network for VPC '%s' due missing argument: network" % vpc_name)
             return None
 
         args = {
@@ -383,6 +386,7 @@ class AnsibleCloudStack(object):
             'domainid': self.get_domain(key='id'),
             'projectid': self.get_project(key='id'),
             'zoneid': self.get_zone(key='id'),
+            'networkid': self.get_network(key='id'),
             'vpcid': vpc_id,
         }
         vms = self.cs.listVirtualMachines(**args)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_portforward.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_portforward.py
index 1dc80bb2648..7ad9f2b6ffa 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_portforward.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_portforward.py
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ options:
       - VM guest NIC secondary IP address for the port forwarding rule.
     required: false
     default: false
+  network:
+    description:
+      - Name of the network.
+    required: false
+    default: null
+    version_added: "2.3"
+  vpc:
+    description:
+      - Name of the VPC.
+    required: false
+    default: null
+    version_added: "2.3"
   domain:
     description:
       - Domain the C(vm) is related to.
@@ -205,6 +217,18 @@ vm_guest_ip:
   returned: success
   type: string
   sample: 10.101.65.152
+vpc:
+  description: Name of the VPC.
+  version_added: "2.3"
+  returned: success
+  type: string
+  sample: my_vpc
+network:
+  description: Name of the network.
+  version_added: "2.3"
+  returned: success
+  type: string
+  sample: dmz
 '''
 
 # import cloudstack common
@@ -279,6 +303,7 @@ class AnsibleCloudStackPortforwarding(AnsibleCloudStack):
         args['virtualmachineid']    = self.get_vm(key='id')
         args['account']             = self.get_account(key='name')
         args['domainid']            = self.get_domain(key='id')
+        args['networkid']           = self.get_network(key='id')
 
         portforwarding_rule = None
         self.result['changed'] = True
@@ -300,6 +325,7 @@ class AnsibleCloudStackPortforwarding(AnsibleCloudStack):
         args['vmguestip']           = self.get_vm_guest_ip()
         args['ipaddressid']         = self.get_ip_address(key='id')
         args['virtualmachineid']    = self.get_vm(key='id')
+        args['networkid']           = self.get_network(key='id')
 
         if self.has_changed(args, portforwarding_rule):
             self.result['changed'] = True
@@ -332,8 +358,16 @@ class AnsibleCloudStackPortforwarding(AnsibleCloudStack):
 
     def get_result(self, portforwarding_rule):
         super(AnsibleCloudStackPortforwarding, self).get_result(portforwarding_rule)
+
+        network_name = self.get_network(key='name')
+        if network_name:
+            self.result['network'] = network_name
+
+        vpc_name = self.get_vpc(key='name')
+        if vpc_name:
+            self.result['vpc'] = vpc_name
+
         if portforwarding_rule:
-            # Bad bad API does not always return int when it should.
             for search_key, return_key in self.returns_to_int.items():
                 if search_key in portforwarding_rule:
                     self.result[return_key] = int(portforwarding_rule[search_key])
@@ -353,6 +387,8 @@ def main():
         open_firewall = dict(type='bool', default=False),
         vm_guest_ip = dict(default=None),
         vm = dict(default=None),
+        vpc = dict(default=None),
+        network = dict(default=None),
         zone = dict(default=None),
         domain = dict(default=None),
         account = dict(default=None),