diff --git a/src/vz/vz_driver.c b/src/vz/vz_driver.c
index 5d48d7e7ac..4f52bc77ca 100644
--- a/src/vz/vz_driver.c
+++ b/src/vz/vz_driver.c
@@ -175,8 +175,11 @@ static int
 vzDomainDefPostParse(virDomainDefPtr def ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                      virCapsPtr caps ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                      unsigned int parseFlags ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                     void *opaque ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+                     void *opaque)
 {
+    if (vzCheckUnsupportedDisks(def, opaque) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -239,6 +242,7 @@ vzOpenDefault(virConnectPtr conn)
     if (!(privconn->caps = vzBuildCapabilities()))
         goto error;
 
+    vzDomainDefParserConfig.priv = &privconn->vzCaps;
     if (!(privconn->xmlopt = virDomainXMLOptionNew(&vzDomainDefParserConfig,
                                                    NULL, NULL)))
         goto error;
diff --git a/src/vz/vz_sdk.c b/src/vz/vz_sdk.c
index f7d769b2dd..bac8feb841 100644
--- a/src/vz/vz_sdk.c
+++ b/src/vz/vz_sdk.c
@@ -3137,30 +3137,10 @@ static int prlsdkAddDisk(PRL_HANDLE sdkdom,
     pret = PrlVmDev_SetConnected(sdkdisk, 1);
     prlsdkCheckRetGoto(pret, cleanup);
 
-    if (disk->src->type == VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_FILE) {
-        if (disk->device == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_DEVICE_DISK &&
-            virDomainDiskGetFormat(disk) != VIR_STORAGE_FILE_PLOOP) {
-
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, _("Invalid format of "
-                                                         "disk %s, vz driver supports only "
-                                                         "images in ploop format."), disk->src->path);
-            goto cleanup;
-        }
-
+    if (disk->src->type == VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_FILE)
         emutype = PDT_USE_IMAGE_FILE;
-    } else {
-        if (disk->device == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_DEVICE_DISK &&
-            (virDomainDiskGetFormat(disk) != VIR_STORAGE_FILE_RAW &&
-             virDomainDiskGetFormat(disk) != VIR_STORAGE_FILE_NONE &&
-             virDomainDiskGetFormat(disk) != VIR_STORAGE_FILE_AUTO)) {
-
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, _("Invalid format "
-                                                         "of disk %s, it should be either not set, or set "
-                                                         "to raw or auto."), disk->src->path);
-            goto cleanup;
-        }
+    else
         emutype = PDT_USE_REAL_DEVICE;
-    }
 
     pret = PrlVmDev_SetEmulatedType(sdkdisk, emutype);
     prlsdkCheckRetGoto(pret, cleanup);
diff --git a/src/vz/vz_utils.c b/src/vz/vz_utils.c
index d8a95acfcb..f9498879b6 100644
--- a/src/vz/vz_utils.c
+++ b/src/vz/vz_utils.c
@@ -249,3 +249,53 @@ vzInitVersion(vzConnPtr privconn)
     VIR_FREE(output);
     return ret;
 }
+
+int
+vzCheckUnsupportedDisks(virDomainDefPtr def, vzCapabilitiesPtr vzCaps)
+{
+    size_t i, j;
+    virDomainDiskDefPtr disk;
+    virStorageFileFormat diskFormat;
+    bool supported;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < def->ndisks; i++) {
+        disk = def->disks[i];
+        diskFormat = virDomainDiskGetFormat(disk);
+        supported = true;
+        if (disk->src->type == VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_FILE) {
+            if (disk->device == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_DEVICE_DISK &&
+                diskFormat != VIR_STORAGE_FILE_NONE) {
+
+                if (IS_CT(def))
+                    supported = vzCaps->ctDiskFormat == diskFormat;
+                else
+                    supported = vzCaps->vmDiskFormat == diskFormat;
+            }
+        } else {
+            if (disk->device == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_DEVICE_DISK) {
+                supported = diskFormat == VIR_STORAGE_FILE_RAW ||
+                            diskFormat == VIR_STORAGE_FILE_NONE ||
+                            diskFormat == VIR_STORAGE_FILE_AUTO;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!supported) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                           _("Unsupported format of disk %s"),
+                           disk->src->path);
+            return -1;
+        }
+        for (j = 0; vzCaps->diskBuses[j] != VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_LAST; j++) {
+            if (disk->bus == vzCaps->diskBuses[j])
+                break;
+        }
+
+        if (vzCaps->diskBuses[j] == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_LAST) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                           _("Unsupported disk bus type %s"),
+                           virDomainDiskBusTypeToString(disk->bus));
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/vz/vz_utils.h b/src/vz/vz_utils.h
index e0b010525f..851322f748 100644
--- a/src/vz/vz_utils.h
+++ b/src/vz/vz_utils.h
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ vzNewDomain(vzConnPtr privconn,
             const unsigned char *uuid);
 int
 vzInitVersion(vzConnPtr privconn);
+int
+vzCheckUnsupportedDisks(virDomainDefPtr def,
+                        vzCapabilitiesPtr vzCaps);
 
 # define PARALLELS_BLOCK_STATS_FOREACH(OP)                              