diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils.go
index 313882d385..9776aea17d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package oci
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -748,6 +749,15 @@ func addHypervisorVirtioFsOverrides(ocispec specs.Spec, sbConfig *vc.SandboxConf
 		sbConfig.HypervisorConfig.VirtioFSDaemon = value
 	}
 
+	if value, ok := ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.VirtioFSExtraArgs]; ok {
+		var parsedValue []string
+		err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(value), &parsedValue)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Error parsing virtiofsd extra arguments: %v", err)
+		}
+		sbConfig.HypervisorConfig.VirtioFSExtraArgs = append(sbConfig.HypervisorConfig.VirtioFSExtraArgs, parsedValue...)
+	}
+
 	if sbConfig.HypervisorConfig.SharedFS == config.VirtioFS && sbConfig.HypervisorConfig.VirtioFSDaemon == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot enable virtio-fs without daemon path")
 	}
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils_test.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils_test.go
index af4b82545b..9ba00effdd 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils_test.go
@@ -812,6 +812,7 @@ func TestAddHypervisorAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.SharedFS] = "virtio-fs"
 	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.VirtioFSDaemon] = "/bin/false"
 	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.VirtioFSCache] = "/home/cache"
+	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.VirtioFSExtraArgs] = "[ \"arg0\", \"arg1\" ]"
 	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.Msize9p] = "512"
 	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.MachineType] = "q35"
 	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.MachineAccelerators] = "nofw"
@@ -848,6 +849,7 @@ func TestAddHypervisorAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(config.HypervisorConfig.SharedFS, "virtio-fs")
 	assert.Equal(config.HypervisorConfig.VirtioFSDaemon, "/bin/false")
 	assert.Equal(config.HypervisorConfig.VirtioFSCache, "/home/cache")
+	assert.ElementsMatch(config.HypervisorConfig.VirtioFSExtraArgs, [2]string{"arg0", "arg1"})
 	assert.Equal(config.HypervisorConfig.Msize9p, uint32(512))
 	assert.Equal(config.HypervisorConfig.HypervisorMachineType, "q35")
 	assert.Equal(config.HypervisorConfig.MachineAccelerators, "nofw")