diff --git a/virtcontainers/agent.go b/virtcontainers/agent.go
index 8774d49ceb..cf0c71c504 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/agent.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/agent.go
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ type agent interface {
 
 	// capabilities should return a structure that specifies the capabilities
 	// supported by the agent.
-	capabilities() capabilities
+	capabilities() types.Capabilities
 
 	// check will check the agent liveness
 	check() error
diff --git a/virtcontainers/capabilities.go b/virtcontainers/capabilities.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 72716ddb24..0000000000
--- a/virtcontainers/capabilities.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corporation
-//
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-//
-
-package virtcontainers
-
-const (
-	blockDeviceSupport = 1 << iota
-	blockDeviceHotplugSupport
-	multiQueueSupport
-	fsSharingUnsupported
-)
-
-type capabilities struct {
-	flags uint
-}
-
-func (caps *capabilities) isBlockDeviceSupported() bool {
-	if caps.flags&blockDeviceSupport != 0 {
-		return true
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-func (caps *capabilities) setBlockDeviceSupport() {
-	caps.flags = caps.flags | blockDeviceSupport
-}
-
-func (caps *capabilities) isBlockDeviceHotplugSupported() bool {
-	if caps.flags&blockDeviceHotplugSupport != 0 {
-		return true
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-func (caps *capabilities) setBlockDeviceHotplugSupport() {
-	caps.flags |= blockDeviceHotplugSupport
-}
-
-func (caps *capabilities) isMultiQueueSupported() bool {
-	if caps.flags&multiQueueSupport != 0 {
-		return true
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-func (caps *capabilities) setMultiQueueSupport() {
-	caps.flags |= multiQueueSupport
-}
-
-func (caps *capabilities) isFsSharingSupported() bool {
-	return caps.flags&fsSharingUnsupported == 0
-}
-
-func (caps *capabilities) setFsSharingUnsupported() {
-	caps.flags |= fsSharingUnsupported
-}
diff --git a/virtcontainers/capabilities_test.go b/virtcontainers/capabilities_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3396989a85..0000000000
--- a/virtcontainers/capabilities_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corporation
-//
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-//
-
-package virtcontainers
-
-import "testing"
-
-func TestBlockDeviceCapability(t *testing.T) {
-	var caps capabilities
-
-	if caps.isBlockDeviceSupported() {
-		t.Fatal()
-	}
-
-	caps.setBlockDeviceSupport()
-
-	if !caps.isBlockDeviceSupported() {
-		t.Fatal()
-	}
-}
-
-func TestBlockDeviceHotplugCapability(t *testing.T) {
-	var caps capabilities
-
-	if caps.isBlockDeviceHotplugSupported() {
-		t.Fatal()
-	}
-
-	caps.setBlockDeviceHotplugSupport()
-
-	if !caps.isBlockDeviceHotplugSupported() {
-		t.Fatal()
-	}
-}
-
-func TestFsSharingCapability(t *testing.T) {
-	var caps capabilities
-
-	if !caps.isFsSharingSupported() {
-		t.Fatal()
-	}
-
-	caps.setFsSharingUnsupported()
-
-	if caps.isFsSharingSupported() {
-		t.Fatal()
-	}
-}
diff --git a/virtcontainers/container.go b/virtcontainers/container.go
index 545700b77f..db9715e97d 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/container.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/container.go
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ func (c *Container) shareFiles(m Mount, idx int, hostSharedDir, guestSharedDir s
 	// copy file to contaier's rootfs if filesystem sharing is not supported, otherwise
 	// bind mount it in the shared directory.
 	caps := c.sandbox.hypervisor.capabilities()
-	if !caps.isFsSharingSupported() {
+	if !caps.IsFsSharingSupported() {
 		c.Logger().Debug("filesystem sharing is not supported, files will be copied")
 
 		fileInfo, err := os.Stat(m.Source)
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ func (c *Container) checkBlockDeviceSupport() bool {
 		agentCaps := c.sandbox.agent.capabilities()
 		hypervisorCaps := c.sandbox.hypervisor.capabilities()
 
-		if agentCaps.isBlockDeviceSupported() && hypervisorCaps.isBlockDeviceHotplugSupported() {
+		if agentCaps.IsBlockDeviceSupported() && hypervisorCaps.IsBlockDeviceHotplugSupported() {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/virtcontainers/fc.go b/virtcontainers/fc.go
index 7942da9582..203add79de 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/fc.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/fc.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
 	"github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers/device/config"
+	"github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers/types"
 
