diff --git a/src/runtime/Makefile b/src/runtime/Makefile
index fa07b87deb..b05106318b 100644
--- a/src/runtime/Makefile
+++ b/src/runtime/Makefile
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ ifneq (,$(QEMUCMD))
 
     # qemu-specific options (all should be suffixed by "_QEMU")
     DEFBLOCKSTORAGEDRIVER_QEMU := virtio-scsi
+    DEFBLOCKDEVICEAIO_QEMU := io_uring
     DEFNETWORKMODEL_QEMU := tcfilter
     KERNELTYPE = uncompressed
     KERNELNAME = $(call MAKE_KERNEL_NAME,$(KERNELTYPE))
@@ -458,6 +459,7 @@ USER_VARS += DEFDISABLEBLOCK
 USER_VARS += DEFBLOCKSTORAGEDRIVER_ACRN
 USER_VARS += DEFBLOCKSTORAGEDRIVER_FC
 USER_VARS += DEFBLOCKSTORAGEDRIVER_QEMU
+USER_VARS += DEFBLOCKDEVICEAIO_QEMU
 USER_VARS += DEFSHAREDFS_CLH_VIRTIOFS
 USER_VARS += DEFSHAREDFS_QEMU_VIRTIOFS
 USER_VARS += DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMON
diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in
index 3ec44c8b6e..d0a711dcfe 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in
@@ -208,6 +208,20 @@ virtio_fs_cache = "@DEFVIRTIOFSCACHE@"
 # or nvdimm.
 block_device_driver = "@DEFBLOCKSTORAGEDRIVER_QEMU@"
 
+# aio is the I/O mechanism used by qemu
+# Options:
+#
+#   - threads
+#     Pthread based disk I/O.
+#
+#   - native
+#     Native Linux I/O.
+#
+#   - io_uring
+#     Linux io_uring API. This provides the fastest I/O operations on Linux, requires kernel>5.1 and
+#     qemu >=5.0.
+block_device_aio = "@DEFBLOCKDEVICEAIO_QEMU@"
+
 # Specifies cache-related options will be set to block devices or not.
 # Default false
 #block_device_cache_set = true
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/device/config/config.go b/src/runtime/pkg/device/config/config.go
index 61f9236b9c..a11c52f75c 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/device/config/config.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/device/config/config.go
@@ -61,6 +61,17 @@ const (
 	Nvdimm = "nvdimm"
 )
 
+const (
+	// AIOThreads is the pthread asynchronous I/O implementation.
+	AIOThreads = "threads"
+
+	// AIONative is the native Linux AIO implementation
+	AIONative = "native"
+
+	// AIOUring is the Linux io_uring I/O implementation
+	AIOIOUring = "io_uring"
+)
+
 const (
 	// Virtio9P means use virtio-9p for the shared file system
 	Virtio9P = "virtio-9p"
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go
index 100316dd9e..4b36df2ea3 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go
@@ -1140,8 +1140,11 @@ const (
 	// Threads is the pthread asynchronous I/O implementation.
 	Threads BlockDeviceAIO = "threads"
 
-	// Native is the pthread asynchronous I/O implementation.
+	// Native is the native Linux AIO implementation.
 	Native BlockDeviceAIO = "native"
+
+	// IOUring is the Linux io_uring I/O implementation.
+	IOUring BlockDeviceAIO = "io_uring"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp.go b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp.go
index 9bf091af84..24c92b9b20 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp.go
@@ -771,30 +771,28 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecuteQuit(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "quit", nil, nil)
 }
 
-func (q *QMP) blockdevAddBaseArgs(driver, device, blockdevID string, ro bool) (map[string]interface{}, map[string]interface{}) {
-	var args map[string]interface{}
-
+func (q *QMP) blockdevAddBaseArgs(driver string, blockDevice *BlockDevice) map[string]interface{} {
 	blockdevArgs := map[string]interface{}{
 		"driver":    "raw",
-		"read-only": ro,
+		"read-only": blockDevice.ReadOnly,
 		"file": map[string]interface{}{
 			"driver":   driver,
-			"filename": device,
+			"filename": blockDevice.File,
+			"aio":      string(blockDevice.AIO),
 		},
 	}
 
-	blockdevArgs["node-name"] = blockdevID
-	args = blockdevArgs
+	blockdevArgs["node-name"] = blockDevice.ID
 
