diff --git a/block/rbd.c b/block/rbd.c
index 67d680c..cc43f42 100644
--- a/block/rbd.c
+++ b/block/rbd.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "block/block_int.h"
 #include "crypto/secret.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
 
 #include <rbd/librbd.h>
 
@@ -151,113 +152,134 @@ static void qemu_rbd_unescape(char *src)
     *p = '\0';
 }
 
-static int qemu_rbd_parsename(const char *filename,
-                              char *pool, int pool_len,
-                              char *snap, int snap_len,
-                              char *name, int name_len,
-                              char *conf, int conf_len,
-                              Error **errp)
+static void qemu_rbd_parse_filename(const char *filename, QDict *options,
+                                    Error **errp)
 {
     const char *start;
-    char *p, *buf;
-    int ret = 0;
+    char *p, *buf, *keypairs;
     char *found_str;
+    size_t max_keypair_size;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
 
     if (!strstart(filename, "rbd:", &start)) {
         error_setg(errp, "File name must start with 'rbd:'");
-        return -EINVAL;
+        return;
     }
 
+    max_keypair_size = strlen(start) + 1;
     buf = g_strdup(start);
+    keypairs = g_malloc0(max_keypair_size);
     p = buf;
-    *snap = '\0';
-    *conf = '\0';
 
-    found_str = qemu_rbd_next_tok(pool_len, p,
+    found_str = qemu_rbd_next_tok(RBD_MAX_POOL_NAME_SIZE, p,
                                   '/', "pool name", &p, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         goto done;
     }
     if (!p) {
-        ret = -EINVAL;
         error_setg(errp, "Pool name is required");
         goto done;
     }
     qemu_rbd_unescape(found_str);
-    g_strlcpy(pool, found_str, pool_len);
+    qdict_put(options, "pool", qstring_from_str(found_str));
 
     if (strchr(p, '@')) {
-        found_str = qemu_rbd_next_tok(name_len, p,
+        found_str = qemu_rbd_next_tok(RBD_MAX_IMAGE_NAME_SIZE, p,
                                       '@', "object name", &p, &local_err);
         if (local_err) {
             goto done;
         }
         qemu_rbd_unescape(found_str);
-        g_strlcpy(name, found_str, name_len);
+        qdict_put(options, "image", qstring_from_str(found_str));
 
-        found_str = qemu_rbd_next_tok(snap_len, p,
+        found_str = qemu_rbd_next_tok(RBD_MAX_SNAP_NAME_SIZE, p,
                                       ':', "snap name", &p, &local_err);
         if (local_err) {
             goto done;
         }
         qemu_rbd_unescape(found_str);
-        g_strlcpy(snap, found_str, snap_len);
+        qdict_put(options, "snapshot", qstring_from_str(found_str));
     } else {
-        found_str = qemu_rbd_next_tok(name_len, p,
+        found_str = qemu_rbd_next_tok(RBD_MAX_IMAGE_NAME_SIZE, p,
                                       ':', "object name", &p, &local_err);
         if (local_err) {
             goto done;
         }
         qemu_rbd_unescape(found_str);
-        g_strlcpy(name, found_str, name_len);
+        qdict_put(options, "image", qstring_from_str(found_str));
     }
     if (!p) {
         goto done;
     }
 