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
@@ -656,12 +657,12 @@ func (fc *firecracker) disconnect() {
 }
 
 // Adds all capabilities supported by firecracker implementation of hypervisor interface
-func (fc *firecracker) capabilities() capabilities {
+func (fc *firecracker) capabilities() types.Capabilities {
 	span, _ := fc.trace("capabilities")
 	defer span.Finish()
-	var caps capabilities
-	caps.setFsSharingUnsupported()
-	caps.setBlockDeviceHotplugSupport()
+	var caps types.Capabilities
+	caps.SetFsSharingUnsupported()
+	caps.SetBlockDeviceHotplugSupport()
 
 	return caps
 }
diff --git a/virtcontainers/hyperstart_agent.go b/virtcontainers/hyperstart_agent.go
index 31d774ac5e..feabc1f5a2 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/hyperstart_agent.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/hyperstart_agent.go
@@ -330,11 +330,11 @@ func (h *hyper) createSandbox(sandbox *Sandbox) (err error) {
 	return h.configure(sandbox.hypervisor, "", h.getSharePath(sandbox.id), false, nil)
 }
 
-func (h *hyper) capabilities() capabilities {
-	var caps capabilities
+func (h *hyper) capabilities() types.Capabilities {
+	var caps types.Capabilities
 
 	// add all capabilities supported by agent
-	caps.setBlockDeviceSupport()
+	caps.SetBlockDeviceSupport()
 
 	return caps
 }
diff --git a/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go b/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
index 4df16803a4..23cf82343d 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ type hypervisor interface {
 	resizeVCPUs(vcpus uint32) (uint32, uint32, error)
 	getSandboxConsole(sandboxID string) (string, error)
 	disconnect()
-	capabilities() capabilities
+	capabilities() types.Capabilities
 	hypervisorConfig() HypervisorConfig
 	getThreadIDs() (*threadIDs, error)
 	cleanup() error
diff --git a/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go b/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
index 64b40a789c..3f0abc423f 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
@@ -211,11 +211,11 @@ func (k *kataAgent) agentURL() (string, error) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (k *kataAgent) capabilities() capabilities {
-	var caps capabilities
+func (k *kataAgent) capabilities() types.Capabilities {
+	var caps types.Capabilities
 
 	// add all capabilities supported by agent
-	caps.setBlockDeviceSupport()
+	caps.SetBlockDeviceSupport()
 
 	return caps
 }
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ func (k *kataAgent) configure(h hypervisor, id, sharePath string, builtin bool,
 	// Neither create shared directory nor add 9p device if hypervisor
 	// doesn't support filesystem sharing.
 	caps := h.capabilities()
-	if !caps.isFsSharingSupported() {
+	if !caps.IsFsSharingSupported() {
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ func (k *kataAgent) startSandbox(sandbox *Sandbox) error {
 	caps := sandbox.hypervisor.capabilities()
 
 	// append 9p shared volume to storages only if filesystem sharing is supported
-	if caps.isFsSharingSupported() {
+	if caps.IsFsSharingSupported() {
 		sharedDir9pOptions = append(sharedDir9pOptions, fmt.Sprintf("msize=%d", sandbox.config.HypervisorConfig.Msize9p))
 
 		// We mount the shared directory in a predefined location
diff --git a/virtcontainers/mock_hypervisor.go b/virtcontainers/mock_hypervisor.go
index f23b3b8762..1146c6f746 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/mock_hypervisor.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/mock_hypervisor.go
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@ package virtcontainers
 import (
 	"context"
 	"os"
+
+	"github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers/types"
 )
 
 type mockHypervisor struct {
 }
 
-func (m *mockHypervisor) capabilities() capabilities {
-	return capabilities{}
+func (m *mockHypervisor) capabilities() types.Capabilities {
+	return types.Capabilities{}
 }
 
 func (m *mockHypervisor) hypervisorConfig() HypervisorConfig {
diff --git a/virtcontainers/network.go b/virtcontainers/network.go
index bfa087f961..777d12fec2 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/network.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/network.go
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ func xConnectVMNetwork(endpoint Endpoint, h hypervisor) error {
 
 	queues := 0
 	caps := h.capabilities()
-	if caps.isMultiQueueSupported() {
+	if caps.IsMultiQueueSupported() {
 		queues = int(h.hypervisorConfig().NumVCPUs)
 	}
 
diff --git a/virtcontainers/noop_agent.go b/virtcontainers/noop_agent.go
index f0e38bcc97..1783454b93 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/noop_agent.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/noop_agent.go
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ func (n *noopAgent) createSandbox(sandbox *Sandbox) error {
 }
 
