diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index 7ba75d654662..595d3a306a64 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -3121,7 +3121,7 @@ public int compare(final DiskTO arg0, final DiskTO arg1) {
                     }
 
                 }
-
+                pool.customizeLibvirtDiskDef(disk);
             }
 
             if (data instanceof VolumeObjectTO) {
@@ -3496,6 +3496,7 @@ public synchronized String attachOrDetachDisk(final Connect conn,
 
                 diskdef.setPhysicalBlockIOSize(attachingPool.getSupportedPhysicalBlockSize());
                 diskdef.setLogicalBlockIOSize(attachingPool.getSupportedLogicalBlockSize());
+                attachingPool.customizeLibvirtDiskDef(diskdef);
             }
 
             final String xml = diskdef.toString();
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
index 5e0c90442282..88f618351bb6 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
@@ -596,6 +596,22 @@ public LibvirtDiskEncryptDetails(String passphraseUuid, QemuObject.EncryptFormat
             public QemuObject.EncryptFormat getEncryptFormat() { return this.encryptFormat; }
         }
 
+        public static class DiskGeometry {
+            int cylinders;
+            int heads;
+            int sectors;
+
+            public DiskGeometry(int cylinders, int heads, int sectors) {
+                this.cylinders = cylinders;
+                this.heads = heads;
+                this.sectors = sectors;
+            }
+
+            public String toXml() {
+                return String.format("<geometry cyls='%d' heads='%d' secs='%d'/>\n", this.cylinders, this.heads, this.sectors);
+            }
+        }
+
         public enum DeviceType {
             FLOPPY("floppy"), DISK("disk"), CDROM("cdrom"), LUN("lun");
             String _type;
@@ -747,6 +763,7 @@ public String toString() {
         private boolean isIothreadsEnabled;
         private BlockIOSize logicalBlockIOSize = null;
         private BlockIOSize physicalBlockIOSize = null;
+        private DiskGeometry geometry = null;
 
         public DiscardType getDiscard() {
             return _discard;
@@ -1087,9 +1104,20 @@ public void setSerial(String serial) {
             this._serial = serial;
         }
 
-        public void setLibvirtDiskEncryptDetails(LibvirtDiskEncryptDetails details) { this.encryptDetails = details; }
+        public void setLibvirtDiskEncryptDetails(LibvirtDiskEncryptDetails details)
+        {
+            this.encryptDetails = details;
+        }
+
+        public LibvirtDiskEncryptDetails getLibvirtDiskEncryptDetails()
+        {
+            return this.encryptDetails;
+        }
 
-        public LibvirtDiskEncryptDetails getLibvirtDiskEncryptDetails() { return this.encryptDetails; }
+        public void setGeometry(DiskGeometry geometry)
+        {
+            this.geometry = geometry;
+        }
 
         public String getSourceHost() {
             return _sourceHost;
@@ -1174,6 +1202,10 @@ public String toString() {
             }
             diskBuilder.append("/>\n");
 
+            if (geometry != null) {
+                diskBuilder.append(geometry.toXml());
+            }
+
             if (logicalBlockIOSize != null || physicalBlockIOSize != null) {
                 diskBuilder.append("<blockio ");
                 if (logicalBlockIOSize != null) {
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStoragePool.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStoragePool.java
index 43547e7c7d1b..96a4da09686b 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStoragePool.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStoragePool.java
@@ -108,4 +108,7 @@ default LibvirtVMDef.DiskDef.BlockIOSize getSupportedLogicalBlockSize() {
     default LibvirtVMDef.DiskDef.BlockIOSize getSupportedPhysicalBlockSize() {
         return null;
     }
+
+    default void customizeLibvirtDiskDef(LibvirtVMDef.DiskDef disk) {
+    }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java
index ce52c47119d4..1cbdd799c20c 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java
@@ -1484,6 +1484,7 @@ protected synchronized void attachOrDetachDisk(final Connect conn, final boolean
                 }
                 diskdef.setPhysicalBlockIOSize(attachingPool.getSupportedPhysicalBlockSize());
                 diskdef.setLogicalBlockIOSize(attachingPool.getSupportedLogicalBlockSize());
+                attachingPool.customizeLibvirtDiskDef(diskdef);
             }
 
             attachOrDetachDevice(conn, attach, vmName, diskdef, waitDetachDevice);
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDefTest.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDefTest.java
index 3e1df81713cc..70bde8f78400 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDefTest.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDefTest.java
@@ -317,6 +317,20 @@ public void testDiskDefWithBlockIO() {
         assertEquals(expectedXml, disk.toString());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testDiskDefWithGeometry() {
+        DiskDef disk = new DiskDef();
+        disk.defBlockBasedDisk("disk1", 1, DiskDef.DiskBus.VIRTIO);
+        disk.setGeometry(new DiskDef.DiskGeometry(16383, 16, 63));
+        String expectedXML = "<disk  device='disk' type='block'>\n" +
+                "<driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none' />\n" +
+                "<source dev='disk1'/>\n" +
+                "<target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>\n" +
+                "<geometry cyls='16383' heads='16' secs='63'/>\n" +
+                "</disk>\n";
+        assertEquals(expectedXML, disk.toString());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testDiskDefWithMultipleHosts() {
         String path = "/mnt/primary1";