diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1751-autoselect_datastore-also-use-NFS-mounts.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1751-autoselect_datastore-also-use-NFS-mounts.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21bd754af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1751-autoselect_datastore-also-use-NFS-mounts.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - autoselect_datastore - add support to also look at NFS mounted filesystems (previously was just VMFS)
diff --git a/plugins/modules/vmware_guest.py b/plugins/modules/vmware_guest.py
index 16dcb301c..51e4aba1f 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/vmware_guest.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/vmware_guest.py
@@ -2739,13 +2739,13 @@ def select_datastore(self, vm_obj=None):
 
                     for host in cluster.host:
                         for mi in host.configManager.storageSystem.fileSystemVolumeInfo.mountInfo:
-                            if mi.volume.type == "VMFS":
+                            if mi.volume.type == "VMFS" or mi.volume.type == "NFS":
                                 datastores.append(self.cache.find_obj(self.content, [vim.Datastore], mi.volume.name))
                 elif self.params['esxi_hostname']:
                     host = self.find_hostsystem_by_name(self.params['esxi_hostname'])
 
                     for mi in host.configManager.storageSystem.fileSystemVolumeInfo.mountInfo:
-                        if mi.volume.type == "VMFS":
+                        if mi.volume.type == "VMFS" or mi.volume.type == "NFS":
                             datastores.append(self.cache.find_obj(self.content, [vim.Datastore], mi.volume.name))
                 else:
                     datastores = self.cache.get_all_objs(self.content, [vim.Datastore])