diff --git a/doc/source/support-matrix.ini b/doc/source/support-matrix.ini
index 491aa30cf319..a3b701e3678f 100644
--- a/doc/source/support-matrix.ini
+++ b/doc/source/support-matrix.ini
@@ -385,8 +385,10 @@ driver-impl-vmware=complete
 driver-impl-hyperv=complete
 driver-impl-ironic=partial
 driver-notes-ironic=Only certain ironic drivers support this
-driver-impl-libvirt-vz-vm=missing
-driver-impl-libvirt-vz-ct=missing
+driver-impl-libvirt-vz-vm=complete
+driver-notes-vz-vm=Resizing Virtuozzo instances implies guest filesystem resize also
+driver-impl-libvirt-vz-ct=complete
+driver-notes-vz-ct=Resizing Virtuozzo instances implies guest filesystem resize also
 
 [operation.resume]
 title=Restore instance
diff --git a/etc/nova/rootwrap.d/compute.filters b/etc/nova/rootwrap.d/compute.filters
index 00766318383b..944740ed3002 100644
--- a/etc/nova/rootwrap.d/compute.filters
+++ b/etc/nova/rootwrap.d/compute.filters
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ cp: CommandFilter, cp, root
 sync: CommandFilter, sync, root
 
 # nova/virt/libvirt/imagebackend.py:
-ploop: CommandFilter, ploop, root
+ploop: RegExpFilter, ploop, root, ploop, restore-descriptor, .*
+prl_disk_tool: RegExpFilter, prl_disk_tool, root, prl_disk_tool, resize, --size, .*M$, --resize_partition, --hdd, .*
 
 # nova/virt/libvirt/utils.py: 'xend', 'status'
 xend: CommandFilter, xend, root
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/disk/test_api.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/disk/test_api.py
index d85a26c63278..fae342767397 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/disk/test_api.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/disk/test_api.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import tempfile
 import fixtures
 import mock
 from oslo_concurrency import processutils
+from oslo_utils import units
 
 from nova import test
 from nova import utils
@@ -176,6 +177,24 @@ class APITestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
                                              imgsize)
         self.assertFalse(mock_extendable.called)
 
+    @mock.patch.object(api, 'can_resize_image', return_value=True)
+    @mock.patch.object(utils, 'execute')
+    def test_extend_ploop(self, mock_execute, mock_can_resize_image):
+        imgfile = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
+        self.addCleanup(imgfile.close)
+        imgsize = 10 * units.Gi
+        imgsize_mb = str(imgsize // units.Mi) + 'M'
+        image = imgmodel.LocalFileImage(imgfile, imgmodel.FORMAT_PLOOP)
+
+        api.extend(image, imgsize)
+        mock_can_resize_image.assert_called_once_with(image.path,
+                                                      imgsize)
+        mock_execute.assert_called_once_with('prl_disk_tool', 'resize',
+                                             '--size', imgsize_mb,
+                                             '--resize_partition',
+                                             '--hdd', imgfile,
+                                             run_as_root=True)
+
     def test_extend_raw_success(self):
         imgfile = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
         self.addCleanup(imgfile.close)
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_imagebackend.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_imagebackend.py
index 6330ef76aeb3..26344ff897f0 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_imagebackend.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_imagebackend.py
@@ -1590,6 +1590,7 @@ class PloopTestCase(_ImageTestCase, test.NoDBTestCase):
                                  '__call__')
         self.mox.StubOutWithMock(imagebackend.libvirt_utils, 'copy_image')
         self.mox.StubOutWithMock(self.utils, 'execute')
+        self.mox.StubOutWithMock(imagebackend.disk, 'extend')
         return fn
 
     def test_cache(self):
@@ -1619,9 +1620,9 @@ class PloopTestCase(_ImageTestCase, test.NoDBTestCase):
         imagebackend.libvirt_utils.copy_image(self.TEMPLATE_PATH, img_path)
         self.utils.execute("ploop", "restore-descriptor", "-f", "raw",
                            self.PATH, img_path)
-        self.utils.execute("ploop", "grow", '-s', "2K",
-                           os.path.join(self.PATH, "DiskDescriptor.xml"),
-                           run_as_root=True)
+        image = imgmodel.LocalFileImage(self.PATH, imgmodel.FORMAT_PLOOP)
+        imagebackend.disk.extend(image, 2048)
+
         self.mox.ReplayAll()
 
         image = self.image_class(self.INSTANCE, self.NAME)
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_utils.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_utils.py
index 5a9cbe879b5f..a4bc4726f524 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_utils.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_utils.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class LibvirtUtilsTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
     @mock.patch('nova.utils.execute')
     def test_copy_image_local(self, mock_execute):
         libvirt_utils.copy_image('src', 'dest')
-        mock_execute.assert_called_once_with('cp', 'src', 'dest')
+        mock_execute.assert_called_once_with('cp', '-r', 'src', 'dest')
 
