diff -ru open-vm-tools-10.3.0-8931395.orig/services/plugins/hgfsServer/hgfsPlugin.c open-vm-tools-10.3.0-8931395/services/plugins/hgfsServer/hgfsPlugin.c
--- open-vm-tools-10.3.0-8931395.orig/services/plugins/hgfsServer/hgfsPlugin.c	2018-06-23 03:03:48.000000000 -0700
+++ open-vm-tools-10.3.0-8931395/services/plugins/hgfsServer/hgfsPlugin.c	2018-08-06 11:50:03.917850541 -0700
@@ -1090,6 +1090,13 @@
    }
 
    /*
+    * If not running in a VMware VM, return NULL to disable the plugin.
+    */
+   if (!ctx->isVMware) {
+      return NULL;
+   }
+
+   /*
     * Check for VM is running in a hosted environment and if so initialize
     * the Shared Folders HGFS client redirector.
     */