diff --git a/awx/main/models/inventory.py b/awx/main/models/inventory.py
index e70514fe71..dc0b8f6797 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/inventory.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/inventory.py
@@ -2226,7 +2226,8 @@ class gce(PluginFileInjector):
 
 
 class vmware(PluginFileInjector):
-    # plugin_name = 'vmware_vm_inventory'  # FIXME: implement me
+    plugin_name = 'vmware_vm_inventory'  # FIXME: implement me
+    initial_version = '2.10'  # Only tested with collection version, TODO: test 2.9 as candidate
     ini_env_reference = 'VMWARE_INI_PATH'
     base_injector = 'managed'
     namespace = 'community'
@@ -2236,6 +2237,227 @@ class vmware(PluginFileInjector):
     def script_name(self):
         return 'vmware_inventory.py'  # exception
 
+
+    def inventory_as_dict(self, inventory_update, private_data_dir):
+        ret = super(vmware, self).inventory_as_dict(inventory_update, private_data_dir)
+        ret['properties'] = [
+            "name",
+            "config.cpuHotAddEnabled",
+            "config.cpuHotRemoveEnabled",
+            "config.instanceUuid",
+            "config.hardware.numCPU",
+            "config.template",
+            "config.name",
+            "guest.hostName",
+            "guest.ipAddress",
+            "guest.guestId",
+            "guest.guestState",
+            "runtime.maxMemoryUsage",
+            "customValue",
+            # not in the defaults
+            "vpmcsupported",
+            "vpmcenabled",
+            "vmxconfigchecksum",
+            "vmstorageobjectid",
+            "vmnpivwwnupdatesupported",
+            "vmnpivwwnsupported",
+            "vmnpivwwndisablesupported",
+            "vmfsnativesnapshotsupported",
+            "vm",
+            "virtualmmuusagesupported",
+            "virtualmmuusageignored",
+            "virtualexecusageignored",
+            "vflashcachereservation",
+            "vflashcacheallocation",
+            "version",
+            "vassertsenabled",
+            "vappconfig",
+            "value",
+            "uuid",
+            'triggeredalarmstate',
+            'toolsversionstatus2',
+            'toolsversionstatus',
+            'toolsversion',
+            'toolsupdatestatus',
+            'toolssynctimesupported',
+            'toolsstatus',
+            'toolsrunningstatus',
+            'toolsrebootpredictsupported',
+            'toolsinstalltype',
+            'toolsinstallermounted',
+            'toolsautoupdatesupported',
+            'tools',
+            'timestamp',
+            'template',
+            'tag',
+            'swapstorageobjectid',
+            'swapplacementsupported',
+            'swapplacement',
+            'suspendtime',
+            'suspendinterval',
+            'summary',  # vim.vm.Summary
+            'storage',  # vim.vm.StorageInfo
+            'snapshotoperationssupported',
+            'snapshotinbackground',
+            'snapshotconfigsupported',
+            'snapshot',
+            'settingvideoramsizesupported',
+            'settingscreenresolutionsupported',
+            'settingdisplaytopologysupported',
+            'settingdisplaytopologymodessupported',
+            'sesparsedisksupported',
+            'securebootsupported',
+            'screen',
+            'scheduledhardwareupgradeinfo',
+            's1acpimanagementsupported',
+            'runtime',  # vim.vm.RuntimeInfo
+            'rootsnapshot',
+            'reverttosnapshotsupported',
+            'resourcepool',
+            'repconfig',
+            'recordreplaysupported',
+            'recordreplaystate',
+            'recenttask',
+            'quiescedsnapshotssupported',
+            'quiescedforkparent',
+            'quickstats',
+            'question',
+            'powerstate',
+            'powerpolicy',
+            'poweredonmonitortypechangesupported',
+            'poweredoffsnapshotssupported',
+            'pervmevcsupported',
+            'permission',
+            'perdatastoreusage',
+            'paused',
+            'parentvapp',
+            'overallstatus',
+            'onlinestandby',
+            'offlinefeaturerequirement',
+            'nummksconnections',
+            'npivwwnonnonrdmvmsupported',
+            'npivworldwidenametype',
+            'npivtemporarydisabled',
+            'npivportworldwidename',
+            'npivonnonrdmdisks',
+            'npivnodeworldwidename',
+            'npivdesiredportwwns',
+            'npivdesirednodewwns',
+            'networkshaper',
+            'network',  # vim.dvs.DistributedVirtualPortgroup
+            'net',
+            'nestedhvsupported',
