diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/volume/test_vrtshyperscale.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/volume/test_vrtshyperscale.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4bd155b71d72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/volume/test_vrtshyperscale.py
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Veritas Technologies LLC
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+import mock
+
+from os_brick.initiator import connector
+
+from nova.tests.unit.virt.libvirt.volume import test_volume
+from nova.virt.libvirt.volume import vrtshyperscale
+
+DEVICE_NAME = '{8ee71c33-dcd0-4267-8f2b-e0742ecabe9f}'
+DEVICE_PATH = '/dev/8ee71c33-dcd0-4267-8f2b-e0742ec'
+
+
+class LibvirtHyperScaleVolumeDriverTestCase(
+        test_volume.LibvirtVolumeBaseTestCase):
+
+    def test_driver_init(self):
+        hs = vrtshyperscale.LibvirtHyperScaleVolumeDriver(self.fake_host)
+        self.assertIsInstance(hs.connector, connector.HyperScaleConnector)
+
+    def test_get_config(self):
+        hs = vrtshyperscale.LibvirtHyperScaleVolumeDriver(self.fake_host)
+
+        # expect valid conf is returned if called with proper arguments
+        disk_info = {'name': DEVICE_NAME,
+                     'type': None,
+                     'dev': None,
+                     'bus': None,
+                     'device_path': DEVICE_PATH,
+                    }
+        conn = {'data': disk_info}
+
+        conf = hs.get_config(conn, disk_info)
+
+        self.assertEqual("block", conf.source_type)
+        self.assertEqual(DEVICE_PATH, conf.source_path)
+
+    @mock.patch('os_brick.initiator.connectors.vrtshyperscale'
+                '.HyperScaleConnector.connect_volume')
+    def test_connect_volume(self, mock_brick_connect_volume):
+        mock_brick_connect_volume.return_value = {'path': DEVICE_PATH}
+
+        hs = vrtshyperscale.LibvirtHyperScaleVolumeDriver(self.fake_host)
+
+        # dummy arguments are just passed through to mock connector
+        disk_info = {'name': DEVICE_NAME}
+        connection_info = {'data': disk_info}
+
+        hs.connect_volume(
+            connection_info, disk_info, mock.sentinel.instance)
+
+        # expect connect_volume to add device_path to connection_info:
+        self.assertEqual(connection_info['data']['device_path'], DEVICE_PATH)
+
+    @mock.patch('os_brick.initiator.connectors.vrtshyperscale'
+                '.HyperScaleConnector.disconnect_volume')
+    def test_disconnect_volume(self, mock_brick_disconnect_volume):
+        mock_brick_disconnect_volume.return_value = None
+
+        hs = vrtshyperscale.LibvirtHyperScaleVolumeDriver(self.fake_host)
+
+        # dummy arguments are just passed through to mock connector
+        disk_info = {'name': DEVICE_NAME}
+        connection_info = {'data': disk_info}
+
+        hs.disconnect_volume(
+            connection_info, disk_info, mock.sentinel.instance)
+
+        hs.connector.disconnect_volume.assert_called_once_with(
+            connection_info['data'], None)
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
index 67b4bf5f76af..1d27c4e2315f 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ libvirt_volume_drivers = [
     'disco=nova.virt.libvirt.volume.disco.LibvirtDISCOVolumeDriver',
     'vzstorage='
         'nova.virt.libvirt.volume.vzstorage.LibvirtVZStorageVolumeDriver',
+    'veritas_hyperscale='
+        'nova.virt.libvirt.volume.vrtshyperscale.'
+        'LibvirtHyperScaleVolumeDriver',
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/volume/vrtshyperscale.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/volume/vrtshyperscale.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2a438787eb9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/volume/vrtshyperscale.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Veritas Technologies LLC.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+"""Libvirt volume driver for HyperScale."""
+
+from os_brick.initiator import connector
+from oslo_log import log as logging
+
+from nova import utils
+from nova.virt.libvirt.volume import volume as libvirt_volume
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class LibvirtHyperScaleVolumeDriver(libvirt_volume.LibvirtVolumeDriver):
+    """Class HyperScale libvirt volume driver
+
+    This class implements a Libvirt volume driver for Veritas
+    HyperScale storage. The class uses its parent class get_config method,
+    and calls the Veritas HyperScale os-brick connector to handle the work
+    of the connect_volume and disconnect volume methods.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, connection):
+        super(LibvirtHyperScaleVolumeDriver, self).__init__(connection)
+        self.connector = connector.InitiatorConnector.factory(
+            'VERITAS_HYPERSCALE', utils.get_root_helper())
+
+    def connect_volume(self, connection_info, disk_info, instance):
+        # The os-brick connector may raise BrickException.
+        # The convention in nova is to just propagate it up.
+        # Note that the device path is returned from the os-brick connector
+        # using the "path" key, LibvirtVolumeDriver.get_config gets the
+        # device path from the "device_path" key in connection_info.
+
+        device_info = self.connector.connect_volume(connection_info['data'])
+        connection_info['data']['device_path'] = device_info.get('path')
+        LOG.info("connect_volume: device path %(device_path)s",
+            {'device_path': connection_info['data']['device_path']})
+
+    def disconnect_volume(self, connection_info, disk_dev, instance):
+        self.connector.disconnect_volume(connection_info['data'], None)
+        LOG.info("Disconnected volume %(vol_id)s",
+                 {'vol_id': connection_info['data']['name']})
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/veritas_hyperscale_libvirt_driver-ba02bea54a9a99db.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/veritas_hyperscale_libvirt_driver-ba02bea54a9a99db.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2446474178d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/veritas_hyperscale_libvirt_driver-ba02bea54a9a99db.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+features:
+  - The libvirt compute driver now supports connecting to Veritas HyperScale volume backends.