diff --git a/pkg/katautils/config.go b/pkg/katautils/config.go
index 204a3e5b3..2231859b8 100644
--- a/pkg/katautils/config.go
+++ b/pkg/katautils/config.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
 	vc "github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers"
+	"github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers/device/config"
 	"github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci"
 	"github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers/utils"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -292,15 +293,19 @@ func (h hypervisor) defaultBridges() uint32 {
 }
 
 func (h hypervisor) blockDeviceDriver() (string, error) {
+	supportedBlockDrivers := []string{config.VirtioSCSI, config.VirtioBlock, config.VirtioMmio}
+
 	if h.BlockDeviceDriver == "" {
 		return defaultBlockDeviceDriver, nil
 	}
 
-	if h.BlockDeviceDriver != vc.VirtioSCSI && h.BlockDeviceDriver != vc.VirtioBlock {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("Invalid value %s provided for hypervisor block storage driver, can be either %s or %s", h.BlockDeviceDriver, vc.VirtioSCSI, vc.VirtioBlock)
+	for _, b := range supportedBlockDrivers {
+		if b == h.BlockDeviceDriver {
+			return h.BlockDeviceDriver, nil
+		}
 	}
 
-	return h.BlockDeviceDriver, nil
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("Invalid hypervisor block storage driver %v specified (supported drivers: %v)", h.BlockDeviceDriver, supportedBlockDrivers)
 }
 
 func (h hypervisor) msize9p() uint32 {
diff --git a/virtcontainers/device/config/config.go b/virtcontainers/device/config/config.go
index 5895512f3..704160920 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/device/config/config.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/device/config/config.go
@@ -38,6 +38,17 @@ const (
 	VhostUserBlk = "vhost-user-blk-pci"
 )
 
+const (
+	// VirtioMmio means use virtio-mmio for mmio based drives
+	VirtioMmio = "virtio-mmio"
+
+	// VirtioBlock means use virtio-blk for hotplugging drives
+	VirtioBlock = "virtio-blk"
+
+	// VirtioSCSI means use virtio-scsi for hotplugging drives
+	VirtioSCSI = "virtio-scsi"
+)
+
 // Defining these as a variable instead of a const, to allow
 // overriding this in the tests.
 
@@ -98,6 +109,9 @@ type BlockDrive struct {
 	// Index assigned to the drive. In case of virtio-scsi, this is used as SCSI LUN index
 	Index int
 
+	// MmioAddr is used to identify the slot at which the drive is attached (order?).
+	MmioAddr string
+
 	// PCIAddr is the PCI address used to identify the slot at which the drive is attached.
 	PCIAddr string
 
diff --git a/virtcontainers/device/drivers/block.go b/virtcontainers/device/drivers/block.go
index cbbe7bb31..ba0592b72 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/device/drivers/block.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/device/drivers/block.go
@@ -67,21 +67,39 @@ func (device *BlockDevice) Attach(devReceiver api.DeviceReceiver) (err error) {
 		Index:  index,
 	}
 
-	driveName, err := utils.GetVirtDriveName(index)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	customOptions := device.DeviceInfo.DriverOptions
-	if customOptions != nil && customOptions["block-driver"] == "virtio-blk" {
-		drive.VirtPath = filepath.Join("/dev", driveName)
-	} else {
+	if customOptions == nil ||
+		customOptions["block-driver"] == "virtio-scsi" {
+		// User has not chosen a specific block device type
+		// Default to SCSI
 		scsiAddr, err := utils.GetSCSIAddress(index)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
 		drive.SCSIAddr = scsiAddr
+	} else {
+		var globalIdx int
+
+		switch customOptions["block-driver"] {
+		case "virtio-blk":
+			globalIdx = index
+		case "virtio-mmio":
+			//With firecracker the rootfs for the VM itself
+			//sits at /dev/vda and consumes the first index.
+			//Longer term block based VM rootfs should be added
+			//as a regular block device which eliminates the
+			//offset.
+			//https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/issues/1061
+			globalIdx = index + 1
+		}
+
+		driveName, err := utils.GetVirtDriveName(globalIdx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		drive.VirtPath = filepath.Join("/dev", driveName)
 	}
 
