diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix
index 46d91884fcd3..df9a89293f2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "open-vm-tools";
-  version = "11.0.5";
+  version = "11.1.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "vmware";
     repo   = "open-vm-tools";
     rev    = "stable-${version}";
-    sha256 = "0idh8dqwb1df2di689090k9x1iap35jk3wg8yb1g70byichmscqb";
+    sha256 = "1wyiz8j5b22ajrr1fh9cn55lsgd5g13q0i8wvk2a0yw0vaw1883s";
   };
 
   sourceRoot = "${src.name}/open-vm-tools";
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ fuse glib icu libdnet libmspack openssl pam procps xercesc ]
       ++ lib.optionals withX [ gdk-pixbuf-xlib gtk3 gtkmm3 libX11 libXext libXinerama libXi libXrender libXrandr libXtst ];
 
-  patches = [ 
-    ./recognize_nixos.patch 
+  patches = [
+    ./recognize_nixos.patch
     ./find_gdk_pixbuf_xlib.patch #See https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/pull/438
   ];
 
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
      sed -i 's,etc/vmware-tools,''${prefix}/etc/vmware-tools,' Makefile.am
      sed -i 's,^confdir = ,confdir = ''${prefix},' scripts/Makefile.am
+     sed -i 's,usr/bin,''${prefix}/usr/bin,' scripts/Makefile.am
      sed -i 's,etc/vmware-tools,''${prefix}/etc/vmware-tools,' services/vmtoolsd/Makefile.am
      sed -i 's,$(PAM_PREFIX),''${prefix}/$(PAM_PREFIX),' services/vmtoolsd/Makefile.am
      sed -i 's,$(UDEVRULESDIR),''${prefix}/$(UDEVRULESDIR),' udev/Makefile.am