diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/files/open-vm-tools-9.4.6-0005-define_USE_SLASH_PROC.patch b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/files/open-vm-tools-9.4.6-0005-define_USE_SLASH_PROC.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e4bd55185
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/files/open-vm-tools-9.4.6-0005-define_USE_SLASH_PROC.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From 5936cd877fd307b796e364a4ac99615f44ef6024 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Oliver Kurth <okurth@vmware.com>
+Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:36:52 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] define USE_SLASH_PROC
+
+---
+ open-vm-tools/services/plugins/guestInfo/getlib/Makefile.am | 4 +++-
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/guestInfo/getlib/Makefile.am b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/guestInfo/getlib/Makefile.am
+index 331e24f..862029f 100644
+--- a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/guestInfo/getlib/Makefile.am
++++ b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/guestInfo/getlib/Makefile.am
+@@ -28,4 +28,6 @@ libGuestInfo_la_CPPFLAGS += @GLIB2_CPPFLAGS@
+ libGuestInfo_la_CPPFLAGS += -I$(srcdir)/..
+
+ AM_CFLAGS = $(DNET_CPPFLAGS)
+-
++if USE_SLASH_PROC
++AM_CFLAGS += -DUSE_SLASH_PROC
++endif
+-- 
+1.9.1
+
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.4.6-r1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.4.6-r1.ebuild
index 4dc90b96c7..eb48393963 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.4.6-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.4.6-r1.ebuild
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-0002-configure-Fix-USE_SLASH_PROC-conditional.patch"
 	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-0003-scripts-network.patch"
 	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-0004-auth-Read-from-shadow.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-0005-define_USE_SLASH_PROC.patch"
 )
 
 #pkg_setup() {