diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c3069c9..2a3448b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 *.log
 .venv
 config.py
+Pipfile
+Pipfile.lock
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
diff --git a/config.py.example b/config.py.example
index 1d83223..0a653d6 100644
--- a/config.py.example
+++ b/config.py.example
@@ -80,19 +80,24 @@ inventory_sync = False
 # For nested properties, you can use the '/' seperator.
 # For example, the following map will assign the custom field 'mycustomfield' to the 'alias' Zabbix inventory field:
 #
-# inventory_map = { "custom_fields/mycustomfield/name": "alias"}
+# device_inventory_map = { "custom_fields/mycustomfield/name": "alias"}
 #
-# The following map should provide some nice defaults:
-inventory_map = { "asset_tag": "asset_tag",
-                  "virtual_chassis/name": "chassis",
-                  "status/label": "deployment_status",
-                  "location/name": "location",
-                  "latitude": "location_lat",
-                  "longitude": "location_lon",
-                  "comments": "notes",
-                  "name": "name",
-                  "rack/name": "site_rack",
-                  "serial": "serialno_a",
-                  "device_type/model": "type",
-                  "device_type/manufacturer/name": "vendor",
-                  "oob_ip/address": "oob_ip" }
+# The following maps should provide some nice defaults:
+device_inventory_map = { "asset_tag": "asset_tag",
+                         "virtual_chassis/name": "chassis",
+                         "status/label": "deployment_status",
+                         "location/name": "location",
+                         "latitude": "location_lat",
+                         "longitude": "location_lon",
+                         "comments": "notes",
+                         "name": "name",
+                         "rack/name": "site_rack",
+                         "serial": "serialno_a",
+                         "device_type/model": "type",
+                         "device_type/manufacturer/name": "vendor",
+                         "oob_ip/address": "oob_ip" }
+
+# We also support inventory mapping on Virtual Machines.
+vm_inventory_map = { "status/label": "deployment_status",
+                     "comments": "notes",
+                     "name": "name" }
diff --git a/modules/device.py b/modules/device.py
index 2ed37e8..666fc15 100644
--- a/modules/device.py
+++ b/modules/device.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from modules.exceptions import (SyncInventoryError, TemplateError, SyncExternalE
                                 InterfaceConfigError, JournalError)
 from modules.interface import ZabbixInterface
 from modules.hostgroups import Hostgroup
+
 try:
     from config import (
         template_cf, device_cf,
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ try:
         traverse_regions,
         inventory_sync,
         inventory_mode,
-        inventory_map
+        device_inventory_map
     )
 except ModuleNotFoundError:
     print("Configuration file config.py not found in main directory."
@@ -62,6 +63,10 @@ class PhysicalDevice():
     def __str__(self):
         return self.__repr__()
 
+    def _inventory_map(self):
+        """ Use device inventory maps """
+        return device_inventory_map
+ 
     def _setBasics(self):
         """
         Sets basic information like IP address.
@@ -181,7 +186,7 @@ class PhysicalDevice():
         if inventory_sync and self.inventory_mode in [0,1]:
             self.logger.debug(f"Host {self.name}: Starting inventory mapper")
             # Let's build an inventory dict for each property in the inventory_map
-            for nb_inv_field, zbx_inv_field in inventory_map.items():
+            for nb_inv_field, zbx_inv_field in self._inventory_map().items():
                 field_list = nb_inv_field.split("/") # convert str to list based on delimiter
                 # start at the base of the dict...
                 value = nbdevice
@@ -542,7 +547,7 @@ class PhysicalDevice():
                                     selectGroups=["groupid"],
                                     selectHostGroups=["groupid"],
                                     selectParentTemplates=["templateid"],
-                                    selectInventory=list(inventory_map.values()))
+                                    selectInventory=list(self._inventory_map().values()))
         if len(host) > 1:
             e = (f"Got {len(host)} results for Zabbix hosts "
                  f"with ID {self.zabbix_id} - hostname {self.name}.")
diff --git a/modules/virtual_machine.py b/modules/virtual_machine.py
index 331a463..b8fa1a1 100644
--- a/modules/virtual_machine.py
+++ b/modules/virtual_machine.py
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ from modules.interface import ZabbixInterface
 from modules.exceptions import TemplateError, InterfaceConfigError, SyncInventoryError
 try:
     from config import (
+        inventory_sync,
+        inventory_mode,
+        vm_inventory_map,
         traverse_site_groups,
         traverse_regions
     )
@@ -24,6 +27,10 @@ class VirtualMachine(PhysicalDevice):
         self.hostgroup = None
         self.zbx_template_names = None
 
+    def _inventory_map(self):
+        """ use VM inventory maps """
+        return vm_inventory_map
+
     def set_hostgroup(self, hg_format, nb_site_groups, nb_regions):
         """Set the hostgroup for this device"""
         # Create new Hostgroup instance
diff --git a/netbox_zabbix_sync.py b/netbox_zabbix_sync.py
index 935b55e..3eaea3f 100755
--- a/netbox_zabbix_sync.py
+++ b/netbox_zabbix_sync.py
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ def main(arguments):
             # Check if a valid hostgroup has been found for this VM.
             if not vm.hostgroup:
                 continue
+            vm.set_inventory(nb_vm)
             # Checks if device is in cleanup state
             if vm.status in zabbix_device_removal:
                 if vm.zabbix_id: