diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/vmware-guest.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/vmware-guest.nix
index c80181f287b3..5379a481be5b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/vmware-guest.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/vmware-guest.nix
@@ -1,50 +1,62 @@
 { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
 let
+  inherit (lib) getExe' literalExpression mkEnableOption mkIf mkOption mkRenamedOptionModule optionals optionalString types;
   cfg = config.virtualisation.vmware.guest;
-  open-vm-tools = if cfg.headless then pkgs.open-vm-tools-headless else pkgs.open-vm-tools;
   xf86inputvmmouse = pkgs.xorg.xf86inputvmmouse;
 in
 {
   imports = [
-    (lib.mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "vmwareGuest" ] [ "virtualisation" "vmware" "guest" ])
+    (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "vmwareGuest" ] [ "virtualisation" "vmware" "guest" ])
   ];
 
+  meta = {
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.kjeremy ];
+  };
+
   options.virtualisation.vmware.guest = {
-    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "VMWare Guest Support";
-    headless = lib.mkOption {
-      type = lib.types.bool;
+    enable = mkEnableOption "VMWare Guest Support";
+    headless = mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
       default = !config.services.xserver.enable;
-      defaultText = "!config.services.xserver.enable";
+      defaultText = literalExpression "!config.services.xserver.enable";
       description = "Whether to disable X11-related features.";
     };
+
+    package = mkOption {
+      type = types.package;
+      default = if cfg.headless then pkgs.open-vm-tools-headless else pkgs.open-vm-tools;
+      defaultText = literalExpression  "if config.virtualisation.vmware.headless then pkgs.open-vm-tools-headless else pkgs.open-vm-tools;";
+      example = literalExpression "pkgs.open-vm-tools";
+      description = "Package providing open-vm-tools.";
+    };
   };
 
-  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     assertions = [ {
       assertion = pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86 || pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64;
       message = "VMWare guest is not currently supported on ${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}";
     } ];
 
     boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "mptspi" ];
-    boot.initrd.kernelModules = lib.optionals pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86 [ "vmw_pvscsi" ];
+    boot.initrd.kernelModules = optionals pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86 [ "vmw_pvscsi" ];
 
-    environment.systemPackages = [ open-vm-tools ];
+    environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.package ];
 
     systemd.services.vmware =
       { description = "VMWare Guest Service";
         wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
         after = [ "display-manager.service" ];
         unitConfig.ConditionVirtualization = "vmware";
-        serviceConfig.ExecStart = "${open-vm-tools}/bin/vmtoolsd";
+        serviceConfig.ExecStart = getExe' cfg.package "vmtoolsd";
       };
 
     # Mount the vmblock for drag-and-drop and copy-and-paste.
-    systemd.mounts = lib.mkIf (!cfg.headless) [
+    systemd.mounts = mkIf (!cfg.headless) [
       {
         description = "VMware vmblock fuse mount";
         documentation = [ "https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/master/open-vm-tools/vmblock-fuse/design.txt" ];
         unitConfig.ConditionVirtualization = "vmware";
-        what = "${open-vm-tools}/bin/vmware-vmblock-fuse";
+        what = getExe' cfg.package "vmware-vmblock-fuse";
         where = "/run/vmblock-fuse";
         type = "fuse";
         options = "subtype=vmware-vmblock,default_permissions,allow_other";
@@ -52,19 +64,19 @@ in
       }
     ];
 
-    security.wrappers.vmware-user-suid-wrapper = lib.mkIf (!cfg.headless) {
+    security.wrappers.vmware-user-suid-wrapper = mkIf (!cfg.headless) {
         setuid = true;
         owner = "root";
         group = "root";
-        source = "${open-vm-tools}/bin/vmware-user-suid-wrapper";
+        source = getExe' cfg.package "vmware-user-suid-wrapper";
       };
 
-    environment.etc.vmware-tools.source = "${open-vm-tools}/etc/vmware-tools/*";
+    environment.etc.vmware-tools.source = "${cfg.package}/etc/vmware-tools/*";
 
-    services.xserver = lib.mkIf (!cfg.headless) {
-      modules = lib.optionals pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86 [ xf86inputvmmouse ];
+    services.xserver = mkIf (!cfg.headless) {
+      modules = optionals pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86 [ xf86inputvmmouse ];
 
-      config = lib.optionalString (pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86) ''
+      config = optionalString (pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86) ''
           Section "InputClass"
             Identifier "VMMouse"
             MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
@@ -74,10 +86,10 @@ in
         '';
 
       displayManager.sessionCommands = ''
-          ${open-vm-tools}/bin/vmware-user-suid-wrapper
+          ${getExe' cfg.package "vmware-user-suid-wrapper"}
         '';
     };
 
-    services.udev.packages = [ open-vm-tools ];
+    services.udev.packages = [ cfg.package ];
   };
 }