diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a4a6cc797b..2fc35b3a96 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -97,12 +97,10 @@ dnl
 dnl Virtualization drivers check
 dnl
 
-LIBVIRT_DRIVER_ARG_VMWARE
 LIBVIRT_DRIVER_ARG_VZ
 LIBVIRT_DRIVER_ARG_NETWORK
 LIBVIRT_DRIVER_ARG_INTERFACE
 
-LIBVIRT_DRIVER_CHECK_VMWARE
 LIBVIRT_DRIVER_CHECK_VZ
 LIBVIRT_DRIVER_CHECK_NETWORK
 LIBVIRT_DRIVER_CHECK_INTERFACE
@@ -297,7 +295,6 @@ AC_MSG_NOTICE([=====================])
 AC_MSG_NOTICE([])
 AC_MSG_NOTICE([Drivers])
 AC_MSG_NOTICE([])
-LIBVIRT_DRIVER_RESULT_VMWARE
 LIBVIRT_DRIVER_RESULT_VZ
 LIBVIRT_DRIVER_RESULT_NETWORK
 LIBVIRT_DRIVER_RESULT_INTERFACE
diff --git a/m4/virt-driver-vmware.m4 b/m4/virt-driver-vmware.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index 06504eb386..0000000000
--- a/m4/virt-driver-vmware.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-dnl The VMware driver check
-dnl
-dnl Copyright (C) 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
-dnl
-dnl This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-dnl modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-dnl License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-dnl version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-dnl
-dnl This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-dnl but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-dnl MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-dnl Lesser General Public License for more details.
-dnl
-dnl You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-dnl License along with this library.  If not, see
-dnl <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-dnl
-
-AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_DRIVER_ARG_VMWARE], [
-  LIBVIRT_ARG_WITH_FEATURE([VMWARE], [VMware], [yes])
-])
-
-AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_DRIVER_CHECK_VMWARE], [
-  if test "$with_vmware" = "yes"; then
-    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([WITH_VMWARE], 1, [whether VMware driver is enabled])
-  fi
-  AM_CONDITIONAL([WITH_VMWARE], [test "$with_vmware" = "yes"])
-])
-
-AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_DRIVER_RESULT_VMWARE], [
-  LIBVIRT_RESULT([VMware], [$with_vmware])
-])
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ebd94b97d6..588610c380 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1831,6 +1831,11 @@ if not get_option('driver_vbox').disabled() and conf.has('WITH_LIBVIRTD')
   conf.set_quoted('VBOX_XPCOMC_DIR', get_option('vbox_xpcomc_dir'))
 endif
 
+if get_option('driver_vmware').enabled()
+  conf.set('WITH_VMWARE', 1)
+  conf.set('WITH_VMX', 1)
+endif
+
 
 # define top include directory
 
@@ -1853,6 +1858,7 @@ configure_file(output: 'meson-config.h', configuration: conf)
 driver_summary = {
   'QEMU': conf.has('WITH_QEMU'),
   'OpenVZ': conf.has('WITH_OPENVZ'),
+  'VMware': conf.has('WITH_VMWARE'),
   'VBox': conf.has('WITH_VBOX'),
   'libxl': conf.has('WITH_LIBXL'),
   'LXC': conf.has('WITH_LXC'),
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 007186eae3..1f7c7a5395 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -63,3 +63,4 @@ option('remote_default_mode', type: 'combo', choices: ['legacy', 'direct'], valu
 option('driver_test', type: 'feature', value: 'enabled', description: 'test driver')
 option('driver_vbox', type: 'feature', value: 'enabled', description: 'VirtualBox XPCOMC driver')
 option('vbox_xpcomc_dir', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'Location of directory containing VirtualBox XPCOMC library')
+option('driver_vmware', type: 'feature', value: 'enabled', description: 'VMware driver')