diff --git a/builder/nutanix/config.go b/builder/nutanix/config.go
index efd6ec7..1e97258 100644
--- a/builder/nutanix/config.go
+++ b/builder/nutanix/config.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	ImageDescription               string        `mapstructure:"image_description" json:"image_description" required:"false"`
 	ImageCategoryKey               string        `mapstructure:"image_category_key" json:"image_category_key" required:"false"`
 	ImageCategoryValue             string        `mapstructure:"image_category_value" json:"image_category_value" required:"false"`
+	ImageDelete                    bool          `mapstructure:"image_delete" json:"image_delete" required:"false"`
 	WaitTimeout                    time.Duration `mapstructure:"ip_wait_timeout" json:"ip_wait_timeout" required:"false"`
 
 	ctx interpolate.Context
diff --git a/builder/nutanix/config.hcl2spec.go b/builder/nutanix/config.hcl2spec.go
index 2c9da4d..42eafd6 100644
--- a/builder/nutanix/config.hcl2spec.go
+++ b/builder/nutanix/config.hcl2spec.go
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ type FlatConfig struct {
 	ImageDescription          *string           `mapstructure:"image_description" json:"image_description" required:"false" cty:"image_description" hcl:"image_description"`
 	ImageCategoryKey          *string           `mapstructure:"image_category_key" json:"image_category_key" required:"false" cty:"image_category_key" hcl:"image_category_key"`
 	ImageCategoryValue        *string           `mapstructure:"image_category_value" json:"image_category_value" required:"false" cty:"image_category_value" hcl:"image_category_value"`
+	ImageDelete               *bool             `mapstructure:"image_delete" json:"image_delete" required:"false" cty:"image_delete" hcl:"image_delete"`
 	WaitTimeout               *string           `mapstructure:"ip_wait_timeout" json:"ip_wait_timeout" required:"false" cty:"ip_wait_timeout" hcl:"ip_wait_timeout"`
 }
 
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ func (*FlatConfig) HCL2Spec() map[string]hcldec.Spec {
 		"image_description":            &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "image_description", Type: cty.String, Required: false},
 		"image_category_key":           &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "image_category_key", Type: cty.String, Required: false},
 		"image_category_value":         &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "image_category_value", Type: cty.String, Required: false},
+		"image_delete":                 &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "image_delete", Type: cty.Bool, Required: false},
 		"ip_wait_timeout":              &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "ip_wait_timeout", Type: cty.String, Required: false},
 	}
 	return s
diff --git a/builder/nutanix/step_copy_image.go b/builder/nutanix/step_copy_image.go
index afc3414..c19d8ce 100644
--- a/builder/nutanix/step_copy_image.go
+++ b/builder/nutanix/step_copy_image.go
@@ -52,4 +52,22 @@ func (s *stepCopyImage) Run(ctx context.Context, state multistep.StateBag) multi
 }
 
 func (s *stepCopyImage) Cleanup(state multistep.StateBag) {
+	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
+	d := state.Get("driver").(Driver)
+
+	if !s.Config.ImageDelete {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if imgUUID, ok := state.GetOk("image_uuid"); ok {
+		ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Deleting image %s...", s.Config.ImageName))
+
+		err := d.DeleteImage(imgUUID.(string))
+		if err != nil {
+			ui.Error("An error occurred while deleting image")
+			return
+		} else {
+			ui.Message("Image successfully deleted")
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/docs/builders/nutanix.mdx b/docs/builders/nutanix.mdx
index 73d119b..1d601d2 100644
--- a/docs/builders/nutanix.mdx
+++ b/docs/builders/nutanix.mdx
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ These parameters allow to configure everything around image creation, from the t
 - `image_category_key` (string) - Name of the category to assign to the image.
 - `image_category_value` (string) - Value of the category to assign to the image.
 - `force_deregister` (bool) - Allow output image override if already exists.
+- `image_delete` (bool) - Delete image once build process is completed.
 - `shutdown_command` (string) - Command line to shutdown your temporary VM.
 - `shutdown_timeout` (string) - Timeout for VM shutdown (format : 2m).
 - `communicator` (string) - Protocol used for Packer connection (ex "winrm" or "ssh"). Default is : "ssh".