diff --git a/src/app/components/preferences/dynamips/ios-template-details/ios-template-details.component.html b/src/app/components/preferences/dynamips/ios-template-details/ios-template-details.component.html
index 34de0eba..bec81cf9 100644
--- a/src/app/components/preferences/dynamips/ios-template-details/ios-template-details.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/preferences/dynamips/ios-template-details/ios-template-details.component.html
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@
               placeholder="Idle-PC"
             />
           </mat-form-field>
+          <button mat-button class="idlePCFinderButton" (click)="findIdlePC()">Idle-PC finder</button><br /><br />
           <mat-form-field class="form-field">
             <input
               matInput
diff --git a/src/app/components/preferences/dynamips/ios-template-details/ios-template-details.component.scss b/src/app/components/preferences/dynamips/ios-template-details/ios-template-details.component.scss
index e69de29b..4c38a5aa 100644
--- a/src/app/components/preferences/dynamips/ios-template-details/ios-template-details.component.scss
+++ b/src/app/components/preferences/dynamips/ios-template-details/ios-template-details.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.idlePCFinderButton {
+  width: 100%;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/components/preferences/dynamips/ios-template-details/ios-template-details.component.ts b/src/app/components/preferences/dynamips/ios-template-details/ios-template-details.component.ts
index dc045871..cbf01821 100644
--- a/src/app/components/preferences/dynamips/ios-template-details/ios-template-details.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/preferences/dynamips/ios-template-details/ios-template-details.component.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { IosConfigurationService } from '../../../../services/ios-configuration.
 import { IosService } from '../../../../services/ios.service';
 import { ControllerService } from '../../../../services/controller.service';
 import { ToasterService } from '../../../../services/toaster.service';
+import { ProgressService } from "../../../../common/progress/progress.service";
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-ios-template-details',
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ import { ToasterService } from '../../../../services/toaster.service';
   styleUrls: ['./ios-template-details.component.scss', '../../preferences.component.scss'],
 })
 export class IosTemplateDetailsComponent implements OnInit {
-  controller:Controller ;
+  controller: Controller;
   iosTemplate: IosTemplate;
   isSymbolSelectionOpened: boolean = false;
   platforms: string[] = [];
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ export class IosTemplateDetailsComponent implements OnInit {
     private toasterService: ToasterService,
     private formBuilder: UntypedFormBuilder,
     private iosConfigurationService: IosConfigurationService,
+    private progressService: ProgressService,
     private router: Router
   ) {
     this.generalSettingsForm = this.formBuilder.group({
@@ -95,6 +97,27 @@ export class IosTemplateDetailsComponent implements OnInit {
     this.wicMatrix = this.iosConfigurationService.getWicMatrix();
   }
 
+  findIdlePC() {
+    let data = {
+      "image": this.iosTemplate.image,
+      "platform": this.iosTemplate.platform,
+      "ram": this.iosTemplate.ram
+    };
+    this.progressService.activate();
+    this.iosService.findIdlePC(this.controller, data).subscribe((result: any) => {
+      this.progressService.deactivate();
+      if (result.idlepc !== null) {
+        this.iosTemplate.idlepc = result.idlepc;
+        this.toasterService.success(`Idle-PC value found: ${result.idlepc}`);
+      }
+    },
+      (error) => {
+        this.progressService.deactivate();
+        this.toasterService.error(`Error while finding an idle-PC value`);
+      }
+      );
+  }
+
   fillSlotsData() {
 
     // load network adapters
diff --git a/src/app/services/ios.service.ts b/src/app/services/ios.service.ts
index f21ef7bc..43453345 100644
--- a/src/app/services/ios.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/ios.service.ts
@@ -37,4 +37,9 @@ export class IosService {
       iosTemplate
     ) as Observable<IosTemplate>;
   }
+
+  findIdlePC(controller:Controller, body: any) {
+    return this.httpController.post(controller, `/computes/${environment.compute_id}/dynamips/auto_idlepc`, body);
+  }
+
 }