-	return args, blockdevArgs
+	return blockdevArgs
 }
 
 // ExecuteBlockdevAdd sends a blockdev-add to the QEMU instance.  device is the
 // path of the device to add, e.g., /dev/rdb0, and blockdevID is an identifier
 // used to name the device.  As this identifier will be passed directly to QMP,
 // it must obey QMP's naming rules, e,g., it must start with a letter.
-func (q *QMP) ExecuteBlockdevAdd(ctx context.Context, device, blockdevID string, ro bool) error {
-	args, _ := q.blockdevAddBaseArgs("host_device", device, blockdevID, ro)
+func (q *QMP) ExecuteBlockdevAdd(ctx context.Context, blockDevice *BlockDevice) error {
+	args := q.blockdevAddBaseArgs("host_device", blockDevice)
 
 	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "blockdev-add", args, nil)
 }
@@ -806,29 +804,29 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecuteBlockdevAdd(ctx context.Context, device, blockdevID string,
 // direct denotes whether use of O_DIRECT (bypass the host page cache)
 // is enabled.  noFlush denotes whether flush requests for the device are
 // ignored.
-func (q *QMP) ExecuteBlockdevAddWithCache(ctx context.Context, device, blockdevID string, direct, noFlush, ro bool) error {
-	args, blockdevArgs := q.blockdevAddBaseArgs("host_device", device, blockdevID, ro)
+func (q *QMP) ExecuteBlockdevAddWithCache(ctx context.Context, blockDevice *BlockDevice, direct, noFlush bool) error {
+	blockdevArgs := q.blockdevAddBaseArgs("host_device", blockDevice)
 
 	blockdevArgs["cache"] = map[string]interface{}{
 		"direct":   direct,
 		"no-flush": noFlush,
 	}
 
-	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "blockdev-add", args, nil)
+	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "blockdev-add", blockdevArgs, nil)
 }
 
 // ExecuteBlockdevAddWithDriverCache has three one parameter driver
 // than ExecuteBlockdevAddWithCache.
 // Parameter driver can set the driver of block device.
-func (q *QMP) ExecuteBlockdevAddWithDriverCache(ctx context.Context, driver, device, blockdevID string, direct, noFlush, ro bool) error {
-	args, blockdevArgs := q.blockdevAddBaseArgs(driver, device, blockdevID, ro)
+func (q *QMP) ExecuteBlockdevAddWithDriverCache(ctx context.Context, driver string, blockDevice *BlockDevice, direct, noFlush bool) error {
+	blockdevArgs := q.blockdevAddBaseArgs(driver, blockDevice)
 
 	blockdevArgs["cache"] = map[string]interface{}{
 		"direct":   direct,
 		"no-flush": noFlush,
 	}
 
-	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "blockdev-add", args, nil)
+	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "blockdev-add", blockdevArgs, nil)
 }
 
