diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/Cargo.lock b/src/runtime-rs/Cargo.lock
index e4485e26c0..68872f7f0b 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/Cargo.lock
@@ -1385,6 +1385,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "shim-interface",
  "slog",
  "slog-scope",
+ "tests_utils",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/Cargo.toml b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
index 85a4666ea2..f8e5497f5d 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ shim-interface = { path = "../../../libs/shim-interface" }
 dragonball = { path = "../../../dragonball", features = ["atomic-guest-memory", "virtio-vsock", "hotplug", "virtio-blk", "virtio-net", "virtio-fs", "dbs-upcall"] }
 
 ch-config = { path = "ch-config", optional = true }
+tests_utils = { path = "../../tests/utils" }
 
 futures = "0.3.25"
 safe-path = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/device/device_manager.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/device/device_manager.rs
index 76f62feed8..c1e6509142 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/device/device_manager.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/device/device_manager.rs
@@ -470,3 +470,66 @@ pub async fn do_handle_device(
 pub async fn get_block_driver(d: &RwLock<DeviceManager>) -> String {
     d.read().await.get_block_driver().await
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::DeviceManager;
+    use crate::{
+        device::{device_manager::get_block_driver, DeviceConfig, DeviceType},
+        qemu::Qemu,
+        BlockConfig, KATA_BLK_DEV_TYPE,
+    };
+    use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+    use tests_utils::load_test_config;
+    use tokio::sync::RwLock;
+
+    async fn new_device_manager() -> Result<Arc<RwLock<DeviceManager>>> {
+        let hypervisor_name: &str = "qemu";
+        let toml_config = load_test_config(hypervisor_name.to_owned())?;
+        let hypervisor_config = toml_config
+            .hypervisor
+            .get(hypervisor_name)
+            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("failed to get hypervisor for {}", &hypervisor_name))?;
+
+        let mut hypervisor = Qemu::new();
+        hypervisor
+            .set_hypervisor_config(hypervisor_config.clone())
+            .await;
+
+        let dm = Arc::new(RwLock::new(
+            DeviceManager::new(Arc::new(hypervisor))
+                .await
+                .context("device manager")?,
+        ));
+
+        Ok(dm)
+    }
+
+    #[actix_rt::test]
+    async fn test_new_block_device() {
+        let dm = new_device_manager().await;
+        assert!(dm.is_ok());
+
+        let d = dm.unwrap();
+        let block_driver = get_block_driver(&d).await;
+        let dev_info = DeviceConfig::BlockCfg(BlockConfig {
+            path_on_host: "/dev/dddzzz".to_string(),
+            driver_option: block_driver,
+            ..Default::default()
+        });
+        let new_device_result = d.write().await.new_device(&dev_info).await;
+        assert!(new_device_result.is_ok());
+
+        let device_id = new_device_result.unwrap();
+        let devices_info_result = d.read().await.get_device_info(&device_id).await;
+        assert!(devices_info_result.is_ok());
+
+        let device_info = devices_info_result.unwrap();
+        if let DeviceType::Block(device) = device_info {
+            assert_eq!(device.config.driver_option, KATA_BLK_DEV_TYPE);
+        } else {
+            assert_eq!(1, 0)
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/resource/src/network/endpoint/endpoints_test.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/resource/src/network/endpoint/endpoints_test.rs
index 2cf87e7879..7bfb429621 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/resource/src/network/endpoint/endpoints_test.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/resource/src/network/endpoint/endpoints_test.rs
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ mod tests {
 
     async fn get_device_manager() -> Result<Arc<RwLock<DeviceManager>>> {
         let hypervisor_name: &str = "qemu";
-        if let Err(e) = load_test_config(hypervisor_name.to_owned()) {
-            println!("Test failed with error: {}", e);
-        }
         let toml_config = load_test_config(hypervisor_name.to_owned())?;
         let hypervisor_config = toml_config
             .hypervisor
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/tests/texture/configuration-qemu.toml b/src/runtime-rs/tests/texture/configuration-qemu.toml
index 807de57b69..b8d876f89e 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/tests/texture/configuration-qemu.toml
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/tests/texture/configuration-qemu.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ valid_virtio_fs_daemon_paths = ["/usr/local/bin/virtiofsd*","./virtio_fs"]
 virtio_fs_cache_size = 512
 virtio_fs_extra_args = ["-o", "arg1=xxx,arg2", "-o", "hello world", "--arg3=yyy"]
 virtio_fs_cache = "always"
-block_device_driver = "virtio-blk"
+block_device_driver = "virtio-blk-pci"
 block_device_cache_set = true
 block_device_cache_direct = true
 block_device_cache_noflush = true
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/tests/utils/src/lib.rs b/src/runtime-rs/tests/utils/src/lib.rs
index bd5246778e..9349682341 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/tests/utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/tests/utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ pub fn load_test_config(hypervisor_name: String) -> Result<TomlConfig> {
             let qemu = QemuConfig::new();
             qemu.register();
         }
+        // TODO add other hypervisor test config
         _ => {
             return Err(anyhow!("invalid hypervisor {}", hypervisor_name));
         }