diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/Makefile b/src/runtime-rs/Makefile
index 09ba3bc388..9bfd6169e9 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/Makefile
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/Makefile
@@ -273,7 +273,11 @@ ifneq (,$(QEMUCMD))
 
     # qemu-specific options
     DEFSANDBOXCGROUPONLY_QEMU := false
+ifeq ($(ARCH), s390x)
+    VMROOTFSDRIVER_QEMU := virtio-blk-ccw
+else
     VMROOTFSDRIVER_QEMU := virtio-pmem
+endif
     DEFVCPUS_QEMU := 1
     DEFMAXVCPUS_QEMU := 0
     DEFSHAREDFS_QEMU_VIRTIOFS := virtio-fs
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/arch/s390x-options.mk b/src/runtime-rs/arch/s390x-options.mk
index f6381eee22..8cda86cc7d 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/arch/s390x-options.mk
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/arch/s390x-options.mk
@@ -4,12 +4,9 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 #
 
-MACHINETYPE :=
+MACHINETYPE := s390-ccw-virtio
 KERNELPARAMS :=
 MACHINEACCELERATORS :=
-CPUFEATURES := pmu=off
+CPUFEATURES :=
 
 QEMUCMD := qemu-system-s390x
-
-# dragonball binary name
-DBCMD := dragonball
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/kernel_param.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/kernel_param.rs
index 9521ebac7e..c6a93034ba 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/kernel_param.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/kernel_param.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 
 use crate::{
-    VM_ROOTFS_DRIVER_BLK, VM_ROOTFS_DRIVER_MMIO, VM_ROOTFS_DRIVER_PMEM, VM_ROOTFS_FILESYSTEM_EROFS,
-    VM_ROOTFS_FILESYSTEM_EXT4, VM_ROOTFS_FILESYSTEM_XFS, VM_ROOTFS_ROOT_BLK, VM_ROOTFS_ROOT_PMEM,
+    VM_ROOTFS_DRIVER_BLK, VM_ROOTFS_DRIVER_BLK_CCW, VM_ROOTFS_DRIVER_MMIO, VM_ROOTFS_DRIVER_PMEM,
+    VM_ROOTFS_FILESYSTEM_EROFS, VM_ROOTFS_FILESYSTEM_EXT4, VM_ROOTFS_FILESYSTEM_XFS,
+    VM_ROOTFS_ROOT_BLK, VM_ROOTFS_ROOT_PMEM,
 };
 use kata_types::config::LOG_VPORT_OPTION;
 
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ impl KernelParams {
                     }
                 }
             }
-            VM_ROOTFS_DRIVER_BLK | VM_ROOTFS_DRIVER_MMIO => {
+            VM_ROOTFS_DRIVER_BLK | VM_ROOTFS_DRIVER_BLK_CCW | VM_ROOTFS_DRIVER_MMIO => {
                 params.push(Param::new("root", VM_ROOTFS_ROOT_BLK));
                 match rootfs_type {
                     VM_ROOTFS_FILESYSTEM_EXT4 | VM_ROOTFS_FILESYSTEM_XFS => {
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/lib.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/lib.rs
index aed86810b5..f7aec752d6 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/lib.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ pub use kata_types::config::hypervisor::HYPERVISOR_NAME_CH;
 
 // Config which driver to use as vm root dev
 const VM_ROOTFS_DRIVER_BLK: &str = "virtio-blk-pci";
+const VM_ROOTFS_DRIVER_BLK_CCW: &str = "virtio-blk-ccw";
 const VM_ROOTFS_DRIVER_PMEM: &str = "virtio-pmem";
 const VM_ROOTFS_DRIVER_MMIO: &str = "virtio-blk-mmio";