diff --git a/block/meson.build b/block/meson.build
index d21990ec95..385ac37732 100644
--- a/block/meson.build
+++ b/block/meson.build
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ foreach m : [
   [libnfs, 'nfs', libnfs, 'nfs.c'],
   [libssh, 'ssh', libssh, 'ssh.c'],
   [rbd, 'rbd', rbd, 'rbd.c'],
+  [vitastor, 'vitastor', vitastor, 'vitastor.c'],
 ]
   if m[0].found()
     if enable_modules
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c77f7b1020..5f534e8484 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ trace_backends="log"
 trace_file="trace"
 spice="$default_feature"
 rbd="auto"
+vitastor="auto"
 smartcard="$default_feature"
 u2f="auto"
 libusb="$default_feature"
@@ -1280,6 +1281,10 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --enable-rbd) rbd="enabled"
   ;;
+  --disable-vitastor) vitastor="disabled"
+  ;;
+  --enable-vitastor) vitastor="enabled"
+  ;;
   --disable-xfsctl) xfs="no"
   ;;
   --enable-xfsctl) xfs="yes"
@@ -1867,6 +1872,7 @@ disabled with --disable-FEATURE, default is enabled if available
   vhost-vdpa      vhost-vdpa kernel backend support
   spice           spice
   rbd             rados block device (rbd)
+  vitastor        vitastor block device
   libiscsi        iscsi support
   libnfs          nfs support
   smartcard       smartcard support (libcacard)
@@ -6423,7 +6429,7 @@ NINJA=$ninja $meson setup \
         -Dcapstone=$capstone -Dslirp=$slirp -Dfdt=$fdt -Dbrlapi=$brlapi \
         -Dcurl=$curl -Dglusterfs=$glusterfs -Dbzip2=$bzip2 -Dlibiscsi=$libiscsi \
         -Dlibnfs=$libnfs -Diconv=$iconv -Dcurses=$curses -Dlibudev=$libudev\
-        -Drbd=$rbd -Dlzo=$lzo -Dsnappy=$snappy -Dlzfse=$lzfse \
+        -Drbd=$rbd -Dvitastor=$vitastor -Dlzo=$lzo -Dsnappy=$snappy -Dlzfse=$lzfse \
         -Dzstd=$zstd -Dseccomp=$seccomp -Dvirtfs=$virtfs -Dcap_ng=$cap_ng \
         -Dattr=$attr -Ddefault_devices=$default_devices \
         -Ddocs=$docs -Dsphinx_build=$sphinx_build -Dinstall_blobs=$blobs \
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c6f4b0cf5e..3dc7f7b463 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -720,6 +720,26 @@ if not get_option('rbd').auto() or have_block
   endif
 endif
 
