diff --git a/src/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu_driver.c
index 5f7865ec..b05acbf9 100644
--- a/src/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu_driver.c
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ typedef struct VitastorClient
     uint64_t pool;
     uint64_t size;
     long readonly;
+    char *rdma_device;
+    int rdma_port_num;
+    int rdma_gid_index;
+    int rdma_mtu;
     QemuMutex mutex;
 } VitastorClient;
 
@@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ static void qemu_rbd_unescape(char *src)
 }
 
 // vitastor[:key=value]*
-// vitastor:etcd_host=127.0.0.1:inode=1:pool=1
+// vitastor:etcd_host=127.0.0.1:inode=1:pool=1[:rdma_gid_index=3]
 static void vitastor_parse_filename(const char *filename, QDict *options, Error **errp)
 {
     const char *start;
@@ -123,7 +127,12 @@ static void vitastor_parse_filename(const char *filename, QDict *options, Error
         qemu_rbd_unescape(name);
         value = qemu_rbd_next_tok(p, ':', &p);
         qemu_rbd_unescape(value);
-        if (!strcmp(name, "inode") || !strcmp(name, "pool") || !strcmp(name, "size"))
+        if (!strcmp(name, "inode") ||
+            !strcmp(name, "pool") ||
+            !strcmp(name, "size") ||
+            !strcmp(name, "rdma_port_num") ||
+            !strcmp(name, "rdma_gid_index") ||
+            !strcmp(name, "rdma_mtu"))
         {
             unsigned long long num_val;
             if (parse_uint_full(value, &num_val, 0))
@@ -191,7 +200,14 @@ static int vitastor_file_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags, E
     qemu_mutex_init(&client->mutex);
     client->etcd_host = g_strdup(qdict_get_try_str(options, "etcd_host"));
     client->etcd_prefix = g_strdup(qdict_get_try_str(options, "etcd_prefix"));
-    client->proxy = vitastor_proxy_create(bdrv_get_aio_context(bs), client->etcd_host, client->etcd_prefix);
+    client->rdma_device = g_strdup(qdict_get_try_str(options, "rdma_device"));
+    client->rdma_port_num = qdict_get_int(options, "rdma_port_num");
+    client->rdma_gid_index = qdict_get_int(options, "rdma_gid_index");
+    client->rdma_mtu = qdict_get_int(options, "rdma_mtu");
+    client->proxy = vitastor_proxy_create(
+        bdrv_get_aio_context(bs), client->etcd_host, client->etcd_prefix,
+        client->rdma_device, client->rdma_port_num, client->rdma_gid_index, client->rdma_mtu
+    );
     client->image = g_strdup(qdict_get_try_str(options, "image"));
     client->readonly = (flags & BDRV_O_RDWR) ? 1 : 0;
     if (client->image)
@@ -241,6 +257,10 @@ static int vitastor_file_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags, E
     }
     bs->total_sectors = client->size / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
     //client->aio_context = bdrv_get_aio_context(bs);
+    qdict_del(options, "rdma_mtu");
+    qdict_del(options, "rdma_gid_index");
+    qdict_del(options, "rdma_port_num");
+    qdict_del(options, "rdma_device");
     qdict_del(options, "etcd_host");
     qdict_del(options, "etcd_prefix");
     qdict_del(options, "image");
diff --git a/src/qemu_proxy.cpp b/src/qemu_proxy.cpp
index e65ce72f..a8eef563 100644
--- a/src/qemu_proxy.cpp
+++ b/src/qemu_proxy.cpp
@@ -34,12 +34,17 @@ public:
     cluster_client_t *cli;
     AioContext *ctx;
 
-    QemuProxy(AioContext *ctx, const char *etcd_host, const char *etcd_prefix)
+    QemuProxy(AioContext *ctx, const char *etcd_host, const char *etcd_prefix,
+        const char *rdma_device, int rdma_port_num, int rdma_gid_index, int rdma_mtu)
     {
         this->ctx = ctx;
         json11::Json cfg = json11::Json::object {
             { "etcd_address", std::string(etcd_host) },
             { "etcd_prefix", std::string(etcd_prefix ? etcd_prefix : "/vitastor") },
+            { "rdma_device", std::string(rdma_device ? rdma_device : "") },
+            { "rdma_port_num", rdma_port_num },
+            { "rdma_gid_index", rdma_gid_index },
+            { "rdma_mtu", rdma_mtu },
         };
         tfd = new timerfd_manager_t([this](int fd, bool wr, std::function<void(int, int)> callback) { set_fd_handler(fd, wr, callback); });
         cli = new cluster_client_t(NULL, tfd, cfg);
@@ -80,9 +85,10 @@ public:
 
 extern "C" {
 
-void* vitastor_proxy_create(AioContext *ctx, const char *etcd_host, const char *etcd_prefix)
+void* vitastor_proxy_create(AioContext *ctx, const char *etcd_host, const char *etcd_prefix,
+    const char *rdma_device, int rdma_port_num, int rdma_gid_index, int rdma_mtu)
 {
-    QemuProxy *p = new QemuProxy(ctx, etcd_host, etcd_prefix);
+    QemuProxy *p = new QemuProxy(ctx, etcd_host, etcd_prefix, rdma_device, rdma_port_num, rdma_gid_index, rdma_mtu);
     return p;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/qemu_proxy.h b/src/qemu_proxy.h
index 148f7d38..9c9b930d 100644
--- a/src/qemu_proxy.h
+++ b/src/qemu_proxy.h
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
 // Our exports
 typedef void VitastorIOHandler(long retval, void *opaque);
-void* vitastor_proxy_create(AioContext *ctx, const char *etcd_host, const char *etcd_prefix);
+void* vitastor_proxy_create(AioContext *ctx, const char *etcd_host, const char *etcd_prefix,
+    const char *rdma_device, int rdma_port_num, int rdma_gid_index, int rdma_mtu);
 void vitastor_proxy_destroy(void *client);
 void vitastor_proxy_rw(int write, void *client, uint64_t inode, uint64_t offset, uint64_t len,
     struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt, VitastorIOHandler cb, void *opaque);