 // capabilities returns empty capabilities, i.e no capabilties are supported.
-func (n *noopAgent) capabilities() capabilities {
-	return capabilities{}
+func (n *noopAgent) capabilities() types.Capabilities {
+	return types.Capabilities{}
 }
 
 // disconnect is the Noop agent connection closer. It does nothing.
diff --git a/virtcontainers/qemu.go b/virtcontainers/qemu.go
index 59d9dbbb17..ee6298203b 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/qemu.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/qemu.go
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func (q *qemu) kernelParameters() string {
 }
 
 // Adds all capabilities supported by qemu implementation of hypervisor interface
-func (q *qemu) capabilities() capabilities {
+func (q *qemu) capabilities() types.Capabilities {
 	span, _ := q.trace("capabilities")
 	defer span.Finish()
 
diff --git a/virtcontainers/qemu_amd64.go b/virtcontainers/qemu_amd64.go
index 7e3fc9d3de..dec7ec9259 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/qemu_amd64.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/qemu_amd64.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ package virtcontainers
 import (
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers/types"
+
 	govmmQemu "github.com/intel/govmm/qemu"
 )
 
@@ -101,16 +103,16 @@ func newQemuArch(config HypervisorConfig) qemuArch {
 	return q
 }
 
-func (q *qemuAmd64) capabilities() capabilities {
-	var caps capabilities
+func (q *qemuAmd64) capabilities() types.Capabilities {
+	var caps types.Capabilities
 
 	if q.machineType == QemuPC ||
 		q.machineType == QemuQ35 ||
 		q.machineType == QemuVirt {
-		caps.setBlockDeviceHotplugSupport()
+		caps.SetBlockDeviceHotplugSupport()
 	}
 
-	caps.setMultiQueueSupport()
+	caps.SetMultiQueueSupport()
 
 	return caps
 }
diff --git a/virtcontainers/qemu_amd64_test.go b/virtcontainers/qemu_amd64_test.go
index c10d126653..14bcb6e832 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/qemu_amd64_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/qemu_amd64_test.go
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ func TestQemuAmd64Capabilities(t *testing.T) {
 
 	amd64 := newTestQemu(QemuPC)
 	caps := amd64.capabilities()
-	assert.True(caps.isBlockDeviceHotplugSupported())
+	assert.True(caps.IsBlockDeviceHotplugSupported())
 
 	amd64 = newTestQemu(QemuQ35)
 	caps = amd64.capabilities()
-	assert.True(caps.isBlockDeviceHotplugSupported())
+	assert.True(caps.IsBlockDeviceHotplugSupported())
 }
 
 func TestQemuAmd64Bridges(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base.go b/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base.go
index aa852353d8..fa8bd49be2 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ type qemuArch interface {
 	kernelParameters(debug bool) []Param
 
 	//capabilities returns the capabilities supported by QEMU
-	capabilities() capabilities
+	capabilities() types.Capabilities
 
 	// bridges returns the number bridges for the machine type
 	bridges(number uint32) []Bridge
@@ -228,10 +228,10 @@ func (q *qemuArchBase) kernelParameters(debug bool) []Param {
 	return params
 }
 
-func (q *qemuArchBase) capabilities() capabilities {
-	var caps capabilities
-	caps.setBlockDeviceHotplugSupport()
-	caps.setMultiQueueSupport()
+func (q *qemuArchBase) capabilities() types.Capabilities {
+	var caps types.Capabilities
+	caps.SetBlockDeviceHotplugSupport()
+	caps.SetMultiQueueSupport()
 	return caps
 }
 
diff --git a/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base_test.go b/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base_test.go
index 711d585f4a..c6ae625282 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base_test.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func TestQemuArchBaseCapabilities(t *testing.T) {
 	qemuArchBase := newQemuArchBase()
 
 	c := qemuArchBase.capabilities()
-	assert.True(c.isBlockDeviceHotplugSupported())
+	assert.True(c.IsBlockDeviceHotplugSupported())
 }
 
 func TestQemuArchBaseBridges(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/virtcontainers/qemu_ppc64le.go b/virtcontainers/qemu_ppc64le.go
index ca69e2d831..f6151f5f47 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/qemu_ppc64le.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/qemu_ppc64le.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	govmmQemu "github.com/intel/govmm/qemu"
 	deviceConfig "github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers/device/config"
+	"github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers/types"
 	"github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers/utils"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
@@ -90,15 +91,15 @@ func newQemuArch(config HypervisorConfig) qemuArch {
 	return q
 }
 