 	deviceLogger().WithField("device", device.DeviceInfo.HostPath).Info("Attaching block device")
diff --git a/virtcontainers/device/manager/manager.go b/virtcontainers/device/manager/manager.go
index 5841b938d..066c30581 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/device/manager/manager.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/device/manager/manager.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
+	// VirtioMmio indicates block driver is virtio-mmio based
+	VirtioMmio string = "virtio-mmio"
 	// VirtioBlock indicates block driver is virtio-blk based
 	VirtioBlock string = "virtio-blk"
 	// VirtioSCSI indicates block driver is virtio-scsi based
@@ -55,7 +57,9 @@ func NewDeviceManager(blockDriver string, devices []api.Device) api.DeviceManage
 	dm := &deviceManager{
 		devices: make(map[string]api.Device),
 	}
-	if blockDriver == VirtioBlock {
+	if blockDriver == VirtioMmio {
+		dm.blockDriver = VirtioMmio
+	} else if blockDriver == VirtioBlock {
 		dm.blockDriver = VirtioBlock
 	} else {
 		dm.blockDriver = VirtioSCSI
diff --git a/virtcontainers/hyperstart_agent.go b/virtcontainers/hyperstart_agent.go
index 67aff379f..ae1c60ecf 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/hyperstart_agent.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/hyperstart_agent.go
@@ -522,7 +522,8 @@ func (h *hyper) startOneContainer(sandbox *Sandbox, c *Container) error {
 
 	if c.state.Fstype != "" {
 		// Pass a drive name only in case of block driver
-		if sandbox.config.HypervisorConfig.BlockDeviceDriver == VirtioBlock {
+		if sandbox.config.HypervisorConfig.BlockDeviceDriver == config.VirtioBlock ||
+			sandbox.config.HypervisorConfig.BlockDeviceDriver == config.VirtioMmio {
 			driveName, err := utils.GetVirtDriveName(c.state.BlockIndex)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
diff --git a/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go b/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
index 8387674a7..4e3e22660 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers/device/config"
 )
 
 // HypervisorType describes an hypervisor type.
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ const (
 
 	defaultBridges = 1
 
-	defaultBlockDriver = VirtioSCSI
+	defaultBlockDriver = config.VirtioSCSI
 )
 
 // In some architectures the maximum number of vCPUs depends on the number of physical cores.
diff --git a/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go b/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
index 333a2d742..325d8b14c 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ var (
 	// CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE capability may bind to these port numbers.
 	vSockPort            = 1024
 	kata9pDevType        = "9p"
+	kataMmioBlkDevType   = "mmioblk"
 	kataBlkDevType       = "blk"
 	kataSCSIDevType      = "scsi"
 	sharedDir9pOptions   = []string{"trans=virtio,version=9p2000.L,cache=mmap", "nodev"}
@@ -831,10 +832,15 @@ func (k *kataAgent) appendDevices(deviceList []*grpc.Device, c *Container) []*gr
 			ContainerPath: dev.ContainerPath,
 		}
 
-		if d.SCSIAddr == "" {
+		switch c.sandbox.config.HypervisorConfig.BlockDeviceDriver {
+		case config.VirtioMmio:
+			kataDevice.Type = kataMmioBlkDevType
+			kataDevice.Id = d.VirtPath
+			kataDevice.VmPath = d.VirtPath
+		case config.VirtioBlock:
 			kataDevice.Type = kataBlkDevType
 			kataDevice.Id = d.PCIAddr
-		} else {
+		case config.VirtioSCSI:
 			kataDevice.Type = kataSCSIDevType
 			kataDevice.Id = d.SCSIAddr
 		}
@@ -883,7 +889,10 @@ func (k *kataAgent) buildContainerRootfs(sandbox *Sandbox, c *Container, rootPat
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("malformed block drive")
 		}
 
-		if sandbox.config.HypervisorConfig.BlockDeviceDriver == VirtioBlock {
+		if sandbox.config.HypervisorConfig.BlockDeviceDriver == config.VirtioMmio {
+			rootfs.Driver = kataMmioBlkDevType
+			rootfs.Source = blockDrive.VirtPath
+		} else if sandbox.config.HypervisorConfig.BlockDeviceDriver == config.VirtioBlock {
 			rootfs.Driver = kataBlkDevType
 			rootfs.Source = blockDrive.PCIAddr
 		} else {
@@ -1086,9 +1095,12 @@ func (k *kataAgent) handleBlockVolumes(c *Container) []*grpc.Storage {
 			k.Logger().Error("malformed block drive")
 			continue
 		}
-		if c.sandbox.config.HypervisorConfig.BlockDeviceDriver == VirtioBlock {
+		if c.sandbox.config.HypervisorConfig.BlockDeviceDriver == config.VirtioBlock {
 			vol.Driver = kataBlkDevType
 			vol.Source = blockDrive.PCIAddr
+		} else if c.sandbox.config.HypervisorConfig.BlockDeviceDriver == config.VirtioMmio {
+			vol.Driver = kataMmioBlkDevType
+			vol.Source = blockDrive.VirtPath
 		} else {
 			vol.Driver = kataSCSIDevType
 			vol.Source = blockDrive.SCSIAddr
diff --git a/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go b/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
index b65b4086d..88b43e652 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
@@ -402,9 +402,16 @@ func TestAppendDevices(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
+	sandboxConfig := &SandboxConfig{
+		HypervisorConfig: HypervisorConfig{
+			BlockDeviceDriver: config.VirtioBlock,
+		},
+	}
+
 	c := &Container{
 		sandbox: &Sandbox{
-			devManager: manager.NewDeviceManager("virtio-scsi", ctrDevices),
+			devManager: manager.NewDeviceManager("virtio-blk", ctrDevices),
+			config:     sandboxConfig,
 		},
 	}
 	c.devices = append(c.devices, ContainerDevice{
diff --git a/virtcontainers/qemu.go b/virtcontainers/qemu.go
index 051db4cb2..029c1794e 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/qemu.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/qemu.go
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ func (q *qemu) buildDevices(initrdPath string) ([]govmmQemu.Device, *govmmQemu.I
 	}
 
