diff --git a/include/spdk/ftl.h b/include/spdk/ftl.h
index 67b89660e..3ae8c3bff 100644
--- a/include/spdk/ftl.h
+++ b/include/spdk/ftl.h
@@ -17,6 +17,34 @@ extern "C" {
 
 struct spdk_ftl_dev;
 
+struct spdk_ftl_conf {
+	/* Percentage of base device blocks not exposed to the user */
+	uint64_t				overprovisioning;
+
+	/* Core mask - core thread plus additional relocation threads */
+	char					*core_mask;
+
+	/* IO pool size per user thread */
+	size_t					user_io_pool_size;
+
+	/* FTL startup mode mask, see spdk_ftl_mode enum for possible values */
+	uint32_t				mode;
+
+	/* Name of base block device (zoned or non-zoned) */
+	char					*base_bdev;
+
+	/* Name of cache block device (must support extended metadata) */
+	char					*cache_bdev;
+
+	/* Base bdev reclaim unit size */
+	uint64_t				base_bdev_reclaim_unit_size;
+};
+
+enum spdk_ftl_mode {
+	/* Create new device */
+	SPDK_FTL_MODE_CREATE = (1 << 0),
+};
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/ftl/Makefile b/lib/ftl/Makefile
index d565abf94..aeb376ad2 100644
--- a/lib/ftl/Makefile
+++ b/lib/ftl/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ FTL_SUBDIRS := mngt utils
 
 C_SRCS = ftl_core.c
 C_SRCS += mngt/ftl_mngt.c
+C_SRCS += utils/ftl_conf.c
 
 SPDK_MAP_FILE = $(abspath $(CURDIR)/spdk_ftl.map)
 
diff --git a/lib/ftl/ftl_utils.h b/lib/ftl/ftl_utils.h
index 24cb94bca..d7fe42299 100644
--- a/lib/ftl/ftl_utils.h
+++ b/lib/ftl/ftl_utils.h
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@
 #define FTL_FTL_UTILS_H
 
 #include "utils/ftl_defs.h"
+#include "utils/ftl_conf.h"
 
 #endif /* FTL_FTL_UTILS_H */
diff --git a/lib/ftl/utils/ftl_conf.c b/lib/ftl/utils/ftl_conf.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d7c552d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ftl/utils/ftl_conf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*   SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ *   Copyright (c) Intel Corporation.
+ *   All rights reserved.
+ */
+#include "spdk/ftl.h"
+
+#include "ftl_conf.h"
+#include "ftl_core.h"
+
+int
+ftl_conf_cpy(struct spdk_ftl_conf *dst, const struct spdk_ftl_conf *src)
+{
+	char *core_mask = NULL;
+	char *l2p_path = NULL;
+	char *base_bdev = NULL;
+	char *cache_bdev = NULL;
+
+	if (src->core_mask) {
+		core_mask = strdup(src->core_mask);
+		if (!core_mask) {
+			goto error;
+		}
+	}
+	if (src->base_bdev) {
+		base_bdev = strdup(src->base_bdev);
+		if (!base_bdev) {
+			goto error;
+		}
+	}
+	if (src->cache_bdev) {
+		cache_bdev = strdup(src->cache_bdev);
+		if (!cache_bdev) {
+			goto error;
+		}
+	}
+
+	free(dst->core_mask);
+	free(dst->base_bdev);
+	free(dst->cache_bdev);
+
+	*dst = *src;
+	dst->core_mask = core_mask;
+	dst->base_bdev = base_bdev;
+	dst->cache_bdev = cache_bdev;
+	return 0;
+error:
+	free(core_mask);
+	free(l2p_path);
+	free(base_bdev);
+	free(cache_bdev);
+	return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+void
+ftl_conf_deinit(struct spdk_ftl_conf *conf)
+{
+	free(conf->core_mask);
+	free(conf->base_bdev);
+	free(conf->cache_bdev);
+}
diff --git a/lib/ftl/utils/ftl_conf.h b/lib/ftl/utils/ftl_conf.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a14e3d1fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ftl/utils/ftl_conf.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*   SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ *   Copyright (c) Intel Corporation.
+ *   All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#ifndef FTL_CONF_H
+#define FTL_CONF_H
+
+#include "spdk/ftl.h"
+
+int ftl_conf_cpy(struct spdk_ftl_conf *dst, const struct spdk_ftl_conf *src);
+
+void ftl_conf_deinit(struct spdk_ftl_conf *conf);
+
+#endif /* FTL_DEFS_H */