=== modified file 'debian/open-vm-tools.init'
--- debian/open-vm-tools.init	2014-03-07 17:21:03 +0000
+++ debian/open-vm-tools.init	2015-07-01 18:17:20 +0000
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
 		log_end_msg 0
 		;;
 
+    status)
+        status_of_proc -p /var/run/vmtoolsd.pid /usr/bin/vmtoolsd open-vm-tools && exit 0 || exit $?
+        ;;
+
 	force-reload|restart)
 		${0} stop
 		${0} start