diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImpl.java
index 742450ab566..2ea9dbbeed6 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImpl.java
@@ -1744,8 +1744,8 @@ public class VolumeApiServiceImpl extends ManagerBase implements VolumeApiServic
     }
 
     private void validateRootVolumeDetachAttach(VolumeVO volume, UserVmVO vm) {
-        if (!(vm.getHypervisorType() == HypervisorType.XenServer || vm.getHypervisorType() == HypervisorType.VMware)) {
-            throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Root volume detach is allowed for hypervisor type " + HypervisorType.XenServer + " only");
+        if (!(vm.getHypervisorType() == HypervisorType.XenServer || vm.getHypervisorType() == HypervisorType.VMware || vm.getHypervisorType() == HypervisorType.KVM || vm.getHypervisorType() == HypervisorType.Simulator)) {
+            throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Root volume detach is not supported for hypervisor type " + vm.getHypervisorType() );
         }
         if (!(vm.getState() == State.Stopped) || (vm.getState() == State.Destroyed)) {
             throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Root volume detach can happen only when vm is in states: " + State.Stopped.toString() + " or " + State.Destroyed.toString());
diff --git a/test/integration/component/test_volumes.py b/test/integration/component/test_volumes.py
index 12c8f9de347..77d8679dd69 100644
--- a/test/integration/component/test_volumes.py
+++ b/test/integration/component/test_volumes.py
@@ -603,7 +603,140 @@ class TestAttachDetachVolume(cloudstackTestCase):
                 "Check the state of VM"
             )
         except Exception as e:
-            self.fail("Exception occuered: %s" % e)
+            self.fail("Exception occurred: %s" % e)
+        return
+    
+    @attr(tags=["advanced", "advancedns"], required_hardware="false")
+    def test_02_root_volume_attach_detach(self):
+        """Test Root Volume attach/detach to VM
+        """
+
+        # Validate the following
+        # 1. Deploy a VM
+        # 2. Verify that we are testing a supported hypervisor
+        # 3. Check for root volume
+        # 4. Stop VM
+        # 5. Detach root volume
+        # 6. Verify root volume detached
+        # 7. Attach root volume
+        # 8. Start VM
+        
+        # Verify we are using a supported hypervisor
+        if (self.hypervisor.lower() == 'vmware'
+                or self.hypervisor.lower() == 'kvm'
+                or self.hypervisor.lower() == 'simulator'
+                or self.hypervisor.lower() == 'xenserver'):
+        
+            try:
+                # Check for root volume
+                root_volume_response = Volume.list(
+                    self.apiclient,
+                    virtualmachineid=self.virtual_machine.id,
+                    type='ROOT',
+                    listall=True
+                )
+                
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    validateList(root_volume_response)[0],
+                    PASS,
+                    "Invalid response returned for root volume list"
+                )
+                
+                # Grab the root volume for later use
+                root_volume = root_volume_response[0]
+                
+                # Stop VM
+                self.debug("Stopping the VM: %s" % self.virtual_machine.id)
+                self.virtual_machine.stop(self.apiclient)
+                
+                vm_response = VirtualMachine.list(
+                    self.apiclient,
+                    id=self.virtual_machine.id,
+                )
+                
+                # Ensure that vm_response is a valid list
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    validateList(vm_response)[0],
+                    PASS,
+                    "Invalid response returned for vm_response list"
+                )
+                
+                vm = vm_response[0]
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    vm.state,
+                    'Stopped',
+                    "Check the state of VM"
+                )
+                
+                # Detach root volume from VM
+                self.virtual_machine.detach_volume(
+                    self.apiclient,
+                    root_volume
+                )
+                
+                # Verify that root disk is gone
+                no_root_volume_response = Volume.list(
+                    self.apiclient,
+                    virtualmachineid=self.virtual_machine.id,
+                    type='ROOT',
+                    listall=True
+                )
+                
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    no_root_volume_response,
+                    None,
+                    "Check if root volume exists in ListVolumes"
+                )
+                
+                # Attach root volume to VM
+                self.virtual_machine.attach_volume(
+                    self.apiclient,
+                    root_volume,
+                    0
+                )
+                
+                # Check for root volume
+                new_root_volume_response = Volume.list(
+                    self.apiclient,
+                    virtualmachineid=self.virtual_machine.id,
+                    type='ROOT',
+                    listall=True
+                )
+                
+                # Ensure that new_root_volume_response is a valid list
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    validateList(new_root_volume_response)[0],
+                    PASS,
+                    "Invalid response returned for new_root_volume_response list"
+                )
+                
+                # Start VM
+                self.virtual_machine.start(self.apiclient)
+    
+                vm_response = VirtualMachine.list(
+                    self.apiclient,
+                    id=self.virtual_machine.id,
+                )
+                
+                # Verify VM response to check whether VM deployment was successful
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    validateList(vm_response)[0],
+                    PASS,
+                    "Invalid response returned for vm_response list during VM start up"
+                )
+                
+                vm = vm_response[0]
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    vm.state,
+                    'Running',
+                    "Ensure the state of VM is running"
+                )
+                
+            except Exception as e:
+                self.fail("Exception occurred: %s" % e)
+                
+        else:
+            self.skipTest("Root Volume attach/detach is not supported on %s " % self.hypervisor)
         return
 
 
diff --git a/tools/marvin/marvin/lib/base.py b/tools/marvin/marvin/lib/base.py
index f9a03440d96..906fb57695d 100755
--- a/tools/marvin/marvin/lib/base.py
+++ b/tools/marvin/marvin/lib/base.py
@@ -667,11 +667,15 @@ class VirtualMachine:
             })
         apiclient.migrateVirtualMachineWithVolume(cmd)
 
-    def attach_volume(self, apiclient, volume):
+    def attach_volume(self, apiclient, volume, deviceid=None):
         """Attach volume to instance"""
         cmd = attachVolume.attachVolumeCmd()
         cmd.id = volume.id
         cmd.virtualmachineid = self.id
+
+        if deviceid is not None:
+            cmd.deviceid = deviceid
+
         return apiclient.attachVolume(cmd)
 
     def detach_volume(self, apiclient, volume):