diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index f9d56f8301d5..4115a30cacb1 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -3098,7 +3098,7 @@ public int compare(final DiskTO arg0, final DiskTO arg1) {
                     disk.setBusType(DiskDef.DiskBus.SCSI);
                 }
             } else {
-                if (diskBusType == DiskDef.DiskBus.SCSI ) {
+                if (diskBusType == DiskDef.DiskBus.SCSI || diskBusType == DiskDef.DiskBus.VIRTIOBLK) {
                     disk.setQemuDriver(true);
                     disk.setDiscard(DiscardType.UNMAP);
                 }
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
index ec9409420826..4bb1e6d79da1 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ public String toString() {
         }
 
         public enum DiskBus {
-            IDE("ide"), SCSI("scsi"), VIRTIO("virtio"), XEN("xen"), USB("usb"), UML("uml"), FDC("fdc"), SATA("sata");
+            IDE("ide"), SCSI("scsi"), VIRTIO("virtio"), XEN("xen"), USB("usb"), UML("uml"), FDC("fdc"), SATA("sata"), VIRTIOBLK("virtio-blk");
             String _bus;
 
             DiskBus(String bus) {
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java
index 8cee8434b5ef..f6a1bdde3e0a 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java
@@ -1408,12 +1408,14 @@ protected synchronized void attachOrDetachDisk(final Connect conn, final boolean
                     if (disk.getDeviceType() == DeviceType.DISK) {
                         if (disk.getBusType() == DiskDef.DiskBus.SCSI) {
                             busT = DiskDef.DiskBus.SCSI;
+                        } else if (disk.getBusType() == DiskDef.DiskBus.VIRTIOBLK) {
+                            busT = DiskDef.DiskBus.VIRTIOBLK;
                         }
                         break;
                     }
                 }
                 diskdef = new DiskDef();
-                if (busT == DiskDef.DiskBus.SCSI) {
+                if (busT == DiskDef.DiskBus.SCSI || busT == DiskDef.DiskBus.VIRTIOBLK) {
                     diskdef.setQemuDriver(true);
                     diskdef.setDiscard(DiscardType.UNMAP);
                 }
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResourceTest.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResourceTest.java
index bbd1f8a73f2d..7ab051d726be 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResourceTest.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResourceTest.java
@@ -6408,4 +6408,14 @@ public void createLinstorVdb() throws LibvirtException, InternalErrorException,
             assertEquals(DiskDef.DiscardType.UNMAP, rootDisk.getDiscard());
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetDiskModelFromVMDetailVirtioBlk() {
+        VirtualMachineTO virtualMachineTO = Mockito.mock(VirtualMachineTO.class);
+        Map<String, String> details = new HashMap<>();
+        details.put(VmDetailConstants.ROOT_DISK_CONTROLLER, "virtio-blk");
+        Mockito.when(virtualMachineTO.getDetails()).thenReturn(details);
+        DiskDef.DiskBus diskBus = libvirtComputingResourceSpy.getDiskModelFromVMDetail(virtualMachineTO);
+        assertEquals(DiskDef.DiskBus.VIRTIOBLK, diskBus);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/QueryManagerImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/QueryManagerImpl.java
index 421285257829..0ccae6cf6d64 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/QueryManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/QueryManagerImpl.java
@@ -4978,7 +4978,7 @@ private void fillVMOrTemplateDetailOptions(final Map<String, List<String>> optio
 
         if (HypervisorType.KVM.equals(hypervisorType)) {
             options.put(VmDetailConstants.NIC_ADAPTER, Arrays.asList("e1000", "virtio", "rtl8139", "vmxnet3", "ne2k_pci"));
-            options.put(VmDetailConstants.ROOT_DISK_CONTROLLER, Arrays.asList("osdefault", "ide", "scsi", "virtio"));
+            options.put(VmDetailConstants.ROOT_DISK_CONTROLLER, Arrays.asList("osdefault", "ide", "scsi", "virtio", "virtio-blk"));
             options.put(VmDetailConstants.VIDEO_HARDWARE, Arrays.asList("cirrus", "vga", "qxl", "virtio"));
             options.put(VmDetailConstants.VIDEO_RAM, Collections.emptyList());
             options.put(VmDetailConstants.IO_POLICY, Arrays.asList("threads", "native", "io_uring", "storage_specific"));