diff --git a/virtcontainers/container_test.go b/virtcontainers/container_test.go
index b11e83aff3..7eaa245962 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/container_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/container_test.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func TestContainerRemoveDrive(t *testing.T) {
 	sandbox := &Sandbox{
 		ctx:        context.Background(),
 		id:         "sandbox",
-		devManager: manager.NewDeviceManager(manager.VirtioSCSI, nil),
+		devManager: manager.NewDeviceManager(manager.VirtioSCSI, false, "", nil),
 		config:     &SandboxConfig{},
 	}
 
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func TestContainerAddDriveDir(t *testing.T) {
 	sandbox := &Sandbox{
 		ctx:        context.Background(),
 		id:         testSandboxID,
-		devManager: manager.NewDeviceManager(manager.VirtioSCSI, nil),
+		devManager: manager.NewDeviceManager(manager.VirtioSCSI, false, "", nil),
 		hypervisor: &mockHypervisor{},
 		agent:      &noopAgent{},
 		config: &SandboxConfig{
diff --git a/virtcontainers/device/config/config.go b/virtcontainers/device/config/config.go
index 88d844c752..57b4f0a7b9 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/device/config/config.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/device/config/config.go
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/go-ini/ini"
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
 // DeviceType indicates device type
@@ -66,6 +68,14 @@ const (
 	VirtioFS = "virtio-fs"
 )
 
+const (
+	// The OCI spec requires the major-minor number to be provided for a
+	// device. We have chosen the below major numbers to represent
+	// vhost-user devices.
+	VhostUserBlkMajor  = 241
+	VhostUserSCSIMajor = 242
+)
+
 // Defining these as a variable instead of a const, to allow
 // overriding this in the tests.
 
@@ -223,15 +233,26 @@ type VhostUserDeviceAttrs struct {
 	Tag       string
 	CacheSize uint32
 	Cache     string
+
+	// PCIAddr is the PCI address used to identify the slot at which the drive is attached.
+	// It is only meaningful for vhost user block devices
+	PCIAddr string
+
+	// Block index of the device if assigned
+	Index int
 }
 
 // GetHostPathFunc is function pointer used to mock GetHostPath in tests.
 var GetHostPathFunc = GetHostPath
 
+// GetVhostUserNodeStatFunc is function pointer used to mock GetVhostUserNodeStat
+// in tests. Through this functon, user can get device type information.
+var GetVhostUserNodeStatFunc = GetVhostUserNodeStat
+
 // GetHostPath is used to fetch the host path for the device.
 // The path passed in the spec refers to the path that should appear inside the container.
 // We need to find the actual device path on the host based on the major-minor numbers of the device.
-func GetHostPath(devInfo DeviceInfo) (string, error) {
+func GetHostPath(devInfo DeviceInfo, vhostUserStoreEnabled bool, vhostUserStorePath string) (string, error) {
 	if devInfo.ContainerPath == "" {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("Empty path provided for device")
 	}
@@ -249,6 +270,12 @@ func GetHostPath(devInfo DeviceInfo) (string, error) {
 		return "", nil
 	}
 
+	// Filter out vhost-user storage devices by device Major numbers.
+	if vhostUserStoreEnabled && devInfo.DevType == "b" &&
+		(devInfo.Major == VhostUserSCSIMajor || devInfo.Major == VhostUserBlkMajor) {
+		return getVhostUserHostPath(devInfo, vhostUserStorePath)
+	}
+
 	format := strconv.FormatInt(devInfo.Major, 10) + ":" + strconv.FormatInt(devInfo.Minor, 10)
 	sysDevPath := filepath.Join(SysDevPrefix, pathComp, format, "uevent")
 
