diff -Nru open-vm-tools-10.3.5/debian/changelog open-vm-tools-10.3.5/debian/changelog
--- open-vm-tools-10.3.5/debian/changelog	2019-03-04 20:02:52.000000000 +0100
+++ open-vm-tools-10.3.5/debian/changelog	2019-03-12 08:31:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+open-vm-tools (2:10.3.5-7ubuntu1) disco; urgency=medium
+
+  * Added Modaliases to open-vm-tools-desktop to auto-discover and
+    auto-install the driver on Ubuntu via ubuntu-drivers. The driver is then
+    installed at installation time and available on first boot for an improved
+    user experience (LP: #1819207)
+
+ -- Jean-Baptiste Lallement <jean-baptiste.lallement@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 12 Mar 2019 08:31:03 +0100
+
 open-vm-tools (2:10.3.5-7) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Christian Ehrhardt ]
diff -Nru open-vm-tools-10.3.5/debian/control open-vm-tools-10.3.5/debian/control
--- open-vm-tools-10.3.5/debian/control	2019-03-04 20:02:52.000000000 +0100
+++ open-vm-tools-10.3.5/debian/control	2019-03-12 08:31:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 Source: open-vm-tools
 Section: admin
 Priority: extra
-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz <bzed@debian.org>
+Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
+XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz <bzed@debian.org>
 Build-Depends:
  debhelper (>= 11~), autotools-dev, doxygen, libcunit1-dev,
  libdumbnet-dev, libfuse-dev, libgtkmm-3.0-dev, libgtk-3-dev,
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
  xauth, xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse,
  xserver-xorg-video-vmware
 Suggests: xdg-utils
+XB-Modaliases: ${modaliases}
 Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (GUI)
  The Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools) project is an open source
  implementation of VMware Tools. It is a suite of virtualization utilities and
diff -Nru open-vm-tools-10.3.5/debian/rules open-vm-tools-10.3.5/debian/rules
--- open-vm-tools-10.3.5/debian/rules	2019-03-04 20:02:52.000000000 +0100
+++ open-vm-tools-10.3.5/debian/rules	2019-03-12 08:30:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 DEBHELPER_VERSION = $(strip $(shell dpkg-query -f '$${Version}' -W debhelper))
 DEBHELPER_SYSTEMD_OK = $(strip $(shell dpkg --compare-versions $(DEBHELPER_VERSION) ge 10.9.1~; echo $$?))
 
+ifeq ($(shell dpkg-vendor --derives-from Ubuntu && echo yes),yes)
+	VENDOR := UBUNTU
+else
+	VENDOR := DEBIAN
+endif
+
 %:
 	dh ${@} --sourcedirectory=open-vm-tools
 
@@ -71,6 +77,13 @@
 	mkdir -p debian/open-vm-tools-desktop/lib/systemd/system/open-vm-tools.service.d
 	cp debian/desktop.conf debian/open-vm-tools-desktop/lib/systemd/system/open-vm-tools.service.d/
 
+override_dh_gencontrol:
+	if [ "${VENDOR}" = "UBUNTU" ]; \
+	then \
+		dh_gencontrol -- -Vmodaliases="vmwgfx(pci:v000015ADd00000405sv*sd*bc*sc*i*)"; \
+	else \
+		dh_gencontrol; \
+	fi
 override_dh_builddeb:
 	dh_builddeb -- -Zxz