diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/misc-files/files/oems/vmware b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/misc-files/files/oems/vmware
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f4f7b7777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/misc-files/files/oems/vmware
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/vmtoolsd.service
+/etc/systemd/system/vmtoolsd.service
+/etc/vmware-tools
+/oem/base/
+/oem/bin/
+/oem/include/
+/oem/lib64/
+/oem/units/
+/oem/vmware-tools/