 // ExecuteDeviceAdd adds the guest portion of a device to a QEMU instance
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp_test.go b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp_test.go
index 23114a0d72..3f82fa54f9 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp_test.go
@@ -400,8 +400,13 @@ func TestQMPBlockdevAdd(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg := QMPConfig{Logger: qmpTestLogger{}}
 	q := startQMPLoop(buf, cfg, connectedCh, disconnectedCh)
 	q.version = checkVersion(t, connectedCh)
-	err := q.ExecuteBlockdevAdd(context.Background(), "/dev/rbd0",
-		fmt.Sprintf("drive_%s", volumeUUID), false)
+	dev := BlockDevice{
+		ID:       fmt.Sprintf("drive_%s", volumeUUID),
+		File:     "/dev/rbd0",
+		ReadOnly: false,
+		AIO:      Native,
+	}
+	err := q.ExecuteBlockdevAdd(context.Background(), &dev)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error %v", err)
 	}
@@ -424,8 +429,13 @@ func TestQMPBlockdevAddWithCache(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg := QMPConfig{Logger: qmpTestLogger{}}
 	q := startQMPLoop(buf, cfg, connectedCh, disconnectedCh)
 	q.version = checkVersion(t, connectedCh)
-	err := q.ExecuteBlockdevAddWithCache(context.Background(), "/dev/rbd0",
-		fmt.Sprintf("drive_%s", volumeUUID), true, true, false)
+	dev := BlockDevice{
+		ID:       fmt.Sprintf("drive_%s", volumeUUID),
+		File:     "/dev/rbd0",
+		ReadOnly: false,
+		AIO:      Native,
+	}
+	err := q.ExecuteBlockdevAddWithCache(context.Background(), &dev, true, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/katatestutils/utils.go b/src/runtime/pkg/katatestutils/utils.go
index 5676f4451c..2aa0754cac 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/katatestutils/utils.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/katatestutils/utils.go
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ type RuntimeConfigOptions struct {
 	ShimPath             string
 	LogPath              string
 	BlockDeviceDriver    string
+	BlockDeviceAIO       string
 	SharedFS             string
 	VirtioFSDaemon       string
 	JaegerEndpoint       string
@@ -305,6 +306,7 @@ func MakeRuntimeConfigFileData(config RuntimeConfigOptions) string {
 	path = "` + config.HypervisorPath + `"
 	kernel = "` + config.KernelPath + `"
 	block_device_driver =  "` + config.BlockDeviceDriver + `"
+	block_device_aio =  "` + config.BlockDeviceAIO + `"
 	kernel_params = "` + config.KernelParams + `"
 	image = "` + config.ImagePath + `"
 	machine_type = "` + config.MachineType + `"
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config-settings.go.in b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config-settings.go.in
index 2aad22bd85..37dbfee45a 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config-settings.go.in
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config-settings.go.in
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ const defaultBridgesCount uint32 = 1
 const defaultInterNetworkingModel = "tcfilter"
 const defaultDisableBlockDeviceUse bool = false
 const defaultBlockDeviceDriver = "virtio-scsi"
+const defaultBlockDeviceAIO string = "io_uring"
 const defaultBlockDeviceCacheSet bool = false
 const defaultBlockDeviceCacheDirect bool = false
 const defaultBlockDeviceCacheNoflush bool = false
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go
index fe93a84128..f3bc06bdf5 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ type hypervisor struct {
 	GuestHookPath                  string   `toml:"guest_hook_path"`
 	GuestMemoryDumpPath            string   `toml:"guest_memory_dump_path"`
 	SeccompSandbox                 string   `toml:"seccompsandbox"`
+	BlockDeviceAIO                 string   `toml:"block_device_aio"`
 	HypervisorPathList             []string `toml:"valid_hypervisor_paths"`
 	JailerPathList                 []string `toml:"valid_jailer_paths"`
 	CtlPathList                    []string `toml:"valid_ctlpaths"`
@@ -469,6 +470,22 @@ func (h hypervisor) blockDeviceDriver() (string, error) {
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("Invalid hypervisor block storage driver %v specified (supported drivers: %v)", h.BlockDeviceDriver, supportedBlockDrivers)
 }
 
+func (h hypervisor) blockDeviceAIO() (string, error) {
+	supportedBlockAIO := []string{config.AIOIOUring, config.AIONative, config.AIOThreads}
+
+	if h.BlockDeviceAIO == "" {
+		return defaultBlockDeviceAIO, nil
+	}
+
+	for _, b := range supportedBlockAIO {
+		if b == h.BlockDeviceAIO {
+			return h.BlockDeviceAIO, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("Invalid hypervisor block storage I/O mechanism  %v specified (supported AIO: %v)", h.BlockDeviceAIO, supportedBlockAIO)
+}
+
 func (h hypervisor) sharedFS() (string, error) {
 	supportedSharedFS := []string{config.Virtio9P, config.VirtioFS, config.VirtioFSNydus}
 
@@ -728,6 +745,11 @@ func newQemuHypervisorConfig(h hypervisor) (vc.HypervisorConfig, error) {
 		return vc.HypervisorConfig{}, err
 	}
 
