diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/README b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/README
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index 0000000000..aff503a9c8
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+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/README
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+When updating the version of open-vm-tools the ebuild version of
+oem-vmware must be updated to match as well. That way the reported "OEM"
+version directly reflects the installed tools.
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vmware/README b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vmware/README
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+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vmware/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The OEM version should match the current version of open-vm-tools.
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vmware/files/cloud-config.yml b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vmware/files/cloud-config.yml
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+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vmware/files/cloud-config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#cloud-config
+
+coreos:
+  units:
+    - name: vmtoolsd.service
+      command: start
+      content: |
+        [Unit]
+        Description=VMware Tools Agent
+        Documentation=http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/
+        ConditionVirtualization=vmware
+
+        [Service]
+        ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/ln -sfT /usr/share/oem/vmware-tools /etc/vmware-tools
+        ExecStart=/usr/share/oem/bin/vmtoolsd
+        TimeoutStopSec=5
+  oem:
+    bug-report-url: "https://github.com/coreos/bugs/issues"
+    id: vmware
+    name: VMWare
+    version-id: "@@OEM_VERSION_ID@@"
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vmware/oem-vmware-9.4.6.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vmware/oem-vmware-9.4.6.ebuild
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index 0000000000..e710b6b8b2
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+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vmware/oem-vmware-9.4.6.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2014 CoreOS, Inc.. All rights reserved.
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=5
+
+DESCRIPTION="OEM suite for VMware"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/coreos/coreos-overlay/tree/master/coreos-base"
+SRC_URI=""
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="amd64"
+IUSE=""
+
+DEPEND="
+	app-emulation/open-vm-tools
+	"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+# no source directory
+S="${WORKDIR}"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	sed -e "s\\@@OEM_VERSION_ID@@\\${PVR}\\g" \
+		"${FILESDIR}"/cloud-config.yml > ${T}/cloud-config.yml || die
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	insinto "/usr/share/oem"
+	doins "${T}/cloud-config.yml"
+}