diff -Nru ubuntu-drivers-common-0.6.2/debian/changelog ubuntu-drivers-common-0.6.3/debian/changelog
--- ubuntu-drivers-common-0.6.2/debian/changelog	2019-03-06 15:18:26.000000000 +0100
+++ ubuntu-drivers-common-0.6.3/debian/changelog	2019-03-11 09:38:50.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+ubuntu-drivers-common (1:0.6.3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Whitelist open-vm-tools* to auto-install the drivers on VMware guest
+    (LP: #1819207)
+
+ -- Jean-Baptiste Lallement <jean-baptiste.lallement@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 11 Mar 2019 09:38:50 +0100
+
 ubuntu-drivers-common (1:0.6.2) disco; urgency=medium
 
   * UbuntuDrivers/detect.py,
diff -Nru ubuntu-drivers-common-0.6.2/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py ubuntu-drivers-common-0.6.3/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py
--- ubuntu-drivers-common-0.6.2/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py	2019-03-06 15:18:18.000000000 +0100
+++ ubuntu-drivers-common-0.6.3/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py	2019-03-11 09:38:30.000000000 +0100
@@ -561,7 +561,8 @@
     KMS).
     '''
     # any package which matches any of those globs will be accepted
-    whitelist = ['bcmwl*', 'pvr-omap*', 'virtualbox-guest*', 'nvidia-*']
+    whitelist = ['bcmwl*', 'pvr-omap*', 'virtualbox-guest*', 'nvidia-*',
+                 'open-vm-tools*']
     allow = []
     for pattern in whitelist:
         allow.extend(fnmatch.filter(packages, pattern))