+vitastor = not_found
+if not get_option('vitastor').auto() or have_block
+  libvitastor_client = cc.find_library('vitastor_client', has_headers: ['vitastor_c.h'],
+    required: get_option('vitastor'), kwargs: static_kwargs)
+  if libvitastor_client.found()
+    if cc.links('''
+      #include <vitastor_c.h>
+      int main(void) {
+        vitastor_c_create_qemu(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+        return 0;
+      }''', dependencies: libvitastor_client)
+      vitastor = declare_dependency(dependencies: libvitastor_client)
+    elif get_option('vitastor').enabled()
+      error('could not link libvitastor_client')
+    else
+      warning('could not link libvitastor_client, disabling')
+    endif
+  endif
+endif
+
 glusterfs = not_found
 glusterfs_ftruncate_has_stat = false
 glusterfs_iocb_has_stat = false
@@ -1118,6 +1138,7 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_LIBCAP_NG', libcap_ng.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_LIBISCSI', libiscsi.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_LIBNFS', libnfs.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_RBD', rbd.found())
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_VITASTOR', vitastor.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SDL', sdl.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SDL_IMAGE', sdl_image.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SECCOMP', seccomp.found())
@@ -2683,6 +2704,7 @@ summary_info += {'libcap-ng support': libcap_ng.found()}
 # TODO: add back protocol and server version
 summary_info += {'spice support':     config_host.has_key('CONFIG_SPICE')}
 summary_info += {'rbd support':       rbd.found()}
+summary_info += {'vitastor support':  vitastor.found()}
 summary_info += {'xfsctl support':    config_host.has_key('CONFIG_XFS')}
 summary_info += {'smartcard support': config_host.has_key('CONFIG_SMARTCARD')}
 summary_info += {'U2F support':       u2f.found()}
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 9734019995..bc93963b27 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ option('lzo', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
        description: 'lzo compression support')
 option('rbd', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
        description: 'Ceph block device driver')
+option('vitastor', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
+       description: 'Vitastor block device driver')
 option('gtk', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
        description: 'GTK+ user interface')
 option('sdl', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index 6d227924d0..d14b29aa43 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -2819,7 +2819,7 @@
             'preallocate', 'qcow', 'qcow2', 'qed', 'quorum', 'raw', 'rbd',
             { 'name': 'replication', 'if': 'defined(CONFIG_REPLICATION)' },
             'sheepdog',
-            'ssh', 'throttle', 'vdi', 'vhdx', 'vmdk', 'vpc', 'vvfat' ] }
+            'ssh', 'throttle', 'vdi', 'vhdx', 'vitastor', 'vmdk', 'vpc', 'vvfat' ] }
 
 ##
 # @BlockdevOptionsFile:
@@ -3671,6 +3671,28 @@
             '*snap-id': 'uint32',
             '*tag': 'str' } }
 
+##
+# @BlockdevOptionsVitastor:
+#
+# Driver specific block device options for vitastor
+#
+# @image:       Image name
+# @inode:       Inode number
+# @pool:        Pool ID
+# @size:        Desired image size in bytes
+# @config-path: Path to Vitastor configuration
+# @etcd-host:   etcd connection address(es)
+# @etcd-prefix: etcd key/value prefix
+##
+{ 'struct': 'BlockdevOptionsVitastor',
+  'data': { '*inode': 'uint64',
+            '*pool': 'uint64',
+            '*size': 'uint64',
+            '*image': 'str',
+            '*config-path': 'str',
+            '*etcd-host': 'str',
+            '*etcd-prefix': 'str' } }
+
 ##
 # @ReplicationMode:
 #
@@ -4042,6 +4064,7 @@
       'throttle':   'BlockdevOptionsThrottle',
       'vdi':        'BlockdevOptionsGenericFormat',
       'vhdx':       'BlockdevOptionsGenericFormat',
+      'vitastor':   'BlockdevOptionsVitastor',
       'vmdk':       'BlockdevOptionsGenericCOWFormat',
       'vpc':        'BlockdevOptionsGenericFormat',
       'vvfat':      'BlockdevOptionsVVFAT'
@@ -4426,6 +4449,17 @@
             'size':             'size',
             '*cluster-size' :   'size' } }
 
+##
+# @BlockdevCreateOptionsVitastor:
+#
+# Driver specific image creation options for Vitastor.
+#
+# @size: Size of the virtual disk in bytes
+##
+{ 'struct': 'BlockdevCreateOptionsVitastor',
+  'data': { 'location':         'BlockdevOptionsVitastor',
+            'size':             'size' } }
+
 ##
 # @BlockdevVmdkSubformat:
 #
@@ -4691,6 +4725,7 @@
       'ssh':            'BlockdevCreateOptionsSsh',
       'vdi':            'BlockdevCreateOptionsVdi',
       'vhdx':           'BlockdevCreateOptionsVhdx',
+      'vitastor':       'BlockdevCreateOptionsVitastor',
       'vmdk':           'BlockdevCreateOptionsVmdk',
       'vpc':            'BlockdevCreateOptionsVpc'
   } }