 	var ioThread *govmmQemu.IOThread
-	if q.config.BlockDeviceDriver == VirtioSCSI {
+	if q.config.BlockDeviceDriver == config.VirtioSCSI {
 		devices, ioThread = q.arch.appendSCSIController(devices, q.config.EnableIOThreads)
 	}
 
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ func (q *qemu) hotplugBlockDevice(drive *config.BlockDrive, op operation) error
 			return err
 		}
 
-		if q.config.BlockDeviceDriver == VirtioBlock {
+		if q.config.BlockDeviceDriver == config.VirtioBlock {
 			driver := "virtio-blk-pci"
 			addr, bridge, err := q.addDeviceToBridge(drive.ID)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ func (q *qemu) hotplugBlockDevice(drive *config.BlockDrive, op operation) error
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
-		if q.config.BlockDeviceDriver == VirtioBlock {
+		if q.config.BlockDeviceDriver == config.VirtioBlock {
 			if err := q.removeDeviceFromBridge(drive.ID); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base.go b/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base.go
index 864edfe37..53e952410 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base.go
@@ -128,14 +128,6 @@ const (
 // 0 is reserved.
 const bridgePCIStartAddr = 2
 
-const (
-	// VirtioBlock means use virtio-blk for hotplugging drives
-	VirtioBlock = "virtio-blk"
-
-	// VirtioSCSI means use virtio-scsi for hotplugging drives
-	VirtioSCSI = "virtio-scsi"
-)
-
 const (
 	// QemuPCLite is the QEMU pc-lite machine type for amd64
 	QemuPCLite = "pc-lite"
diff --git a/virtcontainers/sandbox_test.go b/virtcontainers/sandbox_test.go
index ce4daad4c..f63f2e3fc 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/sandbox_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/sandbox_test.go
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ func TestAttachBlockDevice(t *testing.T) {
 	hypervisor := &mockHypervisor{}
 
 	hConfig := HypervisorConfig{
-		BlockDeviceDriver: VirtioBlock,
+		BlockDeviceDriver: config.VirtioBlock,
 	}
 
 	sconfig := &SandboxConfig{
@@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@ func TestAttachBlockDevice(t *testing.T) {
 		DevType:       "b",
 	}
 
-	dm := manager.NewDeviceManager(VirtioBlock, nil)
+	dm := manager.NewDeviceManager(config.VirtioBlock, nil)
 	device, err := dm.NewDevice(deviceInfo)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	_, ok := device.(*drivers.BlockDevice)
@@ -1618,7 +1618,7 @@ func TestAttachBlockDevice(t *testing.T) {
 	err = device.Detach(sandbox)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 
-	container.sandbox.config.HypervisorConfig.BlockDeviceDriver = VirtioSCSI
+	container.sandbox.config.HypervisorConfig.BlockDeviceDriver = config.VirtioSCSI
 	err = device.Attach(sandbox)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 
@@ -1638,14 +1638,14 @@ func TestPreAddDevice(t *testing.T) {
 	hypervisor := &mockHypervisor{}
 
 	hConfig := HypervisorConfig{
-		BlockDeviceDriver: VirtioBlock,
+		BlockDeviceDriver: config.VirtioBlock,
 	}
 
 	sconfig := &SandboxConfig{
 		HypervisorConfig: hConfig,
 	}
 
-	dm := manager.NewDeviceManager(VirtioBlock, nil)
+	dm := manager.NewDeviceManager(config.VirtioBlock, nil)
 	// create a sandbox first
 	sandbox := &Sandbox{
 		id:         testSandboxID,