diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0754bec4..98c92b75 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,13 +7,17 @@ export LIBDIR SCRIPTSDIR SYSLIBDIR INCLUDEDIR
 
 all:
 	$(MAKE) -C qrexec-lib all
+ifeq ($(BACKEND_VMM),xen)
 	$(MAKE) -C qmemman all
+endif
 	$(MAKE) -C imgconverter all
 
 install:
 	$(MAKE) -C udev install
 	$(MAKE) -C qrexec-lib install
+ifeq ($(BACKEND_VMM),xen)
 	$(MAKE) -C qmemman install
+endif
 	$(MAKE) -C imgconverter install
 
 install-fedora-kernel-support:
@@ -29,7 +33,9 @@ install-debian-kernel-support:
 
 clean:
 	$(MAKE) -C qrexec-lib clean
+ifeq ($(BACKEND_VMM),xen)
 	$(MAKE) -C qmemman clean
+endif
 	$(MAKE) -C imgconverter clean
 	rm -rf debian/changelog.*
 	rm -rf pkgs
diff --git a/dracut/Makefile b/dracut/Makefile
index 30f90cbb..55873103 100644
--- a/dracut/Makefile
+++ b/dracut/Makefile
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@ install:
 	$(MAKE) -C simple
 	$(MAKE) -C full-dmroot
 	$(MAKE) -C full-modules
+ifeq ($(BACKEND_VMM),xen)
 	$(MAKE) -C xen-balloon-scrub-pages
+endif
diff --git a/dracut/simple/init.sh b/dracut/simple/init.sh
index 1d6f6b1d..2b6c341f 100644
--- a/dracut/simple/init.sh
+++ b/dracut/simple/init.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 echo "Qubes initramfs script here:"
 
+if [ -d /sys/devices/system/xen_memory ]; then
+    HYPERVISOR=xen
+else
+    HYPERVISOR=kvm
+fi
+
+if [ $HYPERVISOR = "xen" ]; then
+    echo "Running under xen"
+    DEVPREFIX="xvd"
+else
+    echo "Running under kvm"
+    DEVPREFIX="vd"
+fi
+
 mkdir -p /proc /sys /dev
 mount -t proc proc /proc
 mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys
@@ -15,31 +29,35 @@ if [ -e /dev/mapper/dmroot ] ; then
     echo "Qubes: FATAL error: /dev/mapper/dmroot already exists?!"
 fi
 
-/sbin/modprobe xenblk || /sbin/modprobe xen-blkfront || echo "Qubes: Cannot load Xen Block Frontend..."
+if [ $HYPERVISOR = "xen" ]; then
+    /sbin/modprobe xenblk || /sbin/modprobe xen-blkfront || echo "Qubes: Cannot load Xen Block Frontend..."
+elif [ $HYPERVISOR = "kvm" ]; then
+    /sbin/modprobe virtio_blk || echo "Qubes: Cannot load Virtio Block Driver..."
+fi
 
 die() {
     echo "$@" >&2
     exit 1
 }
 
-echo "Waiting for /dev/xvda* devices..."
-while ! [ -e /dev/xvda ]; do sleep 0.1; done
+echo "Waiting for /dev/${DEVPREFIX}a* devices..."
+while ! [ -e /dev/${DEVPREFIX}a ]; do sleep 0.1; done
 
 # prefer partition if exists
-if [ -b /dev/xvda1 ]; then
+if [ -b /dev/${DEVPREFIX}a1 ]; then
     if [ -d /dev/disk/by-partlabel ]; then
         ROOT_DEV=$(readlink "/dev/disk/by-partlabel/Root\\x20filesystem")
         ROOT_DEV=${ROOT_DEV##*/}
     else
-        ROOT_DEV=$(grep -l "PARTNAME=Root filesystem" /sys/block/xvda/xvda*/uevent |\
-            grep -o "xvda[0-9]")
+        ROOT_DEV=$(grep -l "PARTNAME=Root filesystem" /sys/block/${DEVPREFIX}a/${DEVPREFIX}a*/uevent |\
+            grep -o "${DEVPREFIX}a[0-9]")
     fi
     if [ -z "$ROOT_DEV" ]; then
         # fallback to third partition
-        ROOT_DEV=xvda3
+        ROOT_DEV=${DEVPREFIX}a3
     fi
 else
-    ROOT_DEV=xvda
+    ROOT_DEV=${DEVPREFIX}a
 fi
 
 SWAP_SIZE=$(( 1024 * 1024 * 2 )) # sectors, 1GB
@@ -47,40 +65,40 @@ SWAP_SIZE=$(( 1024 * 1024 * 2 )) # sectors, 1GB
 if [ `cat /sys/class/block/$ROOT_DEV/ro` = 1 ] ; then
     echo "Qubes: Doing COW setup for AppVM..."
 
