diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/vmware_vm_inventory_port.yml b/changelogs/fragments/vmware_vm_inventory_port.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e18faac07c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/vmware_vm_inventory_port.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- vmware_vm_inventory inventory plugin, use the port value while connecting to vCenter (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64096).
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/vmware_vm_inventory.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/vmware_vm_inventory.py
index bd8e4d2ad8f..816b6471c5d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/vmware_vm_inventory.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/vmware_vm_inventory.py
@@ -163,12 +163,15 @@ class BaseVMwareInventory:
             # Disable warning shown at stdout
             requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings()
 
-        client = create_vsphere_client(server=self.hostname,
+        server = self.hostname
+        if self.port:
+            server += ":" + str(self.port)
+        client = create_vsphere_client(server=server,
                                        username=self.username,
                                        password=self.password,
                                        session=session)
         if client is None:
-            raise AnsibleError("Failed to login to %s using %s" % (self.hostname, self.username))
+            raise AnsibleError("Failed to login to %s using %s" % (server, self.username))
         return client
 
     def _login(self):