diff --git a/virtcontainers/device/config/config.go b/virtcontainers/device/config/config.go
index 4eda53b997..9a30134576 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/device/config/config.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/device/config/config.go
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ type BlockDrive struct {
 
 	// DevNo identifies the css bus id for virtio-blk-ccw
 	DevNo string
+
+	// ShareRW enables multiple qemu instances to share the File
+	ShareRW bool
 }
 
 // VFIODeviceType indicates VFIO device type
diff --git a/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base.go b/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base.go
index 64792ba613..4408648bc1 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base.go
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ func genericBlockDevice(drive config.BlockDrive, nestedRun bool) (govmmQemu.Bloc
 		Format:        govmmQemu.BlockDeviceFormat(drive.Format),
 		Interface:     "none",
 		DisableModern: nestedRun,
+		ShareRW:       drive.ShareRW,
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/virtcontainers/qemu_s390x.go b/virtcontainers/qemu_s390x.go
index 26cfb1e1a1..c5d0b8be00 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/qemu_s390x.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/qemu_s390x.go
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ func (q *qemuS390x) appendImage(devices []govmmQemu.Device, path string) ([]govm
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	drive.ShareRW = true
 	devices, err = q.appendBlockDevice(devices, drive)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err