-func (q *qemuPPC64le) capabilities() capabilities {
-	var caps capabilities
+func (q *qemuPPC64le) capabilities() types.Capabilities {
+	var caps types.Capabilities
 
 	// pseries machine type supports hotplugging drives
 	if q.machineType == QemuPseries {
-		caps.setBlockDeviceHotplugSupport()
+		caps.SetBlockDeviceHotplugSupport()
 	}
 
-	caps.setMultiQueueSupport()
+	caps.SetMultiQueueSupport()
 
 	return caps
 }
diff --git a/virtcontainers/qemu_test.go b/virtcontainers/qemu_test.go
index 73ad6adfc9..1a01868167 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/qemu_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/qemu_test.go
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func TestQemuCapabilities(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	caps := q.capabilities()
-	if !caps.isBlockDeviceHotplugSupported() {
+	if !caps.IsBlockDeviceHotplugSupported() {
 		t.Fatal("Block device hotplug should be supported")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/virtcontainers/types/capabilities.go b/virtcontainers/types/capabilities.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c361601ef5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/virtcontainers/types/capabilities.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corporation
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+
+package types
+
+const (
+	blockDeviceSupport = 1 << iota
+	blockDeviceHotplugSupport
+	multiQueueSupport
+	fsSharingUnsupported
+)
+
+// Capabilities describe a virtcontainers hypervisor capabilities
+// through a bit mask.
+type Capabilities struct {
+	flags uint
+}
+
+// IsBlockDeviceSupported tells if an hypervisor supports block devices.
+func (caps *Capabilities) IsBlockDeviceSupported() bool {
+	if caps.flags&blockDeviceSupport != 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// SetBlockDeviceSupport sets the block device support capability to true.
+func (caps *Capabilities) SetBlockDeviceSupport() {
+	caps.flags = caps.flags | blockDeviceSupport
+}
+
+// IsBlockDeviceHotplugSupported tells if an hypervisor supports hotplugging block devices.
+func (caps *Capabilities) IsBlockDeviceHotplugSupported() bool {
+	if caps.flags&blockDeviceHotplugSupport != 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// SetBlockDeviceHotplugSupport sets the block device hotplugging capability to true.
+func (caps *Capabilities) SetBlockDeviceHotplugSupport() {
+	caps.flags |= blockDeviceHotplugSupport
+}
+
+// IsMultiQueueSupported tells if an hypervisor supports device multi queue support.
+func (caps *Capabilities) IsMultiQueueSupported() bool {
+	if caps.flags&multiQueueSupport != 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// SetMultiQueueSupport sets the device multi queue capability to true.
+func (caps *Capabilities) SetMultiQueueSupport() {
+	caps.flags |= multiQueueSupport
+}
+
+// IsFsSharingSupported tells if an hypervisor supports host filesystem sharing.
+func (caps *Capabilities) IsFsSharingSupported() bool {
+	return caps.flags&fsSharingUnsupported == 0
+}
+
+// SetFsSharingUnsupported sets the host filesystem sharing capability to true.
+func (caps *Capabilities) SetFsSharingUnsupported() {
+	caps.flags |= fsSharingUnsupported
+}
diff --git a/virtcontainers/types/capabilities_test.go b/virtcontainers/types/capabilities_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5b0bcd068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/virtcontainers/types/capabilities_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corporation
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+
+package types
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestBlockDeviceCapability(t *testing.T) {
+	var caps Capabilities
+
+	if caps.IsBlockDeviceSupported() {
+		t.Fatal()
+	}
+
+	caps.SetBlockDeviceSupport()
+
+	if !caps.IsBlockDeviceSupported() {
+		t.Fatal()
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBlockDeviceHotplugCapability(t *testing.T) {
+	var caps Capabilities
+
+	if caps.IsBlockDeviceHotplugSupported() {
+		t.Fatal()
+	}
+
+	caps.SetBlockDeviceHotplugSupport()
+
+	if !caps.IsBlockDeviceHotplugSupported() {
+		t.Fatal()
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFsSharingCapability(t *testing.T) {
+	var caps Capabilities
+
+	if !caps.IsFsSharingSupported() {
+		t.Fatal()
+	}
+
+	caps.SetFsSharingUnsupported()
+
+	if caps.IsFsSharingSupported() {
+		t.Fatal()
+	}
+}