diff -bur qemu-2.8.0-orig/block/vmdk.c qemu-2.8.0/block/vmdk.c
--- qemu-2.8.0-orig/block/vmdk.c	2016-12-20 21:16:43.000000000 +0100
+++ qemu-2.8.0/block/vmdk.c	2017-03-31 16:54:45.839124664 +0200
@@ -1857,6 +1857,8 @@
     char *adapter_type = NULL;
     char *backing_file = NULL;
     char *hw_version = NULL;
+    char *tools_version = NULL;
+    char *tools_version_header = NULL;
     char *fmt = NULL;
     int ret = 0;
     bool flat, split, compress;
@@ -1889,10 +1891,13 @@
         "#DDB\n"
         "\n"
         "ddb.virtualHWVersion = \"%s\"\n"
+        "%s"
         "ddb.geometry.cylinders = \"%" PRId64 "\"\n"
         "ddb.geometry.heads = \"%" PRIu32 "\"\n"
         "ddb.geometry.sectors = \"63\"\n"
         "ddb.adapterType = \"%s\"\n";
+    const char tools_version_template[] =
+        "ddb.toolsVersion = \"%s\"\n";
 
     ext_desc_lines = g_string_new(NULL);
 
@@ -1920,6 +1925,14 @@
         g_free(hw_version);
         hw_version = g_strdup("4");
     }
+    tools_version = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_TOOLSVERSION);
+    if (strcmp(tools_version, "undefined") == 0) {
+        tools_version_header = g_strdup("");
+    } else {
+        tools_version_header = g_strdup_printf(tools_version_template,
+                           tools_version);
+    }
+    g_free(tools_version);
     fmt = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT);
     if (qemu_opt_get_bool_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_ZEROED_GRAIN, false)) {
         zeroed_grain = true;
@@ -2041,11 +2054,13 @@
                            parent_desc_line,
                            ext_desc_lines->str,
                            hw_version,
+                           tools_version_header,
                            total_size /
                                (int64_t)(63 * number_heads * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE),
                            number_heads,
                            adapter_type);
     desc_len = strlen(desc);
+    g_free(tools_version_header);
     /* the descriptor offset = 0x200 */
     if (!split && !flat) {
         desc_offset = 0x200;
@@ -2323,6 +2338,12 @@
             .def_value_str = "undefined"
         },
         {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_TOOLSVERSION,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "VMWare Tools version",
+            .def_value_str = "undefined"
+        },
+        {
             .name = BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT,
             .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
             .help =
diff -bur qemu-2.8.0-orig/include/block/block_int.h qemu-2.8.0/include/block/block_int.h
--- qemu-2.8.0-orig/include/block/block_int.h	2016-12-20 21:16:47.000000000 +0100
+++ qemu-2.8.0/include/block/block_int.h	2017-03-31 16:53:03.191125207 +0200
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #define BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT           "encryption"
 #define BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT6           "compat6"
 #define BLOCK_OPT_HWVERSION         "hwversion"
+#define BLOCK_OPT_TOOLSVERSION      "vmtoolsversion"
 #define BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE      "backing_file"
 #define BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT       "backing_fmt"
 #define BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE      "cluster_size"