diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep.sh b/scripts/pkgdep.sh
index 03e88fa37..5246b54d4 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ function usage() {
 	echo "  -d --developer-tools        Install tools for developers (code styling, code coverage, etc.)"
 	echo "  -p --pmem                   Additional dependencies for reduce, pmdk and pmdkobj"
 	echo "  -f --fuse                   Additional dependencies for FUSE and NVMe-CUSE"
+	echo "  -R --rbd                    Additional dependencies for RBD"
 	echo "  -r --rdma                   Additional dependencies for RDMA transport in NVMe over Fabrics"
 	echo "  -b --docs                   Additional dependencies for building docs"
 	echo "  -u --uring                  Additional dependencies for io_uring"
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ function install_all_dependencies() {
 	INSTALL_DEV_TOOLS=true
 	INSTALL_PMEM=true
 	INSTALL_FUSE=true
+	INSTALL_RBD=true
 	INSTALL_RDMA=true
 	INSTALL_DOCS=true
 	INSTALL_LIBURING=true
@@ -36,12 +38,13 @@ INSTALL_CRYPTO=false
 INSTALL_DEV_TOOLS=false
 INSTALL_PMEM=false
 INSTALL_FUSE=false
+INSTALL_RBD=false
 INSTALL_RDMA=false
 INSTALL_DOCS=false
 INSTALL_LIBURING=false
 INSTALL_DAOS=false
 
-while getopts 'abdfhipruD-:' optchar; do
+while getopts 'abdfhipruDR-:' optchar; do
 	case "$optchar" in
 		-)
 			case "$OPTARG" in
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ while getopts 'abdfhipruD-:' optchar; do
 				developer-tools) INSTALL_DEV_TOOLS=true ;;
 				pmem) INSTALL_PMEM=true ;;
 				fuse) INSTALL_FUSE=true ;;
+				rbd) INSTALL_RBD=true ;;
 				rdma) INSTALL_RDMA=true ;;
 				docs) INSTALL_DOCS=true ;;
 				uring) INSTALL_LIBURING=true ;;
@@ -65,6 +69,7 @@ while getopts 'abdfhipruD-:' optchar; do
 		d) INSTALL_DEV_TOOLS=true ;;
 		p) INSTALL_PMEM=true ;;
 		f) INSTALL_FUSE=true ;;
+		R) INSTALL_RBD=true ;;
 		r) INSTALL_RDMA=true ;;
 		b) INSTALL_DOCS=true ;;
 		u) INSTALL_LIBURING=true ;;
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/arch.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/arch.sh
index 5bee0df3c..6cc404199 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/arch.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/arch.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ if [[ $INSTALL_FUSE == "true" ]]; then
 	# Additional dependencies for FUSE and NVMe-CUSE
 	pacman -Sy --needed --noconfirm fuse3
 fi
+if [[ $INSTALL_RBD == "true" ]]; then
+	echo "Arch Linux does not have librados-devel and librbd-devel in mainline repositories."
+	echo "You can install them manually"
+fi
 if [[ $INSTALL_RDMA == "true" ]]; then
 	# Additional dependencies for RDMA transport in NVMe over Fabrics
 	if [[ -n "$http_proxy" ]]; then
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/clear-linux-os.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/clear-linux-os.sh
index 90c5c3420..113d02a86 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/clear-linux-os.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/clear-linux-os.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ if [[ $INSTALL_FUSE == "true" ]]; then
 	# Additional dependencies for FUSE and NVMe-CUSE
 	swupd bundle-add -y devpkg-fuse
 fi
+if [[ $INSTALL_RBD == "true" ]]; then
+	# Additional dependencies for RBD bdev in NVMe over Fabrics
+	swupd bundle-add -y librados-devel librbd-devel
+fi
 if [[ $INSTALL_RDMA == "true" ]]; then
 	# Additional dependencies for RDMA transport in NVMe over Fabrics
 	swupd bundle-add -y devpkg-rdma-core network-basic-dev
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh
index dd2a98fc9..6461b5e4f 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ if [[ $INSTALL_FUSE == "true" ]]; then
 		apt-get install -y libfuse3-dev
 	fi
 fi
+if [[ $INSTALL_RBD == "true" ]]; then
+	# Additional dependencies for RBD bdev in NVMe over Fabrics
+	apt-get install -y librados-dev librbd-dev
+fi
 if [[ $INSTALL_RDMA == "true" ]]; then
 	# Additional dependencies for RDMA transport in NVMe over Fabrics
 	apt-get install -y libibverbs-dev librdmacm-dev
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/freebsd.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/freebsd.sh
index c039f4acb..23d9fc11c 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/freebsd.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/freebsd.sh
@@ -26,3 +26,8 @@ if [[ $INSTALL_LIBURING == "true" ]]; then
 		"$(freebsd-version)"
 	INSTALL_LIBURING=false
 fi
+
+if [[ $INSTALL_RBD == "true" ]]; then
+	# Additional dependencies for RBD bdev in NVMe over Fabrics
+	pkg install -y ceph
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh
index a8a5ac036..131569603 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ if [[ $INSTALL_FUSE == "true" ]]; then
 	# Additional dependencies for FUSE and NVMe-CUSE
 	yum install -y fuse3-devel
 fi
+if [[ $INSTALL_RBD == "true" ]]; then
+	# Additional dependencies for RBD bdev in NVMe over Fabrics
+	yum install -y librados-devel librbd-devel
+fi
 if [[ $INSTALL_RDMA == "true" ]]; then
 	# Additional dependencies for RDMA transport in NVMe over Fabrics
 	yum install -y libibverbs-devel librdmacm-devel
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh
index 066ab9cf2..ecf6a081e 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ if [[ $INSTALL_FUSE == "true" ]]; then
 	# Additional dependencies for FUSE and NVMe-CUSE
 	zypper install -y fuse3-devel
 fi
+if [[ $INSTALL_RBD == "true" ]]; then
+	# Additional dependencies for RBD bdev in NVMe over Fabrics
+	zypper install -y librados-devel librbd-devel
+fi
 if [[ $INSTALL_RDMA == "true" ]]; then
 	# Additional dependencies for RDMA transport in NVMe over Fabrics
 	zypper install -y rdma-core-devel
diff --git a/test/common/config/pkgdep/apt-get b/test/common/config/pkgdep/apt-get
index 15a4f1e14..d03da6380 100644
--- a/test/common/config/pkgdep/apt-get
+++ b/test/common/config/pkgdep/apt-get
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ packages=(
 	gdb
 	fio
 	libaio-dev
-	librbd-dev
 	linux-headers-generic
 	libgflags-dev
 	autoconf
diff --git a/test/common/config/pkgdep/dnf b/test/common/config/pkgdep/dnf
index b2fcf3f46..b3f6e6a5f 100644
--- a/test/common/config/pkgdep/dnf
+++ b/test/common/config/pkgdep/dnf
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ packages=(
 	gdb
 	fio
 	libaio-devel
-	librbd-devel
 	kernel-devel
 	gflags-devel
 	libasan
diff --git a/test/common/config/pkgdep/yum b/test/common/config/pkgdep/yum
index 97565fcc7..5080cefe3 100644
--- a/test/common/config/pkgdep/yum
+++ b/test/common/config/pkgdep/yum
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ packages=(
 	gdb
 	fio
 	libaio-devel
-	librbd-devel
 	kernel-devel
 	gflags-devel
 	libasan