diff --git a/Dockerfile.dapper b/Dockerfile.dapper
index e9b1f01c..fa5ccf99 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dapper
+++ b/Dockerfile.dapper
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ ARG OS_BASE_URL_arm64=https://github.com/rancher/os-base/releases/download/v2018
 ARG SYSTEM_DOCKER_VERSION=17.06-ros4
 ARG SYSTEM_DOCKER_URL_amd64=https://github.com/niusmallnan/os-system-docker/releases/download/${SYSTEM_DOCKER_VERSION}/docker-amd64-${SYSTEM_DOCKER_VERSION}.tgz
 ARG SYSTEM_DOCKER_URL_arm64=https://github.com/niusmallnan/os-system-docker/releases/download/${SYSTEM_DOCKER_VERSION}/docker-arm64-${SYSTEM_DOCKER_VERSION}.tgz
+
 ARG VMWARE_AUTOFORMAT=1
+ARG OPEN_VMTOOLS_VERSION=10.2.5-1
 ######################################################
 
 # Set up environment and export all ARGS as ENV
@@ -125,7 +127,8 @@ ENV BUILD_DOCKER_URL=BUILD_DOCKER_URL_${ARCH} \
     SYSTEM_DOCKER_URL=SYSTEM_DOCKER_URL_${ARCH} \
     SYSTEM_DOCKER_URL_amd64=${SYSTEM_DOCKER_URL_amd64} \
     SYSTEM_DOCKER_URL_arm64=${SYSTEM_DOCKER_URL_arm64} \
-    VMWARE_AUTOFORMAT=${VMWARE_AUTOFORMAT}
+    VMWARE_AUTOFORMAT=${VMWARE_AUTOFORMAT} \
+    OPEN_VMTOOLS_VERSION=${OPEN_VMTOOLS_VERSION}
 ENV PATH=${GOPATH}/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
 
 RUN mkdir -p ${DOWNLOADS}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ca5628b9..7d91bf54 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ rpi64:
 	cd scripts/images/raspberry-pi-hypriot64/ \
 		&& ../../../.dapper
 
-vmware: 
-	INTEGRATION_TESTS=0 ./.dapper vmware-release 
+vmware: .dapper
+	mkdir -p dist
+	INTEGRATION_TESTS=0 ./.dapper vmware-release 2>&1 | tee dist/release.log
 
 help:
 	@./scripts/help
diff --git a/scripts/tar-images b/scripts/tar-images
index d678064a..dd98b8c5 100755
--- a/scripts/tar-images
+++ b/scripts/tar-images
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ for i in $IMAGES; do
 done
 
 if [ -e ".make-vmware" ]; then
-    docker pull rancher/os-openvmtools:10.2.5-1
-    IMAGES="$IMAGES rancher/os-openvmtools:10.2.5-1"
+    docker pull rancher/os-openvmtools:${OPEN_VMTOOLS_VERSION}
+    IMAGES="$IMAGES rancher/os-openvmtools:${OPEN_VMTOOLS_VERSION}"
 fi
 
 echo "tar-images: docker save ${IMAGES} > build/images.tar"
diff --git a/scripts/vmware-release b/scripts/vmware-release
index bafd9cf8..99999917 100755
--- a/scripts/vmware-release
+++ b/scripts/vmware-release
@@ -5,4 +5,16 @@ cd $(dirname $0)/..
 
 touch .make-vmware
 
+source ./scripts/version
 ./scripts/release
+
+ISO_NAME="rancheros-vmware.iso"
+
+mkdir -p /tmp/dist && mv ./dist/* /tmp/dist/
+mkdir -p ./dist/vmware && mv /tmp/dist/* ./dist/vmware/
+mkdir -p ./dist/artifacts && cp ./dist/vmware/artifacts/rancheros.iso ./dist/artifacts/${ISO_NAME}
+
+echo "github-release upload  --user rancher --repo os --tag ${VERSION} --file ./dist/artifacts/${ISO_NAME} --name ${ISO_NAME}" > ./dist/publish.sh
+echo "gsutil cp dist/artifacts/${ISO_NAME} gs://releases.rancher.com/os/latest/${ISO_NAME}" > ./dist/publish_gss_latest.sh
+echo "gsutil cp dist/artifacts/${ISO_NAME} gs://releases.rancher.com/os/${VERSION}/${ISO_NAME}" > ./dist/publish_gss_${VERSION}.sh
+chmod 755 ./dist/*.sh