     @mock.patch('nova.virt.libvirt.volume.remotefs.SshDriver.copy_file')
     def test_copy_image_remote_ssh(self, mock_rem_fs_remove):
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/volume/test_remotefs.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/volume/test_remotefs.py
index 3be6a1764b76..d7ccaabc261f 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/volume/test_remotefs.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/volume/test_remotefs.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class RemoteFSTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
         remotefs.RsyncDriver().copy_file('1.2.3.4:/home/star_wars',
                                          '/home/favourite', None, None,
                                          compression=True)
-        mock_execute.assert_called_once_with('rsync', '--sparse',
+        mock_execute.assert_called_once_with('rsync', '-r', '--sparse',
                                              '1.2.3.4:/home/star_wars',
                                              '/home/favourite',
                                              '--compress',
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class RemoteFSTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
         remotefs.RsyncDriver().copy_file('1.2.3.4:/home/star_wars',
                                          '/home/favourite', None, None,
                                          compression=False)
-        mock_execute.assert_called_once_with('rsync', '--sparse',
+        mock_execute.assert_called_once_with('rsync', '-r', '--sparse',
                                              '1.2.3.4:/home/star_wars',
                                              '/home/favourite',
                                              on_completion=None,
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class RemoteFSTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
     def test_remote_copy_file_ssh(self, mock_execute):
         remotefs.SshDriver().copy_file('1.2.3.4:/home/SpaceOdyssey',
                                        '/home/favourite', None, None, True)
-        mock_execute.assert_called_once_with('scp',
+        mock_execute.assert_called_once_with('scp', '-r',
                                              '1.2.3.4:/home/SpaceOdyssey',
                                              '/home/favourite',
                                              on_completion=None,
diff --git a/nova/virt/disk/api.py b/nova/virt/disk/api.py
index 7f699939c5a2..bc2921793080 100644
--- a/nova/virt/disk/api.py
+++ b/nova/virt/disk/api.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ if os.name != 'nt':
 from oslo_concurrency import processutils
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils
+from oslo_utils import units
 
 import nova.conf
 from nova import exception
@@ -158,6 +159,16 @@ def extend(image, size):
     if not isinstance(image, imgmodel.LocalImage):
         return
 
+    if (image.format == imgmodel.FORMAT_PLOOP):
+        if not can_resize_image(image.path, size):
+            return
+
+        utils.execute('prl_disk_tool', 'resize',
+                      '--size', '%dM' % (size // units.Mi),
+                      '--resize_partition',
+                      '--hdd', image.path, run_as_root=True)
+        return
+
     if not can_resize_image(image.path, size):
         return
 
diff --git a/nova/virt/image/model.py b/nova/virt/image/model.py
index 4e8f46ed6980..971f7e9c0704 100644
--- a/nova/virt/image/model.py
+++ b/nova/virt/image/model.py
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ from nova import exception
 
 FORMAT_RAW = "raw"
 FORMAT_QCOW2 = "qcow2"
+FORMAT_PLOOP = "ploop"
 
 ALL_FORMATS = [
     FORMAT_RAW,
     FORMAT_QCOW2,
+    FORMAT_PLOOP,
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/imagebackend.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/imagebackend.py
index ad60205ec777..de06e4da9835 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/imagebackend.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/imagebackend.py
@@ -1024,9 +1024,7 @@ class Ploop(Image):
             utils.execute('ploop', 'restore-descriptor', '-f', self.pcs_format,
                           target, image_path)
             if size:
-                dd_path = os.path.join(self.path, "DiskDescriptor.xml")
-                utils.execute('ploop', 'grow', '-s', '%dK' % (size >> 10),
-                              dd_path, run_as_root=True)
+                self.resize_image(size)
 
         if not os.path.exists(self.path):
             if CONF.force_raw_images:
@@ -1063,9 +1061,8 @@ class Ploop(Image):
             create_ploop_image(base, self.path, size)
 
     def resize_image(self, size):
-        dd_path = os.path.join(self.path, "DiskDescriptor.xml")
-        utils.execute('ploop', 'grow', '-s', '%dK' % (size >> 10), dd_path,
-                      run_as_root=True)
+        image = imgmodel.LocalFileImage(self.path, imgmodel.FORMAT_PLOOP)
+        disk.extend(image, size)
 
     def snapshot_extract(self, target, out_format):
         img_path = os.path.join(self.path, "root.hds")
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/utils.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/utils.py
index f1fe2638aef8..ff811c221fc4 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/utils.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/utils.py
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ def copy_image(src, dest, host=None, receive=False,
         # sparse files.  I.E. holes will not be written to DEST,
         # rather recreated efficiently.  In addition, since
         # coreutils 8.11, holes can be read efficiently too.
-        execute('cp', src, dest)
+        # we add '-r' argument because ploop disks are directories
+        execute('cp', '-r', src, dest)
     else:
         if receive:
             src = "%s:%s" % (utils.safe_ip_format(host), src)
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/volume/remotefs.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/volume/remotefs.py
index eafb56565a35..1d8d289a0166 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/volume/remotefs.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/volume/remotefs.py
@@ -196,7 +196,8 @@ class SshDriver(RemoteFilesystemDriver):
                           on_execute=on_execute, on_completion=on_completion)
 
     def copy_file(self, src, dst, on_execute, on_completion, compression):
-        utils.execute('scp', src, dst,
+        # As far as ploop disks are in fact directories we add '-r' argument
+        utils.execute('scp', '-r', src, dst,
                       on_execute=on_execute, on_completion=on_completion)
 
 
@@ -324,7 +325,8 @@ class RsyncDriver(RemoteFilesystemDriver):
                       on_execute=on_execute, on_completion=on_completion)
 
     def copy_file(self, src, dst, on_execute, on_completion, compression):
-        args = ['rsync', '--sparse', src, dst]
+        # As far as ploop disks are in fact directories we add '-r' argument
+        args = ['rsync', '-r', '--sparse', src, dst]
         if compression:
             args.append('--compress')
         utils.execute(*args,
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bp-virtuozzo-instance-resize-support-b523e6e8a0de0fbc.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bp-virtuozzo-instance-resize-support-b523e6e8a0de0fbc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0f728f072c9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bp-virtuozzo-instance-resize-support-b523e6e8a0de0fbc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+features:
+    - Virtuozzo ploop disks can be resized now during "nova resize".
+upgrade:
+    - You must update the rootwrap configuration for the compute service
+      if you use ploop images, so that "ploop grow" filter is changed
+      to "prl_disk_tool resize".