diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/vmware-guest.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/vmware-guest.nix
index ac2415a22b52..b9a4f3b11dc1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/vmware-guest.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/vmware-guest.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ in
         serviceConfig.ExecStart = "${open-vm-tools}/bin/vmtoolsd";
       };
 
+    environment.etc."vmware-tools".source = "${pkgs.open-vm-tools}/etc/vmware-tools/*";
+
     services.xserver = {
       videoDrivers = mkOverride 50 [ "vmware" ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix
index 04ebc63be69e..f5e0441ea6c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper, autoreconfHook,
   libmspack, openssl, pam, xercesc, icu, libdnet, procps,
   xlibsWrapper, libXinerama, libXi, libXrender, libXrandr, libXtst,
-  pkgconfig, glib, gtk, gtkmm }:
+  pkgconfig, glib, gtk, gtkmm, iproute, dbus, systemd }:
 
 let
   majorVersion = "10.0";
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags = "--without-kernel-modules --without-xmlsecurity";
 
+  postInstall = ''
+	sed -i 's,which ,command -v ,' "$out/etc/vmware-tools/scripts/vmware/network"
+	wrapProgram "$out/etc/vmware-tools/scripts/vmware/network" \
+		--prefix PATH ':' "${iproute}/bin" \
+		--prefix PATH ':' "${dbus}/bin" \
+		--prefix PATH ':' "${systemd}/bin"
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools";
     description = "Set of tools for VMWare guests to improve host-guest interaction";