diff --git a/qemu/qemu.go b/qemu/qemu.go
index 31943e0a1c..0d46e84798 100644
--- a/qemu/qemu.go
+++ b/qemu/qemu.go
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ const (
 
 	// PCIePCIBridgeDriver represents a PCIe to PCI bridge device type.
 	PCIePCIBridgeDriver DeviceDriver = "pcie-pci-bridge"
+
+	// VirtioBlockCCW is the CCW block device driver
+	VirtioBlockCCW DeviceDriver = "virtio-blk-ccw"
 )
 
 // disableModern returns the parameters with the disable-modern option.
diff --git a/qemu/qemus390x.go b/qemu/qemus390x.go
index c94d53a28b..c52edd67ce 100644
--- a/qemu/qemus390x.go
+++ b/qemu/qemus390x.go
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ var isVirtioCCW = map[DeviceDriver]bool{
 	VirtioNetCCW:        true,
 	VirtioSerial:        true,
 	VirtioBlock:         true,
+	VirtioBlockCCW:      true,
 	Console:             false,
 	VirtioSerialPort:    false,
 	VHostVSock:          true,