diff --git a/docs/release-notes/version-2.11.md b/docs/release-notes/version-2.11.md
index 296cf085c..6516bcd29 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/version-2.11.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/version-2.11.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 * [#6640](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/6640) - Disallow numeric values in custom text fields
 * [#6652](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/6652) - Fix exception when adding components in bulk to multiple devices
 * [#6676](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/6676) - Fix device/VM counts per cluster under cluster type/group views
+* [#6680](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/6680) - Allow setting custom field values for VM interfaces on intial creation
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/netbox/templates/dcim/device_component_add.html b/netbox/templates/dcim/device_component_add.html
index 0b7200c1f..0937cc371 100644
--- a/netbox/templates/dcim/device_component_add.html
+++ b/netbox/templates/dcim/device_component_add.html
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {% extends 'base.html' %}
+{% load helpers %}
 {% load form_helpers %}
 
 {% block title %}Create {{ component_type }}{% endblock %}
@@ -18,19 +19,34 @@
             {% endif %}
             <div class="panel panel-default">
                 <div class="panel-heading">
-                    <strong>{{ component_type|title }}</strong>
+                    <strong>{{ component_type|bettertitle }}</strong>
                 </div>
                 <div class="panel-body">
-                    {% render_form form %}
+                    {% for field in form.hidden_fields %}
+                        {{ field }}
+                    {% endfor %}
+                    {% for field in form.visible_fields %}
+                        {% if field.name not in form.custom_fields %}
+                            {% render_field field %}
+                        {% endif %}
+                    {% endfor %}
                 </div>
             </div>
-		    <div class="form-group">
+            {% if form.custom_fields %}
+                <div class="panel panel-default">
+                    <div class="panel-heading"><strong>Custom Fields</strong></div>
+                    <div class="panel-body">
+                        {% render_custom_fields form %}
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            {% endif %}
+            <div class="form-group">
                 <div class="col-md-9 col-md-offset-3">
                     <button type="submit" name="_create" class="btn btn-primary">Create</button>
                     <button type="submit" name="_addanother" class="btn btn-primary">Create and Add More</button>
                     <a href="{{ return_url }}" class="btn btn-default">Cancel</a>
                 </div>
-		    </div>
+            </div>
         </div>
     </div>
 </form>
diff --git a/netbox/templates/virtualization/virtualmachine_component_add.html b/netbox/templates/virtualization/virtualmachine_component_add.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 11b120ee0..000000000
--- a/netbox/templates/virtualization/virtualmachine_component_add.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-{% extends 'base.html' %}
-{% load helpers %}
-{% load form_helpers %}
-
-{% block title %}Create {{ component_type }}{% endblock %}
-
-{% block content %}
-<form action="" method="post" class="form form-horizontal">
-    {% csrf_token %}
-    <div class="row">
-        <div class="col-md-6 col-md-offset-3">
-            {% if form.non_field_errors %}
-                <div class="panel panel-danger">
-                    <div class="panel-heading"><strong>Errors</strong></div>
-                    <div class="panel-body">
-                        {{ form.non_field_errors }}
-                    </div>
-                </div>
-            {% endif %}
-            <div class="panel panel-default">
-                <div class="panel-heading">
-                    <strong>{{ component_type|bettertitle }}</strong>
-                </div>
-                <div class="panel-body">
-                    {% render_form form %}
-                </div>
-            </div>
-		    <div class="form-group">
-                <div class="col-md-9 col-md-offset-3">
-                    <button type="submit" name="_create" class="btn btn-primary">Create</button>
-                    <button type="submit" name="_addanother" class="btn btn-primary">Create and Add More</button>
-                    <a href="{{ return_url }}" class="btn btn-default">Cancel</a>
-                </div>
-		    </div>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-</form>
-{% endblock %}
diff --git a/netbox/virtualization/forms.py b/netbox/virtualization/forms.py
index f6bbd5b0d..f7b241c1a 100644
--- a/netbox/virtualization/forms.py
+++ b/netbox/virtualization/forms.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ from dcim.constants import INTERFACE_MTU_MAX, INTERFACE_MTU_MIN
 from dcim.forms import InterfaceCommonForm, INTERFACE_MODE_HELP_TEXT
 from dcim.models import Device, DeviceRole, Platform, Rack, Region, Site, SiteGroup
 from extras.forms import (
-    AddRemoveTagsForm, CustomFieldBulkEditForm, CustomFieldModelCSVForm, CustomFieldModelForm, CustomFieldFilterForm,
+    AddRemoveTagsForm, CustomFieldForm, CustomFieldBulkEditForm, CustomFieldModelCSVForm, CustomFieldModelForm,
+    CustomFieldFilterForm,
 )
 from extras.models import Tag
 from ipam.models import IPAddress, VLAN
@@ -659,7 +660,8 @@ class VMInterfaceForm(BootstrapMixin, InterfaceCommonForm, CustomFieldModelForm)
         self.fields['tagged_vlans'].widget.add_query_param('available_on_virtualmachine', vm_id)
 
 
-class VMInterfaceCreateForm(BootstrapMixin, InterfaceCommonForm):
+class VMInterfaceCreateForm(BootstrapMixin, CustomFieldForm, InterfaceCommonForm):
+    model = VMInterface
     virtual_machine = DynamicModelChoiceField(
         queryset=VirtualMachine.objects.all()
     )
@@ -723,7 +725,7 @@ class VMInterfaceCreateForm(BootstrapMixin, InterfaceCommonForm):
         self.fields['tagged_vlans'].widget.add_query_param('available_on_virtualmachine', vm_id)
 
 
-class VMInterfaceCSVForm(CSVModelForm):
+class VMInterfaceCSVForm(CustomFieldModelCSVForm):
     virtual_machine = CSVModelChoiceField(
         queryset=VirtualMachine.objects.all(),
         to_field_name='name'
@@ -746,7 +748,7 @@ class VMInterfaceCSVForm(CSVModelForm):
             return self.cleaned_data['enabled']
 
 
-class VMInterfaceBulkEditForm(BootstrapMixin, AddRemoveTagsForm, BulkEditForm):
+class VMInterfaceBulkEditForm(BootstrapMixin, AddRemoveTagsForm, CustomFieldBulkEditForm):
     pk = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(
         queryset=VMInterface.objects.all(),
         widget=forms.MultipleHiddenInput()
diff --git a/netbox/virtualization/views.py b/netbox/virtualization/views.py
index fe0d5322f..4fdca3078 100644
--- a/netbox/virtualization/views.py
+++ b/netbox/virtualization/views.py
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ class VMInterfaceCreateView(generic.ComponentCreateView):
     queryset = VMInterface.objects.all()
     form = forms.VMInterfaceCreateForm
     model_form = forms.VMInterfaceForm
-    template_name = 'virtualization/virtualmachine_component_add.html'
+    template_name = 'dcim/device_component_add.html'
 
 
 class VMInterfaceEditView(generic.ObjectEditView):