diff --git a/cluster_client.h b/cluster_client.h
index fb36fefd..dbdc769c 100644
--- a/cluster_client.h
+++ b/cluster_client.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 #define MIN_BLOCK_SIZE 4*1024
 #define MAX_BLOCK_SIZE 128*1024*1024
-#define DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE 128*1024
 #define DEFAULT_DISK_ALIGNMENT 4096
 #define DEFAULT_BITMAP_GRANULARITY 4096
 #define DEFAULT_CLIENT_DIRTY_LIMIT 32*1024*1024
diff --git a/etcd_state_client.cpp b/etcd_state_client.cpp
index a986ab93..0c13a5e0 100644
--- a/etcd_state_client.cpp
+++ b/etcd_state_client.cpp
@@ -229,6 +229,11 @@ void etcd_state_client_t::load_global_config()
                 global_config = kv.value.object_items();
             }
         }
+        bs_block_size = global_config["block_size"].uint64_value();
+        if (!bs_block_size)
+        {
+            bs_block_size = DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE;
+        }
         on_load_config_hook(global_config);
     });
 }
@@ -359,9 +364,11 @@ void etcd_state_client_t::parse_state(const std::string & key, const json11::Jso
             parsed_cfg.pg_count = pool_item.second["pg_count"].uint64_value();
             parsed_cfg.failure_domain = pool_item.second["failure_domain"].string_value();
             parsed_cfg.pg_stripe_size = pool_item.second["pg_stripe_size"].uint64_value();
-            if (!parsed_cfg.pg_stripe_size)
+            uint64_t min_stripe_size = bs_block_size *
+                (parsed_cfg.scheme == POOL_SCHEME_REPLICATED ? 1 : parsed_cfg.pg_minsize);
+            if (parsed_cfg.pg_stripe_size < min_stripe_size)
             {
-                parsed_cfg.pg_stripe_size = DEFAULT_PG_STRIPE_SIZE;
+                parsed_cfg.pg_stripe_size = min_stripe_size;
             }
             parsed_cfg.max_osd_combinations = pool_item.second["max_osd_combinations"].uint64_value();
             if (!parsed_cfg.max_osd_combinations)
diff --git a/etcd_state_client.h b/etcd_state_client.h
index 2f6a92f9..9db47eed 100644
--- a/etcd_state_client.h
+++ b/etcd_state_client.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #define ETCD_SLOW_TIMEOUT 5000
 #define ETCD_QUICK_TIMEOUT 1000
 
-#define DEFAULT_PG_STRIPE_SIZE 4*1024*1024
+#define DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE 128*1024
 
 struct json_kv_t
 {
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ struct etcd_state_client_t
     int etcd_watches_initialised = 0;
     uint64_t etcd_watch_revision = 0;
     websocket_t *etcd_watch_ws = NULL;
+    uint64_t bs_block_size = 0;
     std::map<pool_id_t, pool_config_t> pool_config;
     std::map<osd_num_t, json11::Json> peer_states;