-    found_str = qemu_rbd_next_tok(conf_len, p,
+    found_str = qemu_rbd_next_tok(RBD_MAX_CONF_NAME_SIZE, p,
                                   '\0', "configuration", &p, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         goto done;
     }
-    g_strlcpy(conf, found_str, conf_len);
+
+    p = found_str;
+
+    /* The following are essentially all key/value pairs, and we treat
+     * 'id' and 'conf' a bit special.  Key/value pairs may be in any order. */
+    while (p) {
+        char *name, *value;
+        name = qemu_rbd_next_tok(RBD_MAX_CONF_NAME_SIZE, p,
+                                 '=', "conf option name", &p, &local_err);
+        if (local_err) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (!p) {
+            error_setg(errp, "conf option %s has no value", name);
+            break;
+        }
+
+        qemu_rbd_unescape(name);
+
+        value = qemu_rbd_next_tok(RBD_MAX_CONF_VAL_SIZE, p,
+                                  ':', "conf option value", &p, &local_err);
+        if (local_err) {
+            break;
+        }
+        qemu_rbd_unescape(value);
+
+        if (!strcmp(name, "conf")) {
+            qdict_put(options, "conf", qstring_from_str(value));
+        } else if (!strcmp(name, "id")) {
+            qdict_put(options, "user" , qstring_from_str(value));
+        } else {
+            /* FIXME: This is pretty ugly, and not the right way to do this.
+             *        These should be contained in a structure, and then
+             *        passed explicitly as individual key/value pairs to
+             *        rados.  Consider this legacy code that needs to be
+             *        updated. */
+            char *tmp = g_malloc0(max_keypair_size);
+            /* only use a delimiter if it is not the first keypair found */
+            /* These are sets of unknown key/value pairs we'll pass along
+             * to ceph */
+            if (keypairs[0]) {
+                snprintf(tmp, max_keypair_size, ":%s=%s", name, value);
+                pstrcat(keypairs, max_keypair_size, tmp);
+            } else {
+                snprintf(keypairs, max_keypair_size, "%s=%s", name, value);
+            }
+            g_free(tmp);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (keypairs[0]) {
+        qdict_put(options, "keyvalue-pairs", qstring_from_str(keypairs));
+    }
+
 
 done:
     if (local_err) {
-        ret = -EINVAL;
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
     }
     g_free(buf);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-static char *qemu_rbd_parse_clientname(const char *conf, char *clientname)
-{
-    const char *p = conf;
-
-    while (*p) {
-        int len;
-        const char *end = strchr(p, ':');
-
-        if (end) {
-            len = end - p;
-        } else {
-            len = strlen(p);
-        }
-
-        if (strncmp(p, "id=", 3) == 0) {
-            len -= 3;
-            strncpy(clientname, p + 3, len);
-            clientname[len] = '\0';
-            return clientname;
-        }
-        if (end == NULL) {
-            break;
-        }
-        p = end + 1;
-    }
-    return NULL;
+    g_free(keypairs);
+    return;
 }
 
 
@@ -280,10 +302,8 @@ static int qemu_rbd_set_auth(rados_t cluster, const char *secretid,
     return 0;
 }
 
-
-static int qemu_rbd_set_conf(rados_t cluster, const char *conf,
-                             bool only_read_conf_file,
-                             Error **errp)
+static int qemu_rbd_set_keypairs(rados_t cluster, const char *keypairs,
+                                 Error **errp)
 {
     char *p, *buf;
     char *name;
@@ -291,7 +311,7 @@ static int qemu_rbd_set_conf(rados_t cluster, const char *conf,
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     int ret = 0;
 
-    buf = g_strdup(conf);
+    buf = g_strdup(keypairs);
     p = buf;
 
     while (p) {
@@ -300,7 +320,6 @@ static int qemu_rbd_set_conf(rados_t cluster, const char *conf,
         if (local_err) {
             break;
         }
-        qemu_rbd_unescape(name);
 
         if (!p) {
             error_setg(errp, "conf option %s has no value", name);
@@ -313,28 +332,12 @@ static int qemu_rbd_set_conf(rados_t cluster, const char *conf,
         if (local_err) {
             break;
         }
-        qemu_rbd_unescape(value);
 
-        if (strcmp(name, "conf") == 0) {
-            /* read the conf file alone, so it doesn't override more
-               specific settings for a particular device */
-            if (only_read_conf_file) {
-                ret = rados_conf_read_file(cluster, value);
-                if (ret < 0) {
-                    error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "error reading conf file %s",
-                                     value);
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        } else if (strcmp(name, "id") == 0) {
-            /* ignore, this is parsed by qemu_rbd_parse_clientname() */
-        } else if (!only_read_conf_file) {
-            ret = rados_conf_set(cluster, name, value);
-            if (ret < 0) {
-                error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "invalid conf option %s", name);
-                ret = -EINVAL;
-                break;
-            }
+        ret = rados_conf_set(cluster, name, value);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "invalid conf option %s", name);
+            ret = -EINVAL;
+            break;
         }
     }
 
