diff --git a/src/util/virstoragefile.c b/src/util/virstoragefile.c
index 715c0429d7..c9420fdb79 100644
--- a/src/util/virstoragefile.c
+++ b/src/util/virstoragefile.c
@@ -2647,6 +2647,11 @@ virStorageSourceParseBackingColon(virStorageSourcePtr src,
 }
 
 
+static int
+virStorageSourceParseBackingJSONInternal(virStorageSourcePtr src,
+                                         virJSONValuePtr json);
+
+
 static int
 virStorageSourceParseBackingJSONPath(virStorageSourcePtr src,
                                      virJSONValuePtr json,
@@ -2963,6 +2968,16 @@ virStorageSourceParseBackingJSONRBD(virStorageSourcePtr src,
     return -1;
 }
 
+static int
+virStorageSourceParseBackingJSONRaw(virStorageSourcePtr src,
+                                    virJSONValuePtr json,
+                                    int opaque ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    /* There are no interesting attributes in raw driver.
+     * Treat it as pass-through.
+     */
+    return virStorageSourceParseBackingJSONInternal(src, json);
+}
 
 struct virStorageSourceJSONDriverParser {
     const char *drvname;
@@ -2985,6 +3000,7 @@ static const struct virStorageSourceJSONDriverParser jsonParsers[] = {
     {"sheepdog", virStorageSourceParseBackingJSONSheepdog, 0},
     {"ssh", virStorageSourceParseBackingJSONSSH, 0},
     {"rbd", virStorageSourceParseBackingJSONRBD, 0},
+    {"raw", virStorageSourceParseBackingJSONRaw, 0},
 };
 
 
diff --git a/tests/virstoragetest.c b/tests/virstoragetest.c
index 36567753ba..984994d8e7 100644
--- a/tests/virstoragetest.c
+++ b/tests/virstoragetest.c
@@ -1496,6 +1496,12 @@ mymain(void)
                        "<source protocol='rbd' name='testshare'>\n"
                        "  <host name='example.com'/>\n"
                        "</source>\n");
+    TEST_BACKING_PARSE("json:{ \"file\": { "
+                                "\"driver\": \"raw\","
+                                "\"file\": {"
+                                    "\"driver\": \"file\","
+                                    "\"filename\": \"/path/to/file\" } } }",
+                       "<source file='/path/to/file'/>\n");
 
  cleanup:
     /* Final cleanup */