diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index 0a253878daf..7ba75d65466 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -3058,6 +3058,13 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
                     disk.setBusType(DiskDef.DiskBus.SCSI);
                 }
             } else {
+                if (pool == null) {
+                    throw new CloudRuntimeException(String.format("Found null pool for volume %s", volume));
+                }
+
+                disk.setLogicalBlockIOSize(pool.getSupportedLogicalBlockSize());
+                disk.setPhysicalBlockIOSize(pool.getSupportedPhysicalBlockSize());
+
                 if (diskBusType == DiskDef.DiskBus.SCSI ) {
                     disk.setQemuDriver(true);
                     disk.setDiscard(DiscardType.UNMAP);
@@ -3486,6 +3493,9 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
                 if (cacheMode != null) {
                     diskdef.setCacheMode(DiskDef.DiskCacheMode.valueOf(cacheMode.toUpperCase()));
                 }
+
+                diskdef.setPhysicalBlockIOSize(attachingPool.getSupportedPhysicalBlockSize());
+                diskdef.setLogicalBlockIOSize(attachingPool.getSupportedLogicalBlockSize());
             }
 
             final String xml = diskdef.toString();
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
index 09071ed6cdb..5e0c9044228 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
@@ -700,6 +700,18 @@ public class LibvirtVMDef {
 
         }
 
+        public enum BlockIOSize {
+            SIZE_512("512"), SIZE_4K("4096");
+            final String blockSize;
+
+            BlockIOSize(String size) { this.blockSize = size; }
+
+            @Override
+            public String toString() {
+                return blockSize;
+            }
+        }
+
         private DeviceType _deviceType; /* floppy, disk, cdrom */
         private DiskType _diskType;
         private DiskProtocol _diskProtocol;
@@ -733,6 +745,8 @@ public class LibvirtVMDef {
         private IoDriverPolicy ioDriver;
         private LibvirtDiskEncryptDetails encryptDetails;
         private boolean isIothreadsEnabled;
+        private BlockIOSize logicalBlockIOSize = null;
+        private BlockIOSize physicalBlockIOSize = null;
 
         public DiscardType getDiscard() {
             return _discard;
@@ -758,6 +772,10 @@ public class LibvirtVMDef {
             this.isIothreadsEnabled = isIothreadsEnabled;
         }
 
+        public void setPhysicalBlockIOSize(BlockIOSize size) { this.physicalBlockIOSize = size; }
+
+        public void setLogicalBlockIOSize(BlockIOSize size) { this.logicalBlockIOSize = size; }
+
         public void defFileBasedDisk(String filePath, String diskLabel, DiskBus bus, DiskFmtType diskFmtType) {
             _diskType = DiskType.FILE;
             _deviceType = DeviceType.DISK;
@@ -1156,6 +1174,17 @@ public class LibvirtVMDef {
             }
             diskBuilder.append("/>\n");
 
+            if (logicalBlockIOSize != null || physicalBlockIOSize != null) {
+                diskBuilder.append("<blockio ");
+                if (logicalBlockIOSize != null) {
+                    diskBuilder.append(String.format("logical_block_size='%s' ", logicalBlockIOSize));
+                }
+                if (physicalBlockIOSize != null) {
+                    diskBuilder.append(String.format("physical_block_size='%s' ", physicalBlockIOSize));
+                }
+                diskBuilder.append("/>\n");
+            }
+
             if (_serial != null && !_serial.isEmpty() && _deviceType != DeviceType.LUN) {
                 diskBuilder.append("<serial>" + _serial + "</serial>\n");
             }
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStoragePool.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStoragePool.java
index 43a09ccf2bf..43547e7c7d1 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStoragePool.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStoragePool.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import com.cloud.agent.properties.AgentProperties;
 import com.cloud.agent.properties.AgentPropertiesFileHandler;
+import com.cloud.hypervisor.kvm.resource.LibvirtVMDef;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.utils.qemu.QemuImg.PhysicalDiskFormat;
 import org.joda.time.Duration;
 
