diff --git a/scripts/vagrant/Vagrantfile b/scripts/vagrant/Vagrantfile
index 40e012b28..8b5b0ace5 100644
--- a/scripts/vagrant/Vagrantfile
+++ b/scripts/vagrant/Vagrantfile
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
     vb.memory = "#{vmram}"
     vb.cpus = "#{vmcpu}"
 
-    nvme_disk = 'nvme.vdi'
+    nvme_disk=(ENV['NVME_FILE'] || "nvme_disk.img")
     unless File.exist? (nvme_disk)
       vb.customize ["createhd", "--filename", nvme_disk, "--variant", "Fixed", "--size", "1024"]
       vb.customize ["storagectl", :id, "--name", "nvme", "--add", "pcie", "--controller", "NVMe", "--portcount", "1", "--bootable", "off"]
@@ -111,7 +111,12 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
 
     # we put nvme_disk inside default pool to eliminate libvirt/SELinux Permissions Problems
     # and to be able to run vagrant from user $HOME directory
-    nvme_disk = '/var/lib/libvirt/images/nvme_disk.img'
+    if ENV['NVME_FILE']
+      nvme_disk="/var/lib/libvirt/images/" + ENV['NVME_FILE']
+    else
+      nvme_disk="/var/lib/libvirt/images/nvme_disk.img"
+    end
+
     unless File.exist? (nvme_disk)
       puts "If run with libvirt provider please execute create_nvme_img.sh"
     end
diff --git a/scripts/vagrant/create_nvme_img.sh b/scripts/vagrant/create_nvme_img.sh
index 0fec5770f..c739132fb 100755
--- a/scripts/vagrant/create_nvme_img.sh
+++ b/scripts/vagrant/create_nvme_img.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,42 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 SYSTEM=`uname -s`
 size="1024M"
+name="nvme_disk.img"
 
-# NVMe img size example format: 2048M
-if [ -n $1 ]; then
-	size=$1
-fi
+function usage() {
+	echo "Usage: ${0##*/} [-s <disk_size>] [-n <backing file name>]"
+	echo "-s <disk_size> with postfix e.g. 2G        default: 1024M"
+	echo "-n <backing file name>             default: nvme_disk.img"
+}
+
+while getopts "s:n:h-:" opt; do
+	case "${opt}" in
+		-)
+			echo "  Invalid argument: $OPTARG"
+			usage
+			exit 1
+		;;
+		s)
+			size=$OPTARG
+		;;
+		n)
+			name=$OPTARG
+		;;
+		h)
+			usage
+			exit 0
+		;;
+		*)
+			echo "  Invalid argument: $OPTARG"
+			usage
+			exit 1
+		;;
+	esac
+done
 
 if [ ! "${SYSTEM}" = "FreeBSD" ]; then
 	WHICH_OS=`lsb_release -i | awk '{print $3}'`
-	nvme_disk='/var/lib/libvirt/images/nvme_disk.img'
+	nvme_disk="/var/lib/libvirt/images/$name"
 
 	qemu-img create -f raw $nvme_disk ${size}
 	#Change SE Policy on Fedora
diff --git a/scripts/vagrant/create_vbox.sh b/scripts/vagrant/create_vbox.sh
index 39270ffd2..d5d57827d 100755
--- a/scripts/vagrant/create_vbox.sh
+++ b/scripts/vagrant/create_vbox.sh
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ SPDK_DIR="$( cd "${DIR}/../../" && pwd )"
 # The command line help
 display_help() {
 	echo
-	echo " Usage: ${0##*/} [-n <num-cpus>] [-s <ram-size>] [-x <http-proxy>] [-hvrld] <distro>"
+	echo " Usage: ${0##*/} [-b nvme-backing-file] [-n <num-cpus>] [-s <ram-size>] [-x <http-proxy>] [-hvrld] <distro>"
 	echo
 	echo "  distro = <centos7 | ubuntu16 | ubuntu18 | fedora26 | fedora27 | freebsd11> "
 	echo
+	echo "  -b <nvme-backing-file>    default: ${NVME_FILE}"
 	echo "  -s <ram-size> in kb       default: ${SPDK_VAGRANT_VMRAM}"
 	echo "  -n <num-cpus> 1 to 4      default: ${SPDK_VAGRANT_VMCPU}"
 	echo "  -x <http-proxy>           default: \"${SPDK_VAGRANT_HTTP_PROXY}\""
@@ -54,8 +55,9 @@ SPDK_VAGRANT_DISTRO="distro"
 SPDK_VAGRANT_VMCPU=4
 SPDK_VAGRANT_VMRAM=4096
 OPTIND=1
+NVME_FILE="nvme_disk.img"
 
-while getopts ":n:s:x:p:vrldh-:" opt; do
+while getopts ":b:n:s:x:p:vrldh-:" opt; do
 	case "${opt}" in
 		-)
 		case "${OPTARG}" in
@@ -94,6 +96,9 @@ while getopts ":n:s:x:p:vrldh-:" opt; do
 		d)
 			DEPLOY_TEST_VM=1
 		;;
+		b)
+			NVME_FILE=$OPTARG
+		;;
 		*)
 			echo "  Invalid argument: -$OPTARG" >&2
 			echo "  Try: \"$0 -h\"" >&2
@@ -147,6 +152,7 @@ if [ ${VERBOSE} = 1 ]; then
 	echo VAGRANT_TARGET=${VAGRANT_TARGET}
 	echo HELP=$HELP
 	echo DRY_RUN=$DRY_RUN
+	echo NVME_FILE=$NVME_FILE
 	echo SPDK_VAGRANT_DISTRO=$SPDK_VAGRANT_DISTRO
 	echo SPDK_VAGRANT_VMCPU=$SPDK_VAGRANT_VMCPU
 	echo SPDK_VAGRANT_VMRAM=$SPDK_VAGRANT_VMRAM
@@ -162,6 +168,7 @@ export SPDK_VAGRANT_VMRAM
 export SPDK_DIR
 export COPY_SPDK_DIR
 export DEPLOY_TEST_VM
+export NVME_FILE
 
 if [ -n "$PROVIDER" ]; then
     provider="--provider=${PROVIDER}"