diff --git a/lib/vmpooler/pool_manager.rb b/lib/vmpooler/pool_manager.rb
index f4562ac7b..a6e83d5fa 100644
--- a/lib/vmpooler/pool_manager.rb
+++ b/lib/vmpooler/pool_manager.rb
@@ -468,20 +468,36 @@ def migrate_vm(vm, pool)
     def _migrate_vm(vm, pool)
       $redis.srem('vmpooler__migrating__' + pool, vm)
       vm_object = find_vsphere_pool_vm(pool, vm)
-      host = $vsphere[pool].find_least_used_compatible_host(vm_object)
       parent_host = vm_object.summary.runtime.host
       parent_host_name = parent_host.name
-      if host == parent_host
-        $logger.log('s', "[ ] [#{pool}] No migration required for '#{vm}'")
+      # Check if migration_limit is set
+      migration_limit = $config[:config]['migration_limit']
+      # Ensure migration is disabled when migration_limit is set to 0
+      migration_limit = nil unless migration_limit != 0
+
+      if not migration_limit
+        $logger.log('s', "[ ] [#{pool}] '#{vm}' is running on #{parent_host_name}")
       else
-        start = Time.now
-        $vsphere[pool].migrate_vm_host(vm_object, host)
-        finish = '%.2f' % (Time.now - start)
-        $metrics.timing("migrate.#{vm['template']}", finish)
-        checkout_to_migration = '%.2f' % (Time.now - Time.parse($redis.hget('vmpooler__vm__' + vm, 'checkout')))
-        $redis.hset('vmpooler__vm__' + vm, 'migration_time', finish)
-        $redis.hset('vmpooler__vm__' + vm, 'checkout_to_migration', checkout_to_migration)
-        $logger.log('s', "[>] [#{pool}] '#{vm}' migrated from #{parent_host_name} to #{host.name} in #{finish} seconds")
+        migration_count = $redis.smembers('vmpooler__migration').size
+        if migration_count >= migration_limit
+          $logger.log('s', "[ ] [#{pool}] '#{vm}' is running on #{parent_host_name}. No migration will be evaluated since the migration_limit has been reached")
+        else
+          $redis.sadd('vmpooler__migration', vm)
+          host = $vsphere[pool].find_least_used_compatible_host(vm_object)
+          if host == parent_host
+            $logger.log('s', "[ ] [#{pool}] No migration required for '#{vm}'")
+          else
+            start = Time.now
+            $vsphere[pool].migrate_vm_host(vm_object, host)
+            finish = '%.2f' % (Time.now - start)
+            $metrics.timing("migrate.#{vm['template']}", finish)
+            checkout_to_migration = '%.2f' % (Time.now - Time.parse($redis.hget('vmpooler__vm__' + vm, 'checkout')))
+            $redis.hset('vmpooler__vm__' + vm, 'migration_time', finish)
+            $redis.hset('vmpooler__vm__' + vm, 'checkout_to_migration', checkout_to_migration)
+            $logger.log('s', "[>] [#{pool}] '#{vm}' migrated from #{parent_host_name} to #{host.name} in #{finish} seconds")
+          end
+          $redis.srem('vmpooler__migration', vm)
+        end
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/vmpooler.yaml.example b/vmpooler.yaml.example
index 4e5489123..c83808c12 100644
--- a/vmpooler.yaml.example
+++ b/vmpooler.yaml.example
@@ -225,6 +225,13 @@
 #     If set, prefixes all created VMs with this string.  This should include
 #     a separator.
 #     (optional; default: '')
+#
+#   - migration_limit
+#     When set to any value greater than 0 enable VM migration at checkout.
+#     When enabled this capability will evaluate a VM for migration when it is requested
+#     in an effort to maintain a more even distribution of load across compute resources.
+#     The migration_limit ensures that no more than n migrations will be evaluated at any one time
+#     and greatly reduces the possibilty of VMs ending up bunched together on a particular host.
 
 # Example: