diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d9a70b9..aec947d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ Giving `module_openapi` as an input to Ansible.content builder scaffolding tool
 - *collection:path*: Destination folder where the user wants the output of the scaffolding tool to be stored.
 - *collection:namespace*: Ansible collection org name.
 - *collection:name*: Ansible collection name.
+- *collection:requires_ansible*: The Ansible (core) version the collection requires (only used to generate `vmware.vmware_rest`).
 - *plugin:rm_swagger_json*: Swagger JSON/JSON file where OEMs API with all of its REST operations are defined.
 - *plugin:content*: The content that the builder generates (values: cloud/security default: security).
 - *plugin:api_object_path*: API for which resource module needs to be generated by the tool. When *plugin:content* is set to *cloud* this parameter should be set to the path of the schema files.
@@ -218,6 +219,7 @@ collection:
   path: /collections/ansible_collections/vmware/vmware_rest
   namespace: vmware
   name: vmware_rest
+  requires_ansible: 2.14.0
 plugins:
   - type: module_openapi
     name: "vmware_rest"
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/75-vmware_rest-action_groups.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/75-vmware_rest-action_groups.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbe4b5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/75-vmware_rest-action_groups.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - "Add requires_ansible to manifest (https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible.content_builder/pull/76)."
+  - "Generate action_groups for the vmware.vmware_rest collection (https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible.content_builder/issues/75)."
diff --git a/plugins/action/generate_cloud_modules.py b/plugins/action/generate_cloud_modules.py
index f587701..b1298b7 100644
--- a/plugins/action/generate_cloud_modules.py
+++ b/plugins/action/generate_cloud_modules.py
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 )
 # import for amazon.cloud doc generation
 from ansible_collections.ansible.content_builder.plugins.plugin_utils.cloud_utils.generator import generate_documentation
+# import for vmware.vware_rest runtime.yml generation
+from ansible_collections.ansible.content_builder.plugins.plugin_utils.cloud_utils.generator import generate_runtime_yml
 
 
 # vmware specific
@@ -1325,6 +1327,15 @@ def generate_vmware_rest(args: Iterable, role_path: str):
                     role_path=role_path
                 )
                 module_list.append(module.name)
+
+    print("Generating meta/runtime.yml")
+    runtime_yml = generate_runtime_yml(args.get("requires_ansible"), "vmware_rest", module_list)
+    meta_dir = pathlib.Path(args.get("target_dir") + "/meta")
+    meta_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    runtime_file = meta_dir / "runtime.yml"
+    with open(runtime_file, "w") as file:
+        yaml.safe_dump(runtime_yml, file, sort_keys=False)
+
     return
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/plugin_utils/cloud_utils/generator.py b/plugins/plugin_utils/cloud_utils/generator.py
index 08bbda7..6b07ef8 100644
--- a/plugins/plugin_utils/cloud_utils/generator.py
+++ b/plugins/plugin_utils/cloud_utils/generator.py
@@ -268,6 +268,18 @@ def preprocess(self) -> Iterable:
         return sanitized_options
 
 
+def generate_runtime_yml(requires_ansible, collection, module_list):
+    yaml_dict = {
+        "requires_ansible": (">=%s") % requires_ansible,
+        "action_groups": {collection: []},
+    }
+
+    for m in module_list:
+        yaml_dict["action_groups"][collection].append(m)
+
+    return yaml_dict
+
+
 def generate_documentation(
     module: object, added_ins: Dict, next_version: str, target_dir: str
 ) -> Iterable:
@@ -399,4 +411,4 @@ def generate_docs(self, type_name: str):
         # TODO: include version
         response = self.client.describe_type(Type="RESOURCE", TypeName=type_name)
 
-        return response.get("Schema")
\ No newline at end of file
+        return response.get("Schema")
diff --git a/roles/module_openapi_cloud/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/module_openapi_cloud/tasks/main.yaml
index ed3370a..0ccec6d 100644
--- a/roles/module_openapi_cloud/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/module_openapi_cloud/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
       schema_dir: "{{ plugin['api_object_path'] }}"
       modules: "{{ plugin['resource'] }}"
       next_version: "{{ plugin['module_version'] }}"
+      requires_ansible: "{{ collection['requires_ansible'] }}"
   changed_when: false
   when: ( plugin['action'] == 'generate_modules' ) or ( plugin['action'] == 'generate_all' )
 
diff --git a/roles/run/files/schema.json b/roles/run/files/schema.json
index b8bd177..655a0a0 100644
--- a/roles/run/files/schema.json
+++ b/roles/run/files/schema.json
@@ -21,7 +21,22 @@
                 "path",
                 "namespace",
                 "name"
-            ]
+            ],
+            "if": {
+                "properties": {
+                    "name": {
+                        "const": "vmware_rest"
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            "then": {
+                "properties": {
+                    "requires_ansible": {
+                        "type": "string"
+                    }
+                },
+                "required": ["requires_ansible"]
+            }
         },
         "license_file": {
             "type": "string"
diff --git a/tests/cloud/test_generator.py b/tests/cloud/test_generator.py
index f07df4d..a940059 100644
--- a/tests/cloud/test_generator.py
+++ b/tests/cloud/test_generator.py
@@ -69,3 +69,8 @@ def test_generate_documentation():
         Path("tests/cloud/fixtures"),
     )
     assert documentation == expected_content
+
+
+def test_generate_runtime_yml():
+    runtime_yml = g.generate_runtime_yml("1.2.3", "test", ["foo", "bar"])
+    assert runtime_yml == {"requires_ansible": ">=1.2.3", "action_groups": {"test": ["foo", "bar"]}}