@@ -278,3 +305,58 @@ func GetHostPath(devInfo DeviceInfo) (string, error) {
 
 	return filepath.Join("/dev", devName.String()), nil
 }
+
+// getVhostUserHostPath is used to fetch host path for the vhost-user device.
+// For vhost-user block device like vhost-user-blk or vhost-user-scsi, its
+// socket should be under directory "<vhostUserStorePath>/block/sockets/";
+// its corresponding device node should be under directory
+// "<vhostUserStorePath>/block/devices/"
+func getVhostUserHostPath(devInfo DeviceInfo, vhostUserStorePath string) (string, error) {
+	vhostUserDevNodePath := filepath.Join(vhostUserStorePath, "/block/devices/")
+	vhostUserSockPath := filepath.Join(vhostUserStorePath, "/block/sockets/")
+
+	sockFileName, err := getVhostUserDevName(vhostUserDevNodePath,
+		uint32(devInfo.Major), uint32(devInfo.Minor))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	// Locate socket path of vhost-user device
+	sockFilePath := filepath.Join(vhostUserSockPath, sockFileName)
+	if _, err = os.Stat(sockFilePath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return sockFilePath, nil
+}
+
+func GetVhostUserNodeStat(devNodePath string, devNodeStat *unix.Stat_t) (err error) {
+	return unix.Stat(devNodePath, devNodeStat)
+}
+
+// Filter out name of the device node whose device type is Major:Minor from directory
+func getVhostUserDevName(dirname string, majorNum, minorNum uint32) (string, error) {
+	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(dirname)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	for _, file := range files {
+		var devStat unix.Stat_t
+
+		devFilePath := filepath.Join(dirname, file.Name())
+		err = GetVhostUserNodeStatFunc(devFilePath, &devStat)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+
+		devMajor := unix.Major(devStat.Rdev)
+		devMinor := unix.Minor(devStat.Rdev)
+		if devMajor == majorNum && devMinor == minorNum {
+			return file.Name(), nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("Required device node (%d:%d) doesn't exist under directory %s",
+		majorNum, minorNum, dirname)
+}
diff --git a/virtcontainers/device/manager/manager.go b/virtcontainers/device/manager/manager.go
index db1e8ee48a..f631faf147 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/device/manager/manager.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/device/manager/manager.go
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ var (
 )
 
 type deviceManager struct {
-	blockDriver string
+	blockDriver           string
+	vhostUserStoreEnabled bool
+	vhostUserStorePath    string
 
 	devices map[string]api.Device
 	sync.RWMutex
@@ -58,9 +60,11 @@ func deviceLogger() *logrus.Entry {
 }
 
 // NewDeviceManager creates a deviceManager object behaved as api.DeviceManager
-func NewDeviceManager(blockDriver string, devices []api.Device) api.DeviceManager {
+func NewDeviceManager(blockDriver string, vhostUserStoreEnabled bool, vhostUserStorePath string, devices []api.Device) api.DeviceManager {
 	dm := &deviceManager{
-		devices: make(map[string]api.Device),
+		vhostUserStoreEnabled: vhostUserStoreEnabled,
+		vhostUserStorePath:    vhostUserStorePath,
+		devices:               make(map[string]api.Device),
 	}
 	if blockDriver == VirtioMmio {
 		dm.blockDriver = VirtioMmio
@@ -94,7 +98,7 @@ func (dm *deviceManager) findDeviceByMajorMinor(major, minor int64) api.Device {
 
 // createDevice creates one device based on DeviceInfo
 func (dm *deviceManager) createDevice(devInfo config.DeviceInfo) (dev api.Device, err error) {
-	path, err := config.GetHostPathFunc(devInfo)
+	path, err := config.GetHostPathFunc(devInfo, dm.vhostUserStoreEnabled, dm.vhostUserStorePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/virtcontainers/device/manager/manager_test.go b/virtcontainers/device/manager/manager_test.go
index b99dd992b4..664b502802 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/device/manager/manager_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/device/manager/manager_test.go
@@ -7,17 +7,20 @@
 package manager
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-
+	ktu "github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pkg/katatestutils"
 	"github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers/device/api"
 	"github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers/device/config"
 	"github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers/device/drivers"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
 const fileMode0640 = os.FileMode(0640)
@@ -202,8 +205,85 @@ func TestAttachBlockDevice(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 }
 
