diff --git a/src/vpoller/helpers/zabbix.py b/src/vpoller/helpers/zabbix.py
index 95eccc3..a21b7a2 100644
--- a/src/vpoller/helpers/zabbix.py
+++ b/src/vpoller/helpers/zabbix.py
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ def __init__(self, msg, data):
             'vm.disk.discover':     self.zabbix_vm_disk_discover,
             'vm.disk.get':          self.zabbix_vm_disk_get,
             'vm.host.get':          self.zabbix_item_value,
+            'vm.process.get':       self.zabbix_vm_process_get,
             'vm.cpu.usage.percent': self.zabbix_item_value,
             'datastore.discover':   self.zabbix_lld_data,
             'datastore.get':        self.zabbix_item_value,
@@ -190,6 +191,13 @@ def zabbix_vm_disk_discover(self):
 
         return {'data': data}
 
+    def zabbix_vm_process_get(self):
+        """
+        Returns the number of processes in a Virtual Machine
+
+        """
+        return len(self.data['result'])
+
     def zabbix_lld_data(self):
         """
         Translates a discovery request to Zabbix LLD format