+	blockAIO, err := h.blockDeviceAIO()
+	if err != nil {
+		return vc.HypervisorConfig{}, err
+	}
+
 	sharedFS, err := h.sharedFS()
 	if err != nil {
 		return vc.HypervisorConfig{}, err
@@ -784,6 +806,7 @@ func newQemuHypervisorConfig(h hypervisor) (vc.HypervisorConfig, error) {
 		Debug:                   h.Debug,
 		DisableNestingChecks:    h.DisableNestingChecks,
 		BlockDeviceDriver:       blockDriver,
+		BlockDeviceAIO:          blockAIO,
 		BlockDeviceCacheSet:     h.BlockDeviceCacheSet,
 		BlockDeviceCacheDirect:  h.BlockDeviceCacheDirect,
 		BlockDeviceCacheNoflush: h.BlockDeviceCacheNoflush,
@@ -1182,6 +1205,7 @@ func GetDefaultHypervisorConfig() vc.HypervisorConfig {
 		Debug:                   defaultEnableDebug,
 		DisableNestingChecks:    defaultDisableNestingChecks,
 		BlockDeviceDriver:       defaultBlockDeviceDriver,
+		BlockDeviceAIO:          defaultBlockDeviceAIO,
 		BlockDeviceCacheSet:     defaultBlockDeviceCacheSet,
 		BlockDeviceCacheDirect:  defaultBlockDeviceCacheDirect,
 		BlockDeviceCacheNoflush: defaultBlockDeviceCacheNoflush,
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config_test.go b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config_test.go
index 86619ab13d..5e493b40e3 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config_test.go
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ func createAllRuntimeConfigFiles(dir, hypervisor string) (config testRuntimeConf
 	machineType := "machineType"
 	disableBlockDevice := true
 	blockDeviceDriver := "virtio-scsi"
+	blockDeviceAIO := "io_uring"
 	enableIOThreads := true
 	hotplugVFIOOnRootBus := true
 	pcieRootPort := uint32(2)
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ func createAllRuntimeConfigFiles(dir, hypervisor string) (config testRuntimeConf
 		DefaultGuestHookPath: defaultGuestHookPath,
 		DisableBlock:         disableBlockDevice,
 		BlockDeviceDriver:    blockDeviceDriver,
+		BlockDeviceAIO:       blockDeviceAIO,
 		EnableIOThreads:      enableIOThreads,
 		HotplugVFIOOnRootBus: hotplugVFIOOnRootBus,
 		PCIeRootPort:         pcieRootPort,
@@ -159,6 +161,7 @@ func createAllRuntimeConfigFiles(dir, hypervisor string) (config testRuntimeConf
 		DefaultMaxMemorySize:  maxMemory,
 		DisableBlockDeviceUse: disableBlockDevice,
 		BlockDeviceDriver:     defaultBlockDeviceDriver,
+		BlockDeviceAIO:        defaultBlockDeviceAIO,
 		DefaultBridges:        defaultBridgesCount,
 		EnableIOThreads:       enableIOThreads,
 		HotplugVFIOOnRootBus:  hotplugVFIOOnRootBus,
@@ -550,6 +553,7 @@ func TestMinimalRuntimeConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		GuestHookPath:         defaultGuestHookPath,
 		VhostUserStorePath:    defaultVhostUserStorePath,
 		VirtioFSCache:         defaultVirtioFSCacheMode,
+		BlockDeviceAIO:        defaultBlockDeviceAIO,
 	}
 
 	expectedAgentConfig := vc.KataAgentConfig{
@@ -593,6 +597,7 @@ func TestNewQemuHypervisorConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	hotplugVFIOOnRootBus := true
 	pcieRootPort := uint32(2)
 	orgVHostVSockDevicePath := utils.VHostVSockDevicePath
+	blockDeviceAIO := "io_uring"
 	defer func() {
 		utils.VHostVSockDevicePath = orgVHostVSockDevicePath
 	}()
@@ -614,6 +619,7 @@ func TestNewQemuHypervisorConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		TxRateLimiterMaxRate:  txRateLimiterMaxRate,
 		SharedFS:              "virtio-fs",
 		VirtioFSDaemon:        filepath.Join(dir, "virtiofsd"),
+		BlockDeviceAIO:        blockDeviceAIO,
 	}
 
 	files := []string{hypervisorPath, kernelPath, imagePath}
@@ -674,6 +680,11 @@ func TestNewQemuHypervisorConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	if config.TxRateLimiterMaxRate != txRateLimiterMaxRate {
 		t.Errorf("Expected value for tx rate limiter %v, got %v", txRateLimiterMaxRate, config.TxRateLimiterMaxRate)
 	}
+
+	if config.BlockDeviceAIO != blockDeviceAIO {
+		t.Errorf("Expected value for BlockDeviceAIO  %v, got %v", blockDeviceAIO, config.BlockDeviceAIO)
+	}
+
 }
 