@@ -99,4 +100,12 @@ public interface KVMStoragePool {
     public Boolean checkingHeartBeat(HAStoragePool pool, HostTO host);
 
     public Boolean vmActivityCheck(HAStoragePool pool, HostTO host, Duration activityScriptTimeout, String volumeUUIDListString, String vmActivityCheckPath, long duration);
+
+    default LibvirtVMDef.DiskDef.BlockIOSize getSupportedLogicalBlockSize() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    default LibvirtVMDef.DiskDef.BlockIOSize getSupportedPhysicalBlockSize() {
+        return null;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java
index c7261f30e8a..ce52c47119d 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java
@@ -1482,6 +1482,8 @@ public class KVMStorageProcessor implements StorageProcessor {
                 if (ioDriver != null) {
                     resource.setDiskIoDriver(diskdef, resource.getIoDriverForTheStorage(ioDriver.toUpperCase()));
                 }
+                diskdef.setPhysicalBlockIOSize(attachingPool.getSupportedPhysicalBlockSize());
+                diskdef.setLogicalBlockIOSize(attachingPool.getSupportedLogicalBlockSize());
             }
 
             attachOrDetachDevice(conn, attach, vmName, diskdef, waitDetachDevice);
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDefTest.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDefTest.java
index 5bc25167355..3e1df81713c 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDefTest.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDefTest.java
@@ -280,6 +280,43 @@ public class LibvirtVMDefTest extends TestCase {
         assertEquals(expectedXML, disk.toString());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testDiskDefWithBlockIO() {
+        String filePath = "/var/lib/libvirt/images/disk.qcow2";
+        String diskLabel = "vda";
+
+        DiskDef disk = new DiskDef();
+        DiskDef.DiskBus bus = DiskDef.DiskBus.VIRTIO;
+        DiskDef.DiskFmtType type = DiskDef.DiskFmtType.QCOW2;
+        DiskDef.DiskCacheMode cacheMode = DiskDef.DiskCacheMode.WRITEBACK;
+
+        disk.defFileBasedDisk(filePath, diskLabel, bus, type);
+        disk.setCacheMode(cacheMode);
+        disk.setLogicalBlockIOSize(DiskDef.BlockIOSize.SIZE_4K);
+
+        assertEquals(filePath, disk.getDiskPath());
+        assertEquals(diskLabel, disk.getDiskLabel());
+        assertEquals(bus, disk.getBusType());
+        assertEquals(DiskDef.DeviceType.DISK, disk.getDeviceType());
+
+        String expectedXmlLogical = "<disk  device='disk' type='file'>\n<driver name='qemu' type='" + type.toString() + "' cache='" + cacheMode.toString() + "' />\n" +
+                "<source file='" + filePath + "'/>\n<target dev='" + diskLabel + "' bus='" + bus.toString() + "'/>\n<blockio logical_block_size='4096' />\n</disk>\n";
+
+        assertEquals(expectedXmlLogical, disk.toString());
+
+        String expectedXmlPhysical = "<disk  device='disk' type='file'>\n<driver name='qemu' type='" + type.toString() + "' cache='" + cacheMode.toString() + "' />\n" +
+                "<source file='" + filePath + "'/>\n<target dev='" + diskLabel + "' bus='" + bus.toString() + "'/>\n<blockio physical_block_size='4096' />\n</disk>\n";
+
+        disk.setLogicalBlockIOSize(null);
+        disk.setPhysicalBlockIOSize(DiskDef.BlockIOSize.SIZE_4K);
+        assertEquals(expectedXmlPhysical, disk.toString());
+
+        disk.setLogicalBlockIOSize(DiskDef.BlockIOSize.SIZE_512);
+        String expectedXml = "<disk  device='disk' type='file'>\n<driver name='qemu' type='" + type.toString() + "' cache='" + cacheMode.toString() + "' />\n" +
+                "<source file='" + filePath + "'/>\n<target dev='" + diskLabel + "' bus='" + bus.toString() + "'/>\n<blockio logical_block_size='512' physical_block_size='4096' />\n</disk>\n";
+        assertEquals(expectedXml, disk.toString());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testDiskDefWithMultipleHosts() {
         String path = "/mnt/primary1";