+func TestAttachVhostUserBlkDevice(t *testing.T) {
+	rootEnabled := true
+	tc := ktu.NewTestConstraint(false)
+	if tc.NotValid(ktu.NeedRoot()) {
+		rootEnabled = false
+	}
+
+	tmpDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
+	dm := &deviceManager{
+		blockDriver:           VirtioBlock,
+		devices:               make(map[string]api.Device),
+		vhostUserStoreEnabled: true,
+		vhostUserStorePath:    tmpDir,
+	}
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+
+	vhostUserDevNodePath := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "/block/devices/")
+	vhostUserSockPath := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "/block/sockets/")
+	deviceNodePath := filepath.Join(vhostUserDevNodePath, "vhostblk0")
+	deviceSockPath := filepath.Join(vhostUserSockPath, "vhostblk0")
+
+	err = os.MkdirAll(vhostUserDevNodePath, dirMode)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	err = os.MkdirAll(vhostUserSockPath, dirMode)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	_, err = os.Create(deviceSockPath)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	// mknod requires root privilege, call mock function for non-root to
+	// get VhostUserBlk device type.
+	if rootEnabled == true {
+		err = unix.Mknod(deviceNodePath, unix.S_IFBLK, int(unix.Mkdev(config.VhostUserBlkMajor, 0)))
+		assert.Nil(t, err)
+	} else {
+		savedFunc := config.GetVhostUserNodeStatFunc
+
+		_, err = os.Create(deviceNodePath)
+		assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+		config.GetVhostUserNodeStatFunc = func(devNodePath string,
+			devNodeStat *unix.Stat_t) error {
+			if deviceNodePath != devNodePath {
+				return fmt.Errorf("mock GetVhostUserNodeStatFunc error")
+			}
+
+			devNodeStat.Rdev = unix.Mkdev(config.VhostUserBlkMajor, 0)
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		defer func() {
+			config.GetVhostUserNodeStatFunc = savedFunc
+		}()
+	}
+
+	path := "/dev/vda"
+	deviceInfo := config.DeviceInfo{
+		HostPath:      deviceNodePath,
+		ContainerPath: path,
+		DevType:       "b",
+		Major:         config.VhostUserBlkMajor,
+		Minor:         0,
+	}
+
+	devReceiver := &api.MockDeviceReceiver{}
+	device, err := dm.NewDevice(deviceInfo)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	_, ok := device.(*drivers.VhostUserBlkDevice)
+	assert.True(t, ok)
+
+	err = device.Attach(devReceiver)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	err = device.Detach(devReceiver)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+}
+
 func TestAttachDetachDevice(t *testing.T) {
-	dm := NewDeviceManager(VirtioSCSI, nil)
+	dm := NewDeviceManager(VirtioSCSI, false, "", nil)
 
 	path := "/dev/hda"
 	deviceInfo := config.DeviceInfo{
diff --git a/virtcontainers/device/manager/utils.go b/virtcontainers/device/manager/utils.go
index 2f26bc245d..5f703b1b13 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/device/manager/utils.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/device/manager/utils.go
@@ -132,3 +132,13 @@ func isLargeBarSpace(resourcePath string) (bool, error) {
 
 	return false, nil
 }
+
+// isVhostUserBlk checks if the device is a VhostUserBlk device.
+func isVhostUserBlk(devInfo config.DeviceInfo) bool {
+	return devInfo.Major == config.VhostUserBlkMajor
+}
+
+// isVhostUserSCSI checks if the device is a VhostUserSCSI device.
+func isVhostUserSCSI(devInfo config.DeviceInfo) bool {
+	return devInfo.Major == config.VhostUserSCSIMajor
+}
diff --git a/virtcontainers/device/manager/utils_test.go b/virtcontainers/device/manager/utils_test.go
index 984338ee4a..33c650b622 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/device/manager/utils_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/device/manager/utils_test.go
@@ -53,3 +53,39 @@ func TestIsBlock(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, d.expected, isBlock)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestIsVhostUserBlk(t *testing.T) {
+	type testData struct {
+		major    int64
+		expected bool
+	}
+
+	data := []testData{
+		{config.VhostUserBlkMajor, true},
+		{config.VhostUserSCSIMajor, false},
+		{240, false},
+	}
+
+	for _, d := range data {
+		isVhostUserBlk := isVhostUserBlk(config.DeviceInfo{Major: d.major})
+		assert.Equal(t, d.expected, isVhostUserBlk)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIsVhostUserSCSI(t *testing.T) {
+	type testData struct {
+		major    int64
+		expected bool
+	}
+
+	data := []testData{
+		{config.VhostUserBlkMajor, false},
+		{config.VhostUserSCSIMajor, true},
+		{240, false},
+	}
+
+	for _, d := range data {
+		isVhostUserSCSI := isVhostUserSCSI(config.DeviceInfo{Major: d.major})
+		assert.Equal(t, d.expected, isVhostUserSCSI)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/virtcontainers/persist/api/device.go b/virtcontainers/persist/api/device.go
index e82276ccf9..67226542a9 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/persist/api/device.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/persist/api/device.go
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ type VhostUserDeviceAttrs struct {
 