-    while ! [ -e /dev/xvdc ]; do sleep 0.1; done
-    VOLATILE_SIZE=$(cat /sys/class/block/xvdc/size) # sectors
+    while ! [ -e /dev/${DEVPREFIX}c ]; do sleep 0.1; done
+    VOLATILE_SIZE=$(cat /sys/class/block/${DEVPREFIX}c/size) # sectors
     ROOT_SIZE=$(cat /sys/class/block/$ROOT_DEV/size) # sectors
     if [ $VOLATILE_SIZE -lt $SWAP_SIZE ]; then
         die "volatile.img smaller than 1GB, cannot continue"
     fi
-    /sbin/sfdisk -q --unit S /dev/xvdc >/dev/null <<EOF
-xvdc1: type=82,start=2048,size=$SWAP_SIZE
-xvdc2: type=83
+    /sbin/sfdisk -q --unit S /dev/${DEVPREFIX}c >/dev/null <<EOF
+${DEVPREFIX}c1: type=82,start=2048,size=$SWAP_SIZE
+${DEVPREFIX}c2: type=83
 EOF
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
         echo "Qubes: failed to setup partitions on volatile device"
         exit 1
     fi
-    while ! [ -e /dev/xvdc1 ]; do sleep 0.1; done
-    /sbin/mkswap /dev/xvdc1
-    while ! [ -e /dev/xvdc2 ]; do sleep 0.1; done
+    while ! [ -e /dev/${DEVPREFIX}c1 ]; do sleep 0.1; done
+    /sbin/mkswap /dev/${DEVPREFIX}c1
+    while ! [ -e /dev/${DEVPREFIX}c2 ]; do sleep 0.1; done
 
-    echo "0 `cat /sys/class/block/$ROOT_DEV/size` snapshot /dev/$ROOT_DEV /dev/xvdc2 N 16" | \
+    echo "0 `cat /sys/class/block/$ROOT_DEV/size` snapshot /dev/$ROOT_DEV /dev/${DEVPREFIX}c2 N 16" | \
         /sbin/dmsetup create dmroot || { echo "Qubes: FATAL: cannot create dmroot!"; exit 1; }
     /sbin/dmsetup mknodes dmroot
     echo Qubes: done.
 else
     echo "Qubes: Doing R/W setup for TemplateVM..."
-    while ! [ -e /dev/xvdc ]; do sleep 0.1; done
-    /sbin/sfdisk -q --unit S /dev/xvdc >/dev/null <<EOF
-xvdc1: type=82,start=2048,size=$SWAP_SIZE
-xvdc3: type=83
+    while ! [ -e /dev/${DEVPREFIX}c ]; do sleep 0.1; done
+    /sbin/sfdisk -q --unit S /dev/${DEVPREFIX}c >/dev/null <<EOF
+${DEVPREFIX}c1: type=82,start=2048,size=$SWAP_SIZE
+${DEVPREFIX}c3: type=83
 EOF
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
         die "Qubes: failed to setup partitions on volatile device"
     fi
-    while ! [ -e /dev/xvdc1 ]; do sleep 0.1; done
-    /sbin/mkswap /dev/xvdc1
+    while ! [ -e /dev/${DEVPREFIX}c1 ]; do sleep 0.1; done
+    /sbin/mkswap /dev/${DEVPREFIX}c1
     ln -s ../$ROOT_DEV /dev/mapper/dmroot
     echo Qubes: done.
 fi
@@ -93,11 +111,11 @@ NEWROOT=/sysroot
 
 kver="`uname -r`"
 if ! [ -d "$NEWROOT/lib/modules/$kver/kernel" ]; then
-    echo "Waiting for /dev/xvdd device..."
-    while ! [ -e /dev/xvdd ]; do sleep 0.1; done
+    echo "Waiting for /dev/${DEVPREFIX}d device..."
+    while ! [ -e /dev/${DEVPREFIX}d ]; do sleep 0.1; done
 
