diff --git a/nixos/modules/rename.nix b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
index 8820a6da8c0b..5f7b79c616ee 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/rename.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ with lib;
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "statsd" "host" ] [ "services" "statsd" "listenAddress" ])
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "subsonic" "host" ] [ "services" "subsonic" "listenAddress" ])
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "tor" "relay" "portSpec" ] [ "services" "tor" "relay" "port" ])
+    (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "vmwareGuest" ] [ "virtualisation" "vmware" "guest" ])
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "jobs" ] [ "systemd" "services" ])
 
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "gitlab" "stateDir" ] [ "services" "gitlab" "statePath" ])
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/vmware-guest.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/vmware-guest.nix
index 68930a0e3254..b1da387271ca 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/vmware-guest.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/vmware-guest.nix
@@ -3,19 +3,17 @@
 with lib;
 
 let
-  cfg = config.services.vmwareGuest;
+  cfg = config.virtualisation.vmware.guest;
   open-vm-tools = if cfg.headless then pkgs.open-vm-tools-headless else pkgs.open-vm-tools;
   xf86inputvmmouse = pkgs.xorg.xf86inputvmmouse;
 in
 {
-  options = {
-    services.vmwareGuest = {
-      enable = mkEnableOption "VMWare Guest Support";
-      headless = mkOption {
-        type = types.bool;
-        default = false;
-        description = "Whether to disable X11-related features.";
-      };
+  options.virtualisation.vmware.guest = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "VMWare Guest Support";
+    headless = mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      default = false;
+      description = "Whether to disable X11-related features.";
     };
   };
 
@@ -25,6 +23,8 @@ in
       message = "VMWare guest is not currently supported on ${pkgs.stdenv.system}";
     } ];
 
+    boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "vmw_pvscsi" ];
+
     environment.systemPackages = [ open-vm-tools ];
 
     systemd.services.vmware =