diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/56021-vmware_guest_disk-use_instance_uuid.yml b/changelogs/fragments/56021-vmware_guest_disk-use_instance_uuid.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..86414b3f404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/56021-vmware_guest_disk-use_instance_uuid.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+- vmware_guest_disk module supports use_instance_uuid parameter since Ansible 2.8 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56021).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/vmware.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/vmware.py
index 9d5b08239e9..4a7eb62cdc2 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/vmware.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/vmware.py
@@ -880,10 +880,10 @@ class PyVmomi(object):
         """
         vm_obj = None
         user_desired_path = None
-
-        if self.params['uuid'] and not self.params['use_instance_uuid']:
+        use_instance_uuid = self.params.get('use_instance_uuid') or False
+        if self.params['uuid'] and not use_instance_uuid:
             vm_obj = find_vm_by_id(self.content, vm_id=self.params['uuid'], vm_id_type="uuid")
-        elif self.params['uuid'] and self.params['use_instance_uuid']:
+        elif self.params['uuid'] and use_instance_uuid:
             vm_obj = find_vm_by_id(self.content,
                                    vm_id=self.params['uuid'],
                                    vm_id_type="instance_uuid")
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest_disk.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest_disk.py
index 9a7956d0b3e..ace0da27840 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest_disk.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest_disk.py
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ options:
      description:
      - The datacenter name to which virtual machine belongs to.
      required: True
+   use_instance_uuid:
+     description:
+     - Whether to use the VMWare instance UUID rather than the BIOS UUID.
+     default: no
+     type: bool
+     version_added: '2.8'
    disk:
      description:
      - A list of disks to add.
@@ -630,6 +636,7 @@ def main():
         folder=dict(type='str'),
         datacenter=dict(type='str', required=True),
         disk=dict(type='list', default=[]),
+        use_instance_uuid=dict(type='bool', default=False),
     )
     module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec=argument_spec,
                            required_one_of=[['name', 'uuid']])