     mkdir -p /tmp/modules
-    mount -n -t ext3 /dev/xvdd /tmp/modules
+    mount -n -t ext3 /dev/${DEVPREFIX}d /tmp/modules
     if /sbin/modprobe overlay; then
         # if overlayfs is supported, use that to provide fully writable /lib/modules
         if ! [ -d "$NEWROOT/lib/.modules_work" ]; then
diff --git a/kernel-modules/qubes-prepare-vm-kernel b/kernel-modules/qubes-prepare-vm-kernel
index d7064ad2..33435dba 100644
--- a/kernel-modules/qubes-prepare-vm-kernel
+++ b/kernel-modules/qubes-prepare-vm-kernel
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function build_initramfs() {
     dracut --nomdadmconf --nolvmconf --force \
         --modules "kernel-modules qubes-vm-simple" \
         --conf /dev/null --confdir /var/empty \
-        -d "xenblk xen-blkfront cdrom ext4 jbd2 crc16 dm_snapshot" \
+        -d "xenblk xen-blkfront cdrom ext4 virtio virtio_blk jbd2 crc16 dm_snapshot" \
         $output_file $kver
     chmod 644 "$output_file"
 }
diff --git a/rpm_spec/qubes-kernel-vm-support.spec.in b/rpm_spec/qubes-kernel-vm-support.spec.in
index 285651e6..87567c83 100644
--- a/rpm_spec/qubes-kernel-vm-support.spec.in
+++ b/rpm_spec/qubes-kernel-vm-support.spec.in
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 #
 
+%define backend_vmm @BACKEND_VMM@
+
 Name:           qubes-kernel-vm-support
 Version:        @VERSION@
 Release:        1%{?dist}
@@ -49,7 +51,9 @@ make install-fedora-kernel-support DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
 /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90qubes-vm
 /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90qubes-vm-modules
 /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90qubes-vm-simple
+%if "%{?backend_vmm}" == "xen"
 /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/80xen-scrub-pages
+%endif
 /usr/sbin/qubes-prepare-vm-kernel
 %config(noreplace) /etc/default/grub.qubes-kernel-vm-support
 
@@ -77,11 +81,14 @@ if [ -r /usr/share/qubes/marker-vm ] && [ -x /usr/bin/dracut ]; then
         kver="${kver%.img}"
         dracut -f "$img" "$kver" || ret=$?
     done
+
+    %if "%{?backend_vmm}" == "xen"
     if [ "$ret" -eq 0 ]; then
         # "milestone" initramfs update version:
         # 1 - addition of xen scrub_pages enabling code
         echo 1 > /var/lib/qubes/initramfs-updated
     fi
+    %endif
 fi
 
 %changelog
diff --git a/rpm_spec/qubes-utils.spec.in b/rpm_spec/qubes-utils.spec.in
index cc177df4..93da25a0 100644
--- a/rpm_spec/qubes-utils.spec.in
+++ b/rpm_spec/qubes-utils.spec.in
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+
+%define backend_vmm @BACKEND_VMM@
+
 Name:		qubes-utils
 Version:	@VERSION@
 Release:	1%{?dist}
@@ -16,8 +19,10 @@ Requires:	python%{python3_pkgversion}-qubesimgconverter
 BuildRequires:  systemd
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-setuptools
 BuildRequires:  python3-rpm-macros
+%if "%{?backend_vmm}" == "xen"
 # for meminfo-writer
 BuildRequires:  xen-devel
+%endif
 BuildRequires:	gcc
 
 %description
@@ -57,6 +62,7 @@ make all BACKEND_VMM=@BACKEND_VMM@ PYTHON=%{__python3}
 %install
 make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot} PYTHON=%{__python3}
 
+%if "%{?backend_vmm}" == "xen"
 %post
 # dom0
 %systemd_post qubes-meminfo-writer-dom0.service
@@ -70,6 +76,7 @@ make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot} PYTHON=%{__python3}
 %postun
 %systemd_postun_with_restart qubes-meminfo-writer-dom0.service
 %systemd_postun_with_restart qubes-meminfo-writer.service
+%endif
 
 %post libs -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun libs -p /sbin/ldconfig
@@ -82,9 +89,11 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/*-qubes-*.rules
 /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/xen-devices-qubes.conf
 /usr/lib/qubes/udev-*
+%if "%{?backend_vmm}" == "xen"
 %{_sbindir}/meminfo-writer
 %{_unitdir}/qubes-meminfo-writer.service
 %{_unitdir}/qubes-meminfo-writer-dom0.service
+%endif
 
 %files -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-qubesimgconverter
 %{python3_sitelib}/qubesimgconverter/__init__.py