diff --git a/src/vmware/vmware_conf.c b/src/vmware/vmware_conf.c
index e00c66c25553aa236f99de8ab5507ce129f1887c..3bb5610d2fea3e72f60b39f1d8447eed08ffbc5a 100644
--- a/src/vmware/vmware_conf.c
+++ b/src/vmware/vmware_conf.c
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
 #include "vmware_conf.h"
 #include "virstring.h"
 
+VIR_ENUM_IMPL(vmwareDriver, VMWARE_DRIVER_LAST,
+              "player",
+              "ws");
+
 /* Free all memory associated with a vmware_driver structure */
 void
 vmwareFreeDriver(struct vmware_driver *driver)
@@ -141,7 +145,7 @@ vmwareLoadDomains(struct vmware_driver *driver)
     ctx.parseFileName = vmwareCopyVMXFileName;
 
     cmd = virCommandNewArgList(VMRUN, "-T",
-                               driver->type == TYPE_PLAYER ? "player" : "ws",
+                               vmwareDriverTypeToString(driver->type),
                                "list", NULL);
     virCommandSetOutputBuffer(cmd, &outbuf);
     if (virCommandRun(cmd, NULL) < 0)
@@ -221,8 +225,9 @@ vmwareExtractVersion(struct vmware_driver *driver)
     int ret = -1;
     virCommandPtr cmd;
     char * outbuf = NULL;
-    const char * bin = (driver->type == TYPE_PLAYER) ? "vmplayer" : "vmware";
-    const char * pattern = (driver->type == TYPE_PLAYER) ?
+    const char * bin = (driver->type == VMWARE_DRIVER_PLAYER) ?
+                 "vmplayer" : "vmware";
+    const char * pattern = (driver->type == VMWARE_DRIVER_PLAYER) ?
                 "VMware Player " : "VMware Workstation ";
 
     cmd = virCommandNewArgList(bin, "-v", NULL);
diff --git a/src/vmware/vmware_conf.h b/src/vmware/vmware_conf.h
index 6666eafaf72660a0b132efc6cb8e911e178e5c14..978f22bb57afe0c38e8fe49b3c492d89d03cd3ea 100644
--- a/src/vmware/vmware_conf.h
+++ b/src/vmware/vmware_conf.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 /* Copyright 2010, diateam (www.diateam.net)
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, Doug Goldstein (cardoe@cardoe.com)
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -30,8 +31,14 @@
 # define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_VMWARE
 # define PROGRAM_SENTINEL ((char *)0x1)
 
-# define TYPE_PLAYER        0
-# define TYPE_WORKSTATION   1
+enum vmwareDriverType {
+    VMWARE_DRIVER_PLAYER      = 0, /* VMware Player */
+    VMWARE_DRIVER_WORKSTATION = 1, /* VMware Workstation */
+
+    VMWARE_DRIVER_LAST,            /* required last item */
+};
+
+VIR_ENUM_DECL(vmwareDriver)
 
 struct vmware_driver {
     virMutex lock;
diff --git a/src/vmware/vmware_driver.c b/src/vmware/vmware_driver.c
index 74591d6f8e73a1c10157fdbe66f4c444c4a59896..9d674b61a37059ba90e4cd45894e1daeb05ae3a7 100644
--- a/src/vmware/vmware_driver.c
+++ b/src/vmware/vmware_driver.c
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
 #include "vmware_driver.h"
 #include "virstring.h"
 
-static const char *vmw_types[] = { "player", "ws" };
-
 static void
 vmwareDriverLock(struct vmware_driver *driver)
 {
@@ -133,7 +131,7 @@ vmwareConnectOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
         goto cleanup;
 
     driver->type = STRNEQ(conn->uri->scheme, "vmwareplayer") ?
-      TYPE_WORKSTATION : TYPE_PLAYER;
+      VMWARE_DRIVER_WORKSTATION : VMWARE_DRIVER_PLAYER;
 
     if (!(driver->domains = virDomainObjListNew()))
         goto cleanup;
@@ -202,7 +200,8 @@ vmwareUpdateVMStatus(struct vmware_driver *driver, virDomainObjPtr vm)
     int newState;
     int ret = -1;
 
-    cmd = virCommandNewArgList(VMRUN, "-T", vmw_types[driver->type],
+    cmd = virCommandNewArgList(VMRUN, "-T",
+                               vmwareDriverTypeToString(driver->type),
                                "list", NULL);
     virCommandSetOutputBuffer(cmd, &outbuf);
     if (virCommandRun(cmd, NULL) < 0)
@@ -256,7 +255,7 @@ vmwareStopVM(struct vmware_driver *driver,
         PROGRAM_SENTINEL, "soft", NULL
     };
 
-    vmwareSetSentinal(cmd, vmw_types[driver->type]);
+    vmwareSetSentinal(cmd, vmwareDriverTypeToString(driver->type));
     vmwareSetSentinal(cmd, ((vmwareDomainPtr) vm->privateData)->vmxPath);
 
     if (virRun(cmd, NULL) < 0) {
@@ -284,7 +283,7 @@ vmwareStartVM(struct vmware_driver *driver, virDomainObjPtr vm)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    vmwareSetSentinal(cmd, vmw_types[driver->type]);
+    vmwareSetSentinal(cmd, vmwareDriverTypeToString(driver->type));
     vmwareSetSentinal(cmd, vmxPath);
     if (!((vmwareDomainPtr) vm->privateData)->gui)
         vmwareSetSentinal(cmd, NOGUI);
@@ -451,7 +450,7 @@ vmwareDomainSuspend(virDomainPtr dom)
     };
     int ret = -1;
 
-    if (driver->type == TYPE_PLAYER) {
+    if (driver->type == VMWARE_DRIVER_PLAYER) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
                        _("vmplayer does not support libvirt suspend/resume"
                          " (vmware pause/unpause) operation "));
@@ -468,7 +467,7 @@ vmwareDomainSuspend(virDomainPtr dom)
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    vmwareSetSentinal(cmd, vmw_types[driver->type]);
+    vmwareSetSentinal(cmd, vmwareDriverTypeToString(driver->type));
     vmwareSetSentinal(cmd, ((vmwareDomainPtr) vm->privateData)->vmxPath);
     if (virDomainObjGetState(vm, NULL) != VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
@@ -500,7 +499,7 @@ vmwareDomainResume(virDomainPtr dom)
     };
     int ret = -1;
 
-    if (driver->type == TYPE_PLAYER) {
+    if (driver->type == VMWARE_DRIVER_PLAYER) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
                        _("vmplayer does not support libvirt suspend/resume "
                          "(vmware pause/unpause) operation "));
@@ -517,7 +516,7 @@ vmwareDomainResume(virDomainPtr dom)
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    vmwareSetSentinal(cmd, vmw_types[driver->type]);
+    vmwareSetSentinal(cmd, vmwareDriverTypeToString(driver->type));
     vmwareSetSentinal(cmd, ((vmwareDomainPtr) vm->privateData)->vmxPath);
     if (virDomainObjGetState(vm, NULL) != VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
@@ -562,7 +561,7 @@ vmwareDomainReboot(virDomainPtr dom, unsigned int flags)
     }
 
     vmxPath = ((vmwareDomainPtr) vm->privateData)->vmxPath;
-    vmwareSetSentinal(cmd, vmw_types[driver->type]);
+    vmwareSetSentinal(cmd, vmwareDriverTypeToString(driver->type));
     vmwareSetSentinal(cmd, vmxPath);
 
     if (vmwareUpdateVMStatus(driver, vm) < 0)