@@ -412,27 +415,16 @@ static int qemu_rbd_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
     int64_t bytes = 0;
     int64_t objsize;
     int obj_order = 0;
-    char pool[RBD_MAX_POOL_NAME_SIZE];
-    char name[RBD_MAX_IMAGE_NAME_SIZE];
-    char snap_buf[RBD_MAX_SNAP_NAME_SIZE];
-    char conf[RBD_MAX_CONF_SIZE];
-    char clientname_buf[RBD_MAX_CONF_SIZE];
-    char *clientname;
+    const char *pool, *name, *conf, *clientname, *keypairs;
     const char *secretid;
     rados_t cluster;
     rados_ioctx_t io_ctx;
-    int ret;
+    QDict *options = NULL;
+    QemuOpts *rbd_opts = NULL;
+    int ret = 0;
 
     secretid = qemu_opt_get(opts, "password-secret");
 
-    if (qemu_rbd_parsename(filename, pool, sizeof(pool),
-                           snap_buf, sizeof(snap_buf),
-                           name, sizeof(name),
-                           conf, sizeof(conf), &local_err) < 0) {
-        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
-        return -EINVAL;
-    }
-
     /* Read out options */
     bytes = ROUND_UP(qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0),
                      BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE);
@@ -440,35 +432,55 @@ static int qemu_rbd_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
     if (objsize) {
         if ((objsize - 1) & objsize) {    /* not a power of 2? */
             error_setg(errp, "obj size needs to be power of 2");
-            return -EINVAL;
+            ret = -EINVAL;
+            goto exit;
         }
         if (objsize < 4096) {
             error_setg(errp, "obj size too small");
-            return -EINVAL;
+            ret = -EINVAL;
+            goto exit;
         }
         obj_order = ctz32(objsize);
     }
 
-    clientname = qemu_rbd_parse_clientname(conf, clientname_buf);
+    options = qdict_new();
+    qemu_rbd_parse_filename(filename, options, &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        goto exit;
+    }
+
+    rbd_opts = qemu_opts_create(&runtime_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
+    qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(rbd_opts, options, &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto exit;
+    }
+
+    pool       = qemu_opt_get(rbd_opts, "pool");
+    conf       = qemu_opt_get(rbd_opts, "conf");
+    clientname = qemu_opt_get(rbd_opts, "user");
+    name       = qemu_opt_get(rbd_opts, "image");
+    keypairs   = qemu_opt_get(rbd_opts, "keyvalue-pairs");
+
     ret = rados_create(&cluster, clientname);
     if (ret < 0) {
         error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "error initializing");
-        return ret;
+        goto exit;
     }
 
-    if (strstr(conf, "conf=") == NULL) {
-        /* try default location, but ignore failure */
-        rados_conf_read_file(cluster, NULL);
-    } else if (conf[0] != '\0' &&
-               qemu_rbd_set_conf(cluster, conf, true, &local_err) < 0) {
-        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+    /* try default location when conf=NULL, but ignore failure */
+    ret = rados_conf_read_file(cluster, conf);
+    if (conf && ret < 0) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "error reading conf file %s", conf);
         ret = -EIO;
         goto shutdown;
     }
 
-    if (conf[0] != '\0' &&
-        qemu_rbd_set_conf(cluster, conf, false, &local_err) < 0) {
-        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+    ret = qemu_rbd_set_keypairs(cluster, keypairs, errp);
+    if (ret < 0) {
         ret = -EIO;
         goto shutdown;
     }
@@ -499,6 +511,10 @@ static int qemu_rbd_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
 
 shutdown:
     rados_shutdown(cluster);
+
+exit:
+    QDECREF(options);
+    qemu_opts_del(rbd_opts);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -553,15 +569,10 @@ static int qemu_rbd_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
                          Error **errp)
 {
     BDRVRBDState *s = bs->opaque;
-    char pool[RBD_MAX_POOL_NAME_SIZE];
-    char snap_buf[RBD_MAX_SNAP_NAME_SIZE];
-    char conf[RBD_MAX_CONF_SIZE];
-    char clientname_buf[RBD_MAX_CONF_SIZE];
-    char *clientname;
+    const char *pool, *snap, *conf, *clientname, *name, *keypairs;
     const char *secretid;
     QemuOpts *opts;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
-    const char *filename;
     int r;
 
     opts = qemu_opts_create(&runtime_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
@@ -572,44 +583,36 @@ static int qemu_rbd_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
         return -EINVAL;
     }
 
