diff --git a/README-ru.md b/README-ru.md
index 5824f4e9..cca03578 100644
--- a/README-ru.md
+++ b/README-ru.md
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ Vitastor с однопоточной NBD прокси на том же стен
 - Установите gcc и g++ 8.x или новее.
 - Склонируйте данный репозиторий с подмодулями: `git clone https://yourcmc.ru/git/vitalif/vitastor/`.
 - Желательно пересобрать QEMU с патчем, который делает необязательным запуск через LD_PRELOAD.
-  См `qemu-*.*-vitastor.patch` - выберите версию, наиболее близкую вашей версии QEMU.
+  См `patches/qemu-*.*-vitastor.patch` - выберите версию, наиболее близкую вашей версии QEMU.
 - Установите QEMU 3.0 или новее, возьмите исходные коды установленного пакета, начните его пересборку,
   через некоторое время остановите её и скопируйте следующие заголовки:
    - `<qemu>/include` &rarr; `<vitastor>/qemu/include`
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c3ab9e2a..34b74174 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ Vitastor with single-thread NBD on the same hardware:
       * For QEMU 2.0+: `<qemu>/qapi-types.h` &rarr; `<vitastor>/qemu/b/qemu/qapi-types.h`
    - `config-host.h` and `qapi` are required because they contain generated headers
 - You can also rebuild QEMU with a patch that makes LD_PRELOAD unnecessary to load vitastor driver.
-  See `qemu-*.*-vitastor.patch`.
+  See `patches/qemu-*.*-vitastor.patch`.
 - Install fio 3.7 or later, get its source and symlink it into `<vitastor>/fio`.
 - Build & install Vitastor with `mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. && make -j8 && make install`.
   Pay attention to the `QEMU_PLUGINDIR` cmake option - it must be set to `qemu-kvm` on RHEL.
diff --git a/debian/patched-qemu.Dockerfile b/debian/patched-qemu.Dockerfile
index 3709c29b..e43f2068 100644
--- a/debian/patched-qemu.Dockerfile
+++ b/debian/patched-qemu.Dockerfile
@@ -29,17 +29,17 @@ RUN apt-get -y build-dep fio
 RUN apt-get --download-only source qemu
 RUN apt-get --download-only source fio
 
-ADD qemu-5.0-vitastor.patch qemu-5.1-vitastor.patch /root/vitastor/
+ADD patches/qemu-5.0-vitastor.patch patches/qemu-5.1-vitastor.patch /root/vitastor/patches/
 RUN set -e; \
     mkdir -p /root/packages/qemu-$REL; \
     rm -rf /root/packages/qemu-$REL/*; \
     cd /root/packages/qemu-$REL; \
     dpkg-source -x /root/qemu*.dsc; \
     if [ -d /root/packages/qemu-$REL/qemu-5.0 ]; then \
-        cp /root/vitastor/qemu-5.0-vitastor.patch /root/packages/qemu-$REL/qemu-5.0/debian/patches; \
+        cp /root/vitastor/patches/qemu-5.0-vitastor.patch /root/packages/qemu-$REL/qemu-5.0/debian/patches; \
         echo qemu-5.0-vitastor.patch >> /root/packages/qemu-$REL/qemu-5.0/debian/patches/series; \
     else \
-        cp /root/vitastor/qemu-5.1-vitastor.patch /root/packages/qemu-$REL/qemu-*/debian/patches; \
+        cp /root/vitastor/patches/qemu-5.1-vitastor.patch /root/packages/qemu-$REL/qemu-*/debian/patches; \
         P=`ls -d /root/packages/qemu-$REL/qemu-*/debian/patches`; \
         echo qemu-5.1-vitastor.patch >> $P/series; \
     fi; \
diff --git a/cinder-driver/libvirt-5.0-vitastor.diff b/patches/libvirt-5.0-vitastor.diff
similarity index 100%
rename from cinder-driver/libvirt-5.0-vitastor.diff
rename to patches/libvirt-5.0-vitastor.diff
diff --git a/cinder-driver/libvirt-7.0-vitastor.diff b/patches/libvirt-7.0-vitastor.diff
similarity index 100%
rename from cinder-driver/libvirt-7.0-vitastor.diff
rename to patches/libvirt-7.0-vitastor.diff
diff --git a/cinder-driver/libvirt-7.5-vitastor.diff b/patches/libvirt-7.5-vitastor.diff
similarity index 100%
rename from cinder-driver/libvirt-7.5-vitastor.diff
rename to patches/libvirt-7.5-vitastor.diff
diff --git a/cinder-driver/libvirt-example.xml b/patches/libvirt-example.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from cinder-driver/libvirt-example.xml
rename to patches/libvirt-example.xml
diff --git a/qemu-3.1-vitastor.patch b/patches/qemu-3.1-vitastor.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from qemu-3.1-vitastor.patch
rename to patches/qemu-3.1-vitastor.patch
diff --git a/qemu-4.2-vitastor.patch b/patches/qemu-4.2-vitastor.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from qemu-4.2-vitastor.patch
rename to patches/qemu-4.2-vitastor.patch
diff --git a/qemu-5.0-vitastor.patch b/patches/qemu-5.0-vitastor.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from qemu-5.0-vitastor.patch
rename to patches/qemu-5.0-vitastor.patch
diff --git a/qemu-5.1-vitastor.patch b/patches/qemu-5.1-vitastor.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from qemu-5.1-vitastor.patch
rename to patches/qemu-5.1-vitastor.patch
diff --git a/rpm/qemu-el8.Dockerfile b/rpm/qemu-el8.Dockerfile
index 0d4cc78a..a3d79419 100644
--- a/rpm/qemu-el8.Dockerfile
+++ b/rpm/qemu-el8.Dockerfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ RUN rm -rf /var/lib/dnf/*; dnf download --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo='centos-a
 RUN rpm --nomd5 -i qemu*.src.rpm
 RUN cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS && dnf builddep -y --enablerepo=PowerTools --spec qemu-kvm.spec
 
-ADD qemu-*-vitastor.patch /root/vitastor/
+ADD patches/qemu-*-vitastor.patch /root/vitastor/patches/
 
 RUN set -e; \
     mkdir -p /root/packages/qemu-el8; \
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ RUN set -e; \
     echo "Patch$((PN+1)): qemu-4.2-vitastor.patch" >> qemu-kvm.spec; \
     tail -n +2 xx01 >> qemu-kvm.spec; \
     perl -i -pe 's/(^Release:\s*\d+)/$1.vitastor/' qemu-kvm.spec; \
-    cp /root/vitastor/qemu-4.2-vitastor.patch ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES; \
+    cp /root/vitastor/patches/qemu-4.2-vitastor.patch ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES; \
     rpmbuild --nocheck -ba qemu-kvm.spec; \
     cp ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/*/*qemu* /root/packages/qemu-el8/; \
     cp ~/rpmbuild/SRPMS/*qemu* /root/packages/qemu-el8/