diff --git a/engine/storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/allocator/AbstractStoragePoolAllocator.java b/engine/storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/allocator/AbstractStoragePoolAllocator.java
index d3df356c72b..d717f72f095 100755
--- a/engine/storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/allocator/AbstractStoragePoolAllocator.java
+++ b/engine/storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/allocator/AbstractStoragePoolAllocator.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.util.Random;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.naming.ConfigurationException;
 
+import com.cloud.storage.Storage;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.subsystem.api.storage.DataStoreManager;
@@ -179,6 +180,23 @@ public abstract class AbstractStoragePoolAllocator extends AdapterBase implement
             return false;
         }
 
+        if(HypervisorType.LXC.equals(dskCh.getHypervisorType())){
+            if(Volume.Type.ROOT.equals(dskCh.getType())){
+                //LXC ROOT disks supports NFS and local storage pools only
+                if(!(Storage.StoragePoolType.NetworkFilesystem.equals(pool.getPoolType()) ||
+                        Storage.StoragePoolType.Filesystem.equals(pool.getPoolType())) ){
+                    s_logger.debug("StoragePool does not support LXC ROOT disk, skipping this pool");
+                    return false;
+                }
+            } else if (Volume.Type.DATADISK.equals(dskCh.getType())){
+                //LXC DATA disks supports NFS and local storage pools only
+                if(!Storage.StoragePoolType.RBD.equals(pool.getPoolType())){
+                    s_logger.debug("StoragePool does not support LXC DATA disk, skipping this pool");
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         // check capacity
         Volume volume = _volumeDao.findById(dskCh.getVolumeId());
         List<Volume> requestVolumes = new ArrayList<Volume>();