diff --git a/sysutils/vmware/+POST_INSTALL b/sysutils/vmware/+POST_INSTALL
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bedd9ac75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/vmware/+POST_INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+configctl template reload OPNsense.VMware
+/usr/local/opnsense/scripts/vmware/setup.sh
diff --git a/sysutils/vmware/Makefile b/sysutils/vmware/Makefile
index c82d7b473..a8ee75697 100644
--- a/sysutils/vmware/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/vmware/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PLUGIN_NAME=		vmware
-PLUGIN_VERSION=		1.0
+PLUGIN_VERSION=		1.1
 PLUGIN_DESC=		VMware tools wrapper
 PLUGIN_DEPENDS=		open-vm-tools-nox11
 PLUGIN_MAINTAINER=	franco@opnsense.org
diff --git a/sysutils/vmware/src/opnsense/scripts/vmware/setup.sh b/sysutils/vmware/src/opnsense/scripts/vmware/setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d1002d592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/vmware/src/opnsense/scripts/vmware/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+export vmware_guest_vmblock_enable="YES"
+export vmware_guest_vmhgfs_enable="YES"
+export vmware_guest_vmmemctl_enable="YES"
+export vmware_guest_vmxnet_enable="YES"
+export vmware_guestd_enable="YES"
+
+/usr/local/etc/rc.d/vmware-kmod start
+/usr/local/etc/rc.d/vmware-guestd start
diff --git a/sysutils/vmware/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/VMware/rc.conf.d b/sysutils/vmware/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/VMware/rc.conf.d
index e1feca9c2..4350c6aa5 100644
--- a/sysutils/vmware/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/VMware/rc.conf.d
+++ b/sysutils/vmware/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/VMware/rc.conf.d
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
-vmware_guest_vmblock_enable="YES"
-vmware_guest_vmhgfs_enable="YES"
-vmware_guest_vmmemctl_enable="YES"
-vmware_guest_vmxnet_enable="YES"
-vmware_guestd_enable="YES"
+# rc vars for open-vm-tools are dynamic, so launch the launcher
+/usr/local/opnsense/scripts/vmware/setup.sh