diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 2858577c5b..a7d3914735 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2273,11 +2273,13 @@ S: Maintained
 F: contrib/vhost-user-blk/
 F: contrib/vhost-user-scsi/
 F: hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c
+F: hw/block/virtio-blk-common.c
 F: hw/scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c
 F: hw/virtio/vhost-user-blk-pci.c
 F: hw/virtio/vhost-user-scsi-pci.c
 F: include/hw/virtio/vhost-user-blk.h
 F: include/hw/virtio/vhost-user-scsi.h
+F: include/hw/virtio/virtio-blk-common.h
 
 vhost-user-gpu
 M: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
diff --git a/hw/block/meson.build b/hw/block/meson.build
index 8ee1f1f850..1908abd45c 100644
--- a/hw/block/meson.build
+++ b/hw/block/meson.build
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_XEN', if_true: files('xen-block.c'))
 softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_TC58128', if_true: files('tc58128.c'))
 
 specific_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK', if_true: files('virtio-blk.c', 'virtio-blk-common.c'))
-specific_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_VHOST_USER_BLK', if_true: files('vhost-user-blk.c'))
+specific_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_VHOST_USER_BLK', if_true: files('vhost-user-blk.c', 'virtio-blk-common.c'))
 
 subdir('dataplane')
diff --git a/hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c b/hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c
index 0d916edefa..8dd063eb96 100644
--- a/hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c
+++ b/hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "hw/qdev-core.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-properties-system.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/virtio-blk-common.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/vhost.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/vhost-user-blk.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio.h"
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ static void vhost_user_blk_update_config(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint8_t *config)
     /* Our num_queues overrides the device backend */
     virtio_stw_p(vdev, &s->blkcfg.num_queues, s->num_queues);
 
-    memcpy(config, &s->blkcfg, sizeof(struct virtio_blk_config));
+    memcpy(config, &s->blkcfg, vdev->config_len);
 }
 
 static void vhost_user_blk_set_config(VirtIODevice *vdev, const uint8_t *config)
@@ -92,12 +93,12 @@ static int vhost_user_blk_handle_config_change(struct vhost_dev *dev)
 {
     int ret;
     struct virtio_blk_config blkcfg;
+    VirtIODevice *vdev = dev->vdev;
     VHostUserBlk *s = VHOST_USER_BLK(dev->vdev);
     Error *local_err = NULL;
 
     ret = vhost_dev_get_config(dev, (uint8_t *)&blkcfg,
-                               sizeof(struct virtio_blk_config),
-                               &local_err);
+                               vdev->config_len, &local_err);
     if (ret < 0) {
         error_report_err(local_err);
         return ret;
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ static int vhost_user_blk_handle_config_change(struct vhost_dev *dev)
     /* valid for resize only */
     if (blkcfg.capacity != s->blkcfg.capacity) {
         s->blkcfg.capacity = blkcfg.capacity;
-        memcpy(dev->vdev->config, &s->blkcfg, sizeof(struct virtio_blk_config));
+        memcpy(dev->vdev->config, &s->blkcfg, vdev->config_len);
         virtio_notify_config(dev->vdev);
     }
 
@@ -442,7 +443,7 @@ static int vhost_user_blk_realize_connect(VHostUserBlk *s, Error **errp)
     assert(s->connected);
 
     ret = vhost_dev_get_config(&s->dev, (uint8_t *)&s->blkcfg,
-                               sizeof(struct virtio_blk_config), errp);
+                               s->parent_obj.config_len, errp);
     if (ret < 0) {
         qemu_chr_fe_disconnect(&s->chardev);
         vhost_dev_cleanup(&s->dev);
@@ -457,6 +458,7 @@ static void vhost_user_blk_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     ERRP_GUARD();
     VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(dev);
     VHostUserBlk *s = VHOST_USER_BLK(vdev);
+    size_t config_size;
     int retries;
     int i, ret;
 
@@ -487,8 +489,9 @@ static void vhost_user_blk_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         return;
     }
 
-    virtio_init(vdev, VIRTIO_ID_BLOCK,
-                sizeof(struct virtio_blk_config));
+    config_size = virtio_get_config_size(&virtio_blk_cfg_size_params,
+                                         vdev->host_features);
+    virtio_init(vdev, VIRTIO_ID_BLOCK, config_size);
 
     s->virtqs = g_new(VirtQueue *, s->num_queues);
     for (i = 0; i < s->num_queues; i++) {
