diff --git a/reactos/boot/bootdata/unattend.inf.sample b/reactos/boot/bootdata/unattend.inf.sample
index b60174e900c..073ebf601f2 100644
--- a/reactos/boot/bootdata/unattend.inf.sample
+++ b/reactos/boot/bootdata/unattend.inf.sample
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ TimeZoneIndex=85
 ; DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet = 1
 
 ; enable this setting to format the selected partition
+; 1 - format enabled
+; 0 - format disabled
 FormatPartition=1
 
 ; enable this section to automatically launch programs
@@ -38,3 +40,8 @@ FormatPartition=1
 ;
 ; [GuiRunOnce]
 ; %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe
+
+; enable this setting to disable vmware driver install
+; yes - disabled
+; no  - enabled
+DisableVmwInst = yes
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/syssetup/globals.h b/reactos/dll/win32/syssetup/globals.h
index 67d2700ece6..eb5acec46d0 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/syssetup/globals.h
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/syssetup/globals.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ typedef struct _SETUPDATA
   TCHAR ComputerName[MAX_COMPUTERNAME_LENGTH + 1];	/* max. 63 characters */
   TCHAR AdminPassword[15];				/* max. 14 characters */
   BOOL  UnattendSetup;
+  BOOL  DisableVmwInst;
 
   SYSTEMTIME SystemTime;
   PTIMEZONE_ENTRY TimeZoneListHead;
diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/syssetup/wizard.c b/reactos/dll/win32/syssetup/wizard.c
index 3eaeb6708fa..9c7acc21746 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/syssetup/wizard.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/syssetup/wizard.c
@@ -1784,7 +1784,8 @@ ProcessPageDlgProc(HWND hwndDlg,
           if (wParam)
             {
 #ifdef VMWINST
-              RunVMWInstall(GetParent(hwndDlg));
+              if(!SetupData->UnattendSetup && !SetupData->DisableVmwInst)
+                RunVMWInstall(GetParent(hwndDlg));
 #endif
 
               /* Enable the Back and Next buttons */
@@ -2003,6 +2004,11 @@ ProcessUnattendInf(HINF hUnattendedInf)
       {
         SetupData.DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet = _ttoi(szValue);
       }
+    else if (_tcscmp(szName, _T("DisableVmwInst")))
+      {
+        if(_tcscmp(szValue, _T("yes"))) SetupData.DisableVmwInst = 1;
+        else SetupData.DisableVmwInst = 0;
+      }
   }
   while (SetupFindNextLine(&InfContext, &InfContext));