 	// MacAddress is only meaningful for vhost user net device
 	MacAddress string
+
+	// PCIAddr is the PCI address used to identify the slot at which the drive is attached.
+	// It is only meaningful for vhost user block devices
+	PCIAddr string
+
+	// Block index of the device if assigned
+	Index int
 }
 
 // DeviceState is sandbox level resource which represents host devices
diff --git a/virtcontainers/persist_test.go b/virtcontainers/persist_test.go
index db6d029e76..52e38ce523 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/persist_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/persist_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func TestSandboxRestore(t *testing.T) {
 	sandbox := Sandbox{
 		id:         "test-exp",
 		containers: container,
-		devManager: manager.NewDeviceManager(manager.VirtioSCSI, nil),
+		devManager: manager.NewDeviceManager(manager.VirtioSCSI, false, "", nil),
 		hypervisor: &mockHypervisor{},
 		ctx:        context.Background(),
 		config:     &sconfig,
diff --git a/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils_test.go b/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils_test.go
index c53ca2458d..30771da608 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils_test.go
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ func TestMinimalSandboxConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	savedFunc := config.GetHostPathFunc
 
 	// Simply assign container path to host path for device.
-	config.GetHostPathFunc = func(devInfo config.DeviceInfo) (string, error) {
+	config.GetHostPathFunc = func(devInfo config.DeviceInfo, vhostUserStoreEnabled bool,
+		vhostUserStorePath string) (string, error) {
 		return devInfo.ContainerPath, nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/virtcontainers/sandbox.go b/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
index 911eca997b..18f1e7f41a 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
@@ -575,7 +575,9 @@ func newSandbox(ctx context.Context, sandboxConfig SandboxConfig, factory Factor
 		if err != nil {
 			s.Logger().WithError(err).WithField("sandboxid", s.id).Warning("load sandbox devices failed")
 		}
-		s.devManager = deviceManager.NewDeviceManager(sandboxConfig.HypervisorConfig.BlockDeviceDriver, devices)
+		s.devManager = deviceManager.NewDeviceManager(sandboxConfig.HypervisorConfig.BlockDeviceDriver,
+			sandboxConfig.HypervisorConfig.EnableVhostUserStore,
+			sandboxConfig.HypervisorConfig.VhostUserStorePath, devices)
 
 		// Load sandbox state. The hypervisor.createSandbox call, may need to access statei.
 		state, err := s.store.LoadState()
@@ -587,7 +589,9 @@ func newSandbox(ctx context.Context, sandboxConfig SandboxConfig, factory Factor
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	} else {
-		s.devManager = deviceManager.NewDeviceManager(sandboxConfig.HypervisorConfig.BlockDeviceDriver, nil)
+		s.devManager = deviceManager.NewDeviceManager(sandboxConfig.HypervisorConfig.BlockDeviceDriver,
+			sandboxConfig.HypervisorConfig.EnableVhostUserStore,
+			sandboxConfig.HypervisorConfig.VhostUserStorePath, nil)
 
 		// Ignore the error. Restore can fail for a new sandbox
 		if err := s.Restore(); err != nil {
diff --git a/virtcontainers/sandbox_test.go b/virtcontainers/sandbox_test.go
index 3f25bf2c39..f59465b872 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/sandbox_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/sandbox_test.go
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ func TestSandboxAttachDevicesVFIO(t *testing.T) {
 		config.SysIOMMUPath = savedIOMMUPath
 	}()
 
-	dm := manager.NewDeviceManager(manager.VirtioSCSI, nil)
+	dm := manager.NewDeviceManager(manager.VirtioSCSI, false, "", nil)
 	path := filepath.Join(vfioPath, testFDIOGroup)
 	deviceInfo := config.DeviceInfo{
 		HostPath:      path,
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ func TestAttachBlockDevice(t *testing.T) {
 		DevType:       "b",
 	}
 
-	dm := manager.NewDeviceManager(config.VirtioBlock, nil)
+	dm := manager.NewDeviceManager(config.VirtioBlock, false, "", nil)
 	device, err := dm.NewDevice(deviceInfo)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	_, ok := device.(*drivers.BlockDevice)
@@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ func TestPreAddDevice(t *testing.T) {
 		HypervisorConfig: hConfig,
 	}
 
-	dm := manager.NewDeviceManager(config.VirtioBlock, nil)
+	dm := manager.NewDeviceManager(config.VirtioBlock, false, "", nil)
 	// create a sandbox first
 	sandbox := &Sandbox{
 		id:         testSandboxID,