diff --git a/utils/open-vm-tools/Makefile b/utils/open-vm-tools/Makefile
index 1ec7d2d9b9..cb3f914937 100644
--- a/utils/open-vm-tools/Makefile
+++ b/utils/open-vm-tools/Makefile
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=open-vm-tools
-PKG_VERSION:=11.0.1
+PKG_VERSION:=11.0.5
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-14773994.tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-15389592.tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/download/stable-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_HASH:=8a707df98b6eb40195d7deaf09def5ef03c19c83ca418f8bf23c18405ebf2981
-PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-14773994
+PKG_HASH:=fc5ed2d752af33775250e0f103d622c0031d578f8394511617d2619b124dfc42
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-15389592
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=glib2/host
diff --git a/utils/open-vm-tools/patches/0005-Use-configure-to-test-for-feature-instead-of-platfor.patch b/utils/open-vm-tools/patches/0005-Use-configure-to-test-for-feature-instead-of-platfor.patch
index 6dbbb4e372..b9c1d0849e 100644
--- a/utils/open-vm-tools/patches/0005-Use-configure-to-test-for-feature-instead-of-platfor.patch
+++ b/utils/open-vm-tools/patches/0005-Use-configure-to-test-for-feature-instead-of-platfor.patch
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ diff -urN a/lib/misc/idLinux.c b/lib/misc/idLinux.c
 diff -urN a/lib/nicInfo/nicInfoPosix.c b/lib/nicInfo/nicInfoPosix.c
 --- a/lib/nicInfo/nicInfoPosix.c
 +++ b/lib/nicInfo/nicInfoPosix.c
-@@ -34,9 +34,13 @@
- #include <sys/socket.h>
+@@ -35,9 +35,13 @@
  #include <sys/stat.h>
  #include <errno.h>
+ #include <limits.h>
 -#if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__APPLE__)
 +#if HAVE_SYS_SYSCTL_H
  # include <sys/sysctl.h>
diff --git a/utils/open-vm-tools/patches/0014-resolve-musl-does-not-implement-res_ninit.patch b/utils/open-vm-tools/patches/0014-resolve-musl-does-not-implement-res_ninit.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51159726f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/open-vm-tools/patches/0014-resolve-musl-does-not-implement-res_ninit.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+diff -urNp a/lib/nicInfo/nicInfoPosix.c b/lib/nicInfo/nicInfoPosix.c
+--- a/lib/nicInfo/nicInfoPosix.c
++++ b/lib/nicInfo/nicInfoPosix.c
+@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@
+ #include <netinet/in.h>
+ #include <arpa/nameser.h>
+ #include <resolv.h>
++#if defined(__linux__) && !defined(__GLIBC__)
++#include "resolv_compat.h"
++#endif
+ 
+ #ifdef __linux__
+ #   include <net/if.h>
+diff -urNp a/lib/nicInfo/resolv_compat.h b/lib/nicInfo/resolv_compat.h
+--- a/lib/nicInfo/resolv_compat.h
++++ b/lib/nicInfo/resolv_compat.h
+@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
++#if !defined(__GLIBC__)
++/***************************************************************************
++ * resolv_compat.h
++ *
++ * Mimick GLIBC's res_ninit() and res_nclose() for musl libc
++ * Note: res_init() is actually deprecated according to
++ * http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E36784_01/html/E36875/res-nclose-3resolv.html
++ **************************************************************************/
++#include <string.h>
++
++static inline int res_ninit(res_state statp)
++{
++	int rc = res_init();
++	if (statp != &_res) {
++		memcpy(statp, &_res, sizeof(*statp));
++	}
++	return rc;
++}
++
++static inline int res_nclose(res_state statp)
++{
++	if (!statp)
++		return -1;
++	if (statp != &_res) {
++		memset(statp, 0, sizeof(*statp));
++	}
++	return 0;
++}
++#endif