diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/common-oem-files/common-oem-files-0.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/common-oem-files/common-oem-files-0.ebuild
index e3e58924f9..14ccd3e11e 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/common-oem-files/common-oem-files-0.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/common-oem-files/common-oem-files-0.ebuild
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 EAPI=8
 
 OEMIDS=(
-    qemu
     azure
+    qemu
+    vmware
 )
 
 DESCRIPTION='Common OEM files'
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/common-oem-files/files/vmware/grub.cfg.frag b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/common-oem-files/files/vmware/grub.cfg.frag
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f9e06c2c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/common-oem-files/files/vmware/grub.cfg.frag
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+set linux_append="flatcar.autologin"