diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/types.go b/pkg/apis/core/types.go
index 03ffeb5b8d3..760d26309a3 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/types.go
@@ -1634,6 +1634,10 @@ type CSIPersistentVolumeSource struct {
 	// Ex. "ext4", "xfs", "ntfs". Implicitly inferred to be "ext4" if unspecified.
 	// +optional
 	FSType string
+
+	// Attributes of the volume to publish.
+	// +optional
+	VolumeAttributes map[string]string
 }
 
 // ContainerPort represents a network port in a single container
diff --git a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_mounter.go b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_mounter.go
index fcbe7e24ef2..52cda273d56 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_mounter.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_mounter.go
@@ -151,14 +151,7 @@ func (c *csiMountMgr) SetUpAt(dir string, fsGroup *int64) error {
 		c.volumeInfo = attachment.Status.AttachmentMetadata
 	}
 
-	// get volume attributes
-	// TODO: for alpha vol attributes are passed via PV.Annotations
-	// Beta will fix that
-	attribs, err := getVolAttribsFromSpec(c.spec)
-	if err != nil {
-		glog.Error(log("mounter.SetUpAt failed to extract volume attributes from PV annotations: %v", err))
-		return err
-	}
+	attribs := csiSource.VolumeAttributes
 
 	// create target_dir before call to NodePublish
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0750); err != nil {
@@ -295,29 +288,6 @@ func (c *csiMountMgr) TearDownAt(dir string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// getVolAttribsFromSpec extracts CSI VolumeAttributes information from PV.Annotations
-// using key csi.kubernetes.io/volume-attributes.  The annotation value is expected
-// to be a JSON-encoded object of form {"key0":"val0",...,"keyN":"valN"}
-func getVolAttribsFromSpec(spec *volume.Spec) (map[string]string, error) {
-	if spec == nil {
-		return nil, errors.New("missing volume spec")
-	}
-	annotations := spec.PersistentVolume.GetAnnotations()
-	if annotations == nil {
-		return nil, nil // no annotations found
-	}
-	jsonAttribs := annotations[csiVolAttribsAnnotationKey]
-	if jsonAttribs == "" {
-		return nil, nil // csi annotation not found
-	}
-	attribs := map[string]string{}
-	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonAttribs), &attribs); err != nil {
-		glog.Error(log("error parsing csi PV.Annotation [%s]=%s: %v", csiVolAttribsAnnotationKey, jsonAttribs, err))
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return attribs, nil
-}
-
 // saveVolumeData persists parameter data as json file using the location
 // generated by /var/lib/kubelet/pods/<podID>/volumes/kubernetes.io~csi/<specVolId>/volume_data.json
 func saveVolumeData(p *csiPlugin, podUID types.UID, specVolID string, data map[string]string) error {
diff --git a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_mounter_test.go b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_mounter_test.go
index b95c1630a25..90555063dd6 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_mounter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_mounter_test.go
@@ -202,53 +202,6 @@ func TestUnmounterTeardown(t *testing.T) {
 
 }
 
-func TestGetVolAttribsFromSpec(t *testing.T) {
-	testCases := []struct {
-		name        string
-		annotations map[string]string
-		attribs     map[string]string
-		shouldFail  bool
-	}{
-		{
-			name:        "attribs ok",
-			annotations: map[string]string{"key0": "val0", csiVolAttribsAnnotationKey: `{"k0":"attr0","k1":"attr1","k2":"attr2"}`, "keyN": "valN"},
-			attribs:     map[string]string{"k0": "attr0", "k1": "attr1", "k2": "attr2"},
-		},
-
-		{
-			name:        "missing attribs",
-			annotations: map[string]string{"key0": "val0", "keyN": "valN"},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "missing annotations",
-		},
-		{
-			name:        "bad json",
-			annotations: map[string]string{"key0": "val0", csiVolAttribsAnnotationKey: `{"k0""attr0","k1":"attr1,"k2":"attr2"`, "keyN": "valN"},
-			attribs:     map[string]string{"k0": "attr0", "k1": "attr1", "k2": "attr2"},
-			shouldFail:  true,
-		},
-	}
-	spec := volume.NewSpecFromPersistentVolume(makeTestPV("test-pv", 10, testDriver, testVol), false)
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Logf("test case: %s", tc.name)
-		spec.PersistentVolume.Annotations = tc.annotations
-		attribs, err := getVolAttribsFromSpec(spec)
-		if !tc.shouldFail && err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("test case should not fail, but err != nil: %v", err)
-		}
-		eq := true
-		for k, v := range attribs {
-			if tc.attribs[k] != v {
-				eq = false
-			}
-		}
-		if !eq {
-			t.Errorf("expecting attribs %#v, but got %#v", tc.attribs, attribs)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func TestSaveVolumeData(t *testing.T) {
 	plug, tmpDir := newTestPlugin(t)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
diff --git a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_plugin.go b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_plugin.go
index b258d0b44e9..0b9b25241ee 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_plugin.go
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	csiPluginName              = "kubernetes.io/csi"
-	csiVolAttribsAnnotationKey = "csi.volume.kubernetes.io/volume-attributes"
+	csiPluginName = "kubernetes.io/csi"
 
 	// TODO (vladimirvivien) implement a more dynamic way to discover
 	// the unix domain socket path for each installed csi driver.
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
index 43cc222a378..8d33f9c97e6 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
@@ -1748,6 +1748,10 @@ type CSIPersistentVolumeSource struct {
 	// Ex. "ext4", "xfs", "ntfs". Implicitly inferred to be "ext4" if unspecified.
 	// +optional
 	FSType string `json:"fsType,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=fsType"`
+
+	// Attributes of the volume to publish.
+	// +optional
+	VolumeAttributes map[string]string `json:"volumeAttributes,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,5,rep,name=volumeAttributes"`
 }
 
 // ContainerPort represents a network port in a single container.