diff --git a/docs/configuration.yml b/docs/configuration.yml
index 88586703..99daaa9a 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.yml
+++ b/docs/configuration.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ de:
   suffix:
   tags:
   force_delete:
+  vc_suffix:
 df:
   suffix:
   min_k8s_nodes:
diff --git a/roles/runtime/defaults/main.yml b/roles/runtime/defaults/main.yml
index 6dca0cb3..b9bce76b 100644
--- a/roles/runtime/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/runtime/defaults/main.yml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ run__de_definitions:                "{{ de.definitions | default([{}]) }}"
 run__de_suffix:                     "{{ de.suffix | default('de') }}"
 run__de_tags:                       "{{ de.tags | default(common__tags) }}"
 run__de_force_delete:               "{{ de.force_delete | default (run__force_teardown) }}"
+run__de_vc_suffix:                  "{{ de.vc.suffix | default('vc') }}"
 
 run__dw_definitions:                "{{ dw.definitions | default([{}]) }}"
 run__dw_suffix:                     "{{ dw.suffix | default('dw') }}"
diff --git a/roles/runtime/tasks/setup_base.yml b/roles/runtime/tasks/setup_base.yml
index b4cfd689..1a1f0e4a 100644
--- a/roles/runtime/tasks/setup_base.yml
+++ b/roles/runtime/tasks/setup_base.yml
@@ -173,3 +173,38 @@
   cloudera.cloud.df_service:
     env_crn: "{{ run__cdp_env_crn }}"
     wait: yes
+
+- name: Create CDP DE Virtual clusters
+  cloudera.cloud.de_virtual_cluster:
+    cluster_name: "{{ __de_vc_config_item.0.name }}"
+    env: "{{ run__env_name }}"
+    name: "{{ __de_vc_config_item.1.name | default([run__namespace, run__de_vc_suffix ,__de_vc_index] | join('-')) }}"
+    cpu_requests: "{{ __de_vc_config_item.1.cpu_requests | default(omit) }}"
+    memory_requests: "{{ __de_vc_config_item.1.memory_requests | default(omit) }}"
+    chart_value_overrides: "{{ __de_vc_config_item.1.chart_value_overrides | default(omit) }}"
+    runtime_spot_component: "{{ __de_vc_config_item.1.runtime_spot_component | default(omit) }}"
+    spark_version: "{{ __de_vc_config_item.1.spark_version | default(omit) }}"
+    acl_users: "{{ __de_vc_config_item.1.acl_users | default(omit) }}"
+    wait: yes
+  async: 1800 # 30 minute timeout
+  poll: 0
+  register: __de_vc_builds
+  with_subelements:
+    - "{{ run__de_configs | selectattr('raw.virtual_clusters', 'defined') | list }}"
+    - raw.virtual_clusters
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: __de_vc_config_item
+    index_var: __de_vc_index
+    label: "{{ __de_vc_config_item.0.name | default ('None') }}"
+
+- name: Wait for CDP DE Virtual cluster setup to complete
+  ansible.builtin.async_status:
+    jid: "{{ __de_vc_build.ansible_job_id }}"
+  register: __de_vc_builds_async
+  until: __de_vc_builds_async.finished
+  retries: 30
+  delay: 30
+  loop: "{{ __de_vc_builds.results }}"
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: __de_vc_build
+    label: "{{ __de_vc_build.__de_vc_config_item.0.name | default ('None') }}"