 func TestNewFirecrackerHypervisorConfig(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils.go b/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils.go
index e043f786c0..95bfe2a33a 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils.go
@@ -683,6 +683,22 @@ func addHypervisorBlockOverrides(ocispec specs.Spec, sbConfig *vc.SandboxConfig)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if value, ok := ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.BlockDeviceAIO]; ok {
+		supportedAIO := []string{config.AIONative, config.AIOThreads, config.AIOIOUring}
+
+		valid := false
+		for _, b := range supportedAIO {
+			if b == value {
+				sbConfig.HypervisorConfig.BlockDeviceAIO = value
+				valid = true
+			}
+		}
+
+		if !valid {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Invalid AIO mechanism  %v specified in annotation (supported IO mechanism : %v)", value, supportedAIO)
+		}
+	}
+
 	if err := newAnnotationConfiguration(ocispec, vcAnnotations.DisableBlockDeviceUse).setBool(func(disableBlockDeviceUse bool) {
 		sbConfig.HypervisorConfig.DisableBlockDeviceUse = disableBlockDeviceUse
 	}); err != nil {
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils_test.go b/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils_test.go
index 8b905def87..b5b15ad871 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils_test.go
@@ -642,6 +642,7 @@ func TestAddHypervisorAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.HugePages] = "true"
 	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.IOMMU] = "true"
 	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.BlockDeviceDriver] = "virtio-scsi"
+	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.BlockDeviceAIO] = "io_uring"
 	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.DisableBlockDeviceUse] = "true"
 	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.EnableIOThreads] = "true"
 	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.BlockDeviceCacheSet] = "true"
@@ -679,6 +680,7 @@ func TestAddHypervisorAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(config.HypervisorConfig.HugePages, true)
 	assert.Equal(config.HypervisorConfig.IOMMU, true)
 	assert.Equal(config.HypervisorConfig.BlockDeviceDriver, "virtio-scsi")
+	assert.Equal(config.HypervisorConfig.BlockDeviceAIO, "io_uring")
 	assert.Equal(config.HypervisorConfig.DisableBlockDeviceUse, true)
 	assert.Equal(config.HypervisorConfig.EnableIOThreads, true)
 	assert.Equal(config.HypervisorConfig.BlockDeviceCacheSet, true)
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
index b82700a0e1..49b658db31 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
@@ -377,6 +377,9 @@ type HypervisorConfig struct {
 	// SeccompSandbox is the qemu function which enables the seccomp feature
 	SeccompSandbox string
 
+	// BlockiDeviceAIO specifies the I/O API to be used.
+	BlockDeviceAIO string
+
 	// KernelParams are additional guest kernel parameters.
 	KernelParams []Param
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
index 6618d0acdf..d7919a0c8a 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ const (
 	// BlockDeviceDriver specifies the driver to be used for block device either VirtioSCSI or VirtioBlock
 	BlockDeviceDriver = kataAnnotHypervisorPrefix + "block_device_driver"
 
+	// BlockDeviceAIO specifies I/O mechanism to be used with VirtioBlock for qemu
+	BlockDeviceAIO = kataAnnotHypervisorPrefix + "block_device_aio"
+
 	// DisableBlockDeviceUse  is a sandbox annotation that disallows a block device from being used.
 	DisableBlockDeviceUse = kataAnnotHypervisorPrefix + "disable_block_device_use"
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
index fdcf60eda0..56bd5c3899 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
@@ -1292,12 +1292,19 @@ func (q *qemu) hotplugAddBlockDevice(ctx context.Context, drive *config.BlockDri
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	qblkDevice := govmmQemu.BlockDevice{
+		ID:       drive.ID,
+		File:     drive.File,
+		ReadOnly: drive.ReadOnly,
+		AIO:      govmmQemu.BlockDeviceAIO(q.config.BlockDeviceAIO),
+	}
+
 	if drive.Swap {
-		err = q.qmpMonitorCh.qmp.ExecuteBlockdevAddWithDriverCache(q.qmpMonitorCh.ctx, "file", drive.File, drive.ID, false, false, false)
+		err = q.qmpMonitorCh.qmp.ExecuteBlockdevAddWithDriverCache(q.qmpMonitorCh.ctx, "file", &qblkDevice, false, false)
 	} else if q.config.BlockDeviceCacheSet {
-		err = q.qmpMonitorCh.qmp.ExecuteBlockdevAddWithCache(q.qmpMonitorCh.ctx, drive.File, drive.ID, q.config.BlockDeviceCacheDirect, q.config.BlockDeviceCacheNoflush, drive.ReadOnly)
+		err = q.qmpMonitorCh.qmp.ExecuteBlockdevAddWithCache(q.qmpMonitorCh.ctx, &qblkDevice, q.config.BlockDeviceCacheDirect, q.config.BlockDeviceCacheNoflush)
 	} else {
-		err = q.qmpMonitorCh.qmp.ExecuteBlockdevAdd(q.qmpMonitorCh.ctx, drive.File, drive.ID, drive.ReadOnly)
+		err = q.qmpMonitorCh.qmp.ExecuteBlockdevAdd(q.qmpMonitorCh.ctx, &qblkDevice)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return err