diff --git a/doc/bdev.md b/doc/bdev.md
index 2af8e10cd..d9dad00a6 100644
--- a/doc/bdev.md
+++ b/doc/bdev.md
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ It is possible to create pmem bdev using SPDK RPC:
 ./scripts/rpc.py construct_pmem_bdev -n bdev_name /path/to/pmem_pool
 ~~~
 
+Configuration file syntax:
+~~~
+[Pmem]
+  Blk /path/to/pmem_pool bdev_name
+~~~
+
 ## Null {#bdev_config_null}
 
 The SPDK null bdev driver is a dummy block I/O target that discards all writes and returns undefined
diff --git a/etc/spdk/iscsi.conf.in b/etc/spdk/iscsi.conf.in
index d5d3a3e10..a2b0cd84c 100644
--- a/etc/spdk/iscsi.conf.in
+++ b/etc/spdk/iscsi.conf.in
@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@
   AIO /dev/sdc AIO1
   AIO /tmp/myfile AIO2 4096
 
+# PMDK libpmemblk-based block device
+[Pmem]
+  # Syntax:
+  #   Blk <pmemblk pool file name> <bdev name>
+  Blk /path/to/pmem-pool Pmem0
+
 # The Split virtual block device slices block devices into multiple smaller bdevs.
 [Split]
   # Syntax:
diff --git a/etc/spdk/nvmf.conf.in b/etc/spdk/nvmf.conf.in
index a93963908..835229f6d 100644
--- a/etc/spdk/nvmf.conf.in
+++ b/etc/spdk/nvmf.conf.in
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
   AIO /dev/sdc AIO1
   AIO /tmp/myfile AIO2 4096
 
+# PMDK libpmemblk-based block device
+[Pmem]
+  # Syntax:
+  #   Blk <pmemblk pool file name> <bdev name>
+  Blk /path/to/pmem-pool Pmem0
+
 # Define NVMf protocol global options
 [Nvmf]
   # Set the maximum number of submission and completion queues per session.
diff --git a/etc/spdk/vhost.conf.in b/etc/spdk/vhost.conf.in
index 2e29a1761..a14a362f8 100644
--- a/etc/spdk/vhost.conf.in
+++ b/etc/spdk/vhost.conf.in
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@
   #AIO /dev/sdb AIO0
   #AIO /dev/sdc AIO1
 
+# PMDK libpmemblk-based block device
+[Pmem]
+  # Syntax:
+  #   Blk <pmemblk pool file name> <bdev name>
+  Blk /path/to/pmem-pool Pmem0
+
 # Users may change this section to create a different number or size of
 #  malloc LUNs.
 # If the system has hardware DMA engine, it will use an IOAT
diff --git a/lib/bdev/pmem/bdev_pmem.c b/lib/bdev/pmem/bdev_pmem.c
index 4c7052a5a..54b283a6d 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/pmem/bdev_pmem.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/pmem/bdev_pmem.c
@@ -385,6 +385,41 @@ spdk_create_pmem_disk(const char *pmem_file, const char *name, struct spdk_bdev
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void
+bdev_pmem_read_conf(void)
+{
+	struct spdk_conf_section *sp;
+	struct spdk_bdev *bdev;
+	const char *pmem_file;
+	const char *bdev_name;
+	int i;
+
+	sp = spdk_conf_find_section(NULL, "Pmem");
+	if (sp == NULL) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; ; i++) {
+		if (!spdk_conf_section_get_nval(sp, "Blk", i)) {
+			break;
+		}
+
+		pmem_file = spdk_conf_section_get_nmval(sp, "Blk", i, 0);
+		if (pmem_file == NULL) {
+			SPDK_ERRLOG("Pmem: missing filename\n");
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		bdev_name = spdk_conf_section_get_nmval(sp, "Blk", i, 1);
+		if (bdev_name == NULL) {
+			SPDK_ERRLOG("Pmem: missing bdev name\n");
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		spdk_create_pmem_disk(pmem_file, bdev_name, &bdev);
+	}
+}
+
 static int
 bdev_pmem_initialize(void)
 {
@@ -398,6 +433,8 @@ bdev_pmem_initialize(void)
 
 	spdk_io_device_register(&g_pmem_disks, bdev_pmem_create_cb, bdev_pmem_destroy_cb, 0);
 
+	bdev_pmem_read_conf();
+
 	return 0;
 
 }
diff --git a/test/bdev/blockdev.sh b/test/bdev/blockdev.sh
index 858f972a8..85048badd 100755
--- a/test/bdev/blockdev.sh
+++ b/test/bdev/blockdev.sh
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ if [ $SPDK_TEST_RBD -eq 1 ]; then
 	$rootdir/scripts/gen_rbd.sh >> $testdir/bdev.conf
 fi
 
+if hash pmempool; then
+	rm -f /tmp/spdk-pmem-pool
+	pmempool create blk --size=32M 512 /tmp/spdk-pmem-pool
+	echo "[Pmem]" >> $testdir/bdev.conf
+	echo "  Blk /tmp/spdk-pmem-pool Pmem0" >> $testdir/bdev.conf
+fi
+
 timing_enter bounds
 $testdir/bdevio/bdevio $testdir/bdev.conf
 timing_exit bounds
@@ -138,6 +145,7 @@ if grep -q Nvme0 $testdir/bdev.conf; then
 fi
 
 rm -f /tmp/aiofile
+rm -f /tmp/spdk-pmem-pool
 rm -f $testdir/bdev.conf
 report_test_completion "bdev"
 timing_exit bdev
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/bdev/pmem/bdev_pmem_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/bdev/pmem/bdev_pmem_ut.c
index a9eb09ba6..73b4b7ba1 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/bdev/pmem/bdev_pmem_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/bdev/pmem/bdev_pmem_ut.c
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@
 
 #include "bdev/pmem/bdev_pmem.c"
 
+DEFINE_STUB(spdk_conf_find_section, struct spdk_conf_section *,
+	    (struct spdk_conf *cp, const char *name), NULL);
+DEFINE_STUB(spdk_conf_section_get_nval, char *,
+	    (struct spdk_conf_section *sp, const char *key, int idx), NULL);
+DEFINE_STUB(spdk_conf_section_get_nmval, char *,
+	    (struct spdk_conf_section *sp, const char *key, int idx1, int idx2), NULL);
+
 static struct spdk_bdev_module *g_bdev_pmem_module;
 static int g_bdev_module_cnt;