+            'nestedhvenabled',
+            'needsecondaryreason',
+            'name',
+            'multiplesnapshotssupported',
+            'multiplecorespersocketsupported',
+            'modified',
+            'minrequiredevcmodekey',
+            'migrateencryption',
+            'messagebustunnelenabled',
+            'messagebussupported',
+            'memorysnapshotssupported',
+            'memoryreservationlocksupported',
+            'memoryreservationlockedtomax',
+            'memoryoverhead',
+            'memoryhotaddenabled',
+            'memoryallocation',
+            'memoryaffinity',
+            'maxmksconnections',
+            'maxmemoryusage',
+            'maxcpuusage',
+            'managedby',
+            'locksnapshotssupported',
+            'locationid',
+            'layoutex',
+            'layout',
+            'latencysensitivity',
+            'keyid',
+            'ipstack',
+            'ipaddress',
+            'interactiveguestoperationsready',
+            'instantclonefrozen',
+            'instanceuuid',
+            'initialoverhead',
+            'hotplugmemorylimit',
+            'hotplugmemoryincrementsize',
+            'hostname',
+            'hostbasedreplicationsupported',
+            'host',
+            'hardware',
+            'gueststatechangesupported',
+            'gueststate',
+            'guestoperationsready',
+            'guestkernelcrashed',
+            'guestintegrityinfo',
+            'guestid',
+            'guestheartbeatstatus',
+            'guestfullname',
+            'guestfamily',
+            'guestautolocksupported',
+            'guestautolockenabled',
+            'guest',  # Object of type 'vim.vm.GuestInfo' is not JSON serializable
+            'generationinfo',
+            'ftinfo',
+            'forkconfiginfo',
+            'flags',
+            'firmware',
+            'files',
+            'featurerequirementsupported',
+            'featurerequirement',
+            'featuremask',
+            'faulttolerancestate',
+            'extraconfig',
+            'effectiverole',
+            'dynamictype',
+            'dynamicproperty',
+            'disksharessupported',
+            'diskonlysnapshotonsuspendedvmsupported',
+            'disk',
+            'disablesnapshotssupported',
+            'device',
+            'defaultpowerops',
+            'datastoreurl',
+            'datastore',  # some kind of datastore object
+            'dasvmprotection',  # Object of type 'vim.Datastore' is not JSON serializable
+            'customvalue',
+            'cryptostate',
+            'createdate',
+            'cpuhotremoveenabled',
+            'cpuhotaddenabled',
+            'cpufeaturemasksupported',
+            'cpufeaturemask',
+            'cpuallocation',
+            'cpuaffinity',
+            'runtime.consolidationneeded',
+            'consolepreferencessupported',
+            'consolepreferences',
+            'connectionstate',
+            'configstatus',
+            'configissue',
+            'config',  # Object of type 'vim.vm.ConfigInfo' is not JSON serializable
+            'cleanpoweroff',
+            'changeversion',
+            'changetrackingsupported',
+            'changetrackingenabled',
+            'capability',  # non-python object, bug
+            'canconnectusbdevices',
+            'boottime',
+            'bootretryoptionssupported',
+            'bootoptionssupported',
+            'bootoptions',
+            'availablefield',
+            'appstate',
+            'appheartbeatstatus',
+            'ansible_uuid',
+            'ansible_ssh_host',
+            'ansible_host',
+            'annotation',
+            'alternateguestname'
+        ]
+        return ret
+
     def build_script_private_data(self, inventory_update, private_data_dir):
         cp = configparser.RawConfigParser()
         credential = inventory_update.get_cloud_credential()
diff --git a/requirements/collections_requirements.yml b/requirements/collections_requirements.yml
index e6f61311d5..4fe18f8a33 100644
--- a/requirements/collections_requirements.yml
+++ b/requirements/collections_requirements.yml
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ collections:
   - name: theforeman.foreman  # needs inventory plugin published
   - name: google.cloud  # https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible_collections_google/pull/167
   # - name: openstack.cloud  # needs to be published
-  # - name: community.vmware  # not published
+  - name: community.vmware  # needs patch https://github.com/ansible-collections/vmware/pull/58
   - name: ovirt.ovirt_collection  # new fix published