diff --git a/srcpkgs/open-vm-tools/patches/0020-configure-kernelver.patch b/srcpkgs/open-vm-tools/patches/0020-configure-kernelver.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..44416a9bc61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/open-vm-tools/patches/0020-configure-kernelver.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+reason: drop localversion in x.y.z_LOCALVERSION, else later numeric comparisons
+on `micro_version` fail.
+upstream: no
+
+--- open-vm-tools/configure.ac
++++ open-vm-tools/configure.ac
+@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
+ 	    [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-kernel-release],
+ 		[specifies the kernel release you want to build against])],
+ 	    [KERNEL_RELEASE="$withval"],
+-	    [KERNEL_RELEASE=`uname -r`])
++	    [KERNEL_RELEASE=`uname -r | sed -e 's/_.*//'`])
+ 
+ AC_ARG_WITH([linuxdir],
+ 	    [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-linuxdir],
diff --git a/srcpkgs/open-vm-tools/template b/srcpkgs/open-vm-tools/template
index ffecab65967..98267b94d82 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/open-vm-tools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/open-vm-tools/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'open-vm-tools'
 pkgname=open-vm-tools
-version=11.1.0
+version=11.1.5
 revision=1
 archs="x86_64* i686*"
 wrksrc="open-vm-tools-stable-${version}"
@@ -19,13 +19,11 @@ license="GPL-2.0-only, LGPL-2.1-only"
 homepage="https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools"
 changelog="https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/master/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog"
 distfiles="https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/archive/stable-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=5930448c65cf298e3dded2a3670750f4affaf3a631500a1774eeb4cfe0a32b80
+checksum=0bbc20d725cb2e15db5bd5e6a9cbab7fc98c2e3208f19a233a2308468cb2dc04
 
 build_options="pam x11"
 build_options_default="pam x11"
 
-CFLAGS="-fcommon"
-
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
 	configure_args+=" --disable-glibc-check"
 fi