diff --git a/docs/formatstorage.html.in b/docs/formatstorage.html.in
index 4965a4c7e1..0356182127 100644
--- a/docs/formatstorage.html.in
+++ b/docs/formatstorage.html.in
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@
       A storage volume will generally be either a file or a device
       node; <span class="since">since 1.2.0</span>, an optional
       output-only attribute <code>type</code> lists the actual type
-      (file, block, dir, network, or netdir), which is also available
+      (file, block, dir, network, netdir or ploop), which is also available
       from <code>virStorageVolGetInfo()</code>.  The storage volume
       XML format is available <span class="since">since 0.4.1</span>
     </p>
diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt-storage.h b/include/libvirt/libvirt-storage.h
index 1a868ccddd..db6f2b498f 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt-storage.h
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt-storage.h
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ typedef enum {
     VIR_STORAGE_VOL_NETWORK = 3,  /* Network volumes like RBD (RADOS Block Device) */
     VIR_STORAGE_VOL_NETDIR = 4,   /* Network accessible directory that can
                                    * contain other network volumes */
+    VIR_STORAGE_VOL_PLOOP = 5,    /* Ploop based volumes */
 
 # ifdef VIR_ENUM_SENTINELS
     VIR_STORAGE_VOL_LAST
diff --git a/src/conf/storage_conf.c b/src/conf/storage_conf.c
index 497c65f460..daf8f99285 100644
--- a/src/conf/storage_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/storage_conf.c
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ VIR_LOG_INIT("conf.storage_conf");
 
 VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virStorageVol,
               VIR_STORAGE_VOL_LAST,
-              "file", "block", "dir", "network", "netdir")
+              "file", "block", "dir", "network",
+              "netdir", "ploop")
 
 VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virStoragePool,
               VIR_STORAGE_POOL_LAST,
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c
index 692c9ff179..d54dbfae45 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c
@@ -1085,6 +1085,8 @@ virStorageBackendFileSystemVolCreate(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 
     if (vol->target.format == VIR_STORAGE_FILE_DIR)
         vol->type = VIR_STORAGE_VOL_DIR;
+    else if (vol->target.format == VIR_STORAGE_FILE_PLOOP)
+        vol->type = VIR_STORAGE_VOL_PLOOP;
     else
         vol->type = VIR_STORAGE_VOL_FILE;
 
@@ -1259,6 +1261,7 @@ virStorageBackendFileSystemVolDelete(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
             }
         }
         break;
+    case VIR_STORAGE_VOL_PLOOP:
     case VIR_STORAGE_VOL_BLOCK:
     case VIR_STORAGE_VOL_NETWORK:
     case VIR_STORAGE_VOL_NETDIR:
diff --git a/tools/virsh-volume.c b/tools/virsh-volume.c
index cfb8cfcedd..36dd0ed8e5 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-volume.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-volume.c
@@ -965,7 +965,8 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virshStorageVol,
               N_("block"),
               N_("dir"),
               N_("network"),
-              N_("netdir"))
+              N_("netdir"),
+              N_("ploop"))
 
 static const char *
 virshVolumeTypeToString(int type)