-    filename = qemu_opt_get(opts, "filename");
     secretid = qemu_opt_get(opts, "password-secret");
 
-    if (qemu_rbd_parsename(filename, pool, sizeof(pool),
-                           snap_buf, sizeof(snap_buf),
-                           s->name, sizeof(s->name),
-                           conf, sizeof(conf), errp) < 0) {
-        r = -EINVAL;
-        goto failed_opts;
-    }
+    pool           = qemu_opt_get(opts, "pool");
+    conf           = qemu_opt_get(opts, "conf");
+    snap           = qemu_opt_get(opts, "snapshot");
+    clientname     = qemu_opt_get(opts, "user");
+    name           = qemu_opt_get(opts, "image");
+    keypairs       = qemu_opt_get(opts, "keyvalue-pairs");
 
-    clientname = qemu_rbd_parse_clientname(conf, clientname_buf);
     r = rados_create(&s->cluster, clientname);
     if (r < 0) {
         error_setg_errno(errp, -r, "error initializing");
         goto failed_opts;
     }
 
-    s->snap = NULL;
-    if (snap_buf[0] != '\0') {
-        s->snap = g_strdup(snap_buf);
+    s->snap = g_strdup(snap);
+    if (name) {
+        pstrcpy(s->name, RBD_MAX_IMAGE_NAME_SIZE, name);
     }
 
-    if (strstr(conf, "conf=") == NULL) {
-        /* try default location, but ignore failure */
-        rados_conf_read_file(s->cluster, NULL);
-    } else if (conf[0] != '\0') {
-        r = qemu_rbd_set_conf(s->cluster, conf, true, errp);
-        if (r < 0) {
-            goto failed_shutdown;
-        }
+    /* try default location when conf=NULL, but ignore failure */
+    r = rados_conf_read_file(s->cluster, conf);
+    if (conf && r < 0) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, -r, "error reading conf file %s", conf);
+        goto failed_shutdown;
     }
 
-    if (conf[0] != '\0') {
-        r = qemu_rbd_set_conf(s->cluster, conf, false, errp);
-        if (r < 0) {
-            goto failed_shutdown;
-        }
+    r = qemu_rbd_set_keypairs(s->cluster, keypairs, errp);
+    if (r < 0) {
+        goto failed_shutdown;
     }
 
     if (qemu_rbd_set_auth(s->cluster, secretid, errp) < 0) {
@@ -1063,18 +1066,18 @@ static QemuOptsList qemu_rbd_create_opts = {
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_rbd = {
-    .format_name        = "rbd",
-    .instance_size      = sizeof(BDRVRBDState),
-    .bdrv_needs_filename = true,
-    .bdrv_file_open     = qemu_rbd_open,
-    .bdrv_close         = qemu_rbd_close,
-    .bdrv_create        = qemu_rbd_create,
-    .bdrv_has_zero_init = bdrv_has_zero_init_1,
-    .bdrv_get_info      = qemu_rbd_getinfo,
-    .create_opts        = &qemu_rbd_create_opts,
-    .bdrv_getlength     = qemu_rbd_getlength,
-    .bdrv_truncate      = qemu_rbd_truncate,
-    .protocol_name      = "rbd",
+    .format_name            = "rbd",
+    .instance_size          = sizeof(BDRVRBDState),
+    .bdrv_parse_filename    = qemu_rbd_parse_filename,
+    .bdrv_file_open         = qemu_rbd_open,
+    .bdrv_close             = qemu_rbd_close,
+    .bdrv_create            = qemu_rbd_create,
+    .bdrv_has_zero_init     = bdrv_has_zero_init_1,
+    .bdrv_get_info          = qemu_rbd_getinfo,
+    .create_opts            = &qemu_rbd_create_opts,
+    .bdrv_getlength         = qemu_rbd_getlength,
+    .bdrv_truncate          = qemu_rbd_truncate,
+    .protocol_name          = "rbd",
 
     .bdrv_aio_readv         = qemu_rbd_aio_readv,
     .bdrv_aio_writev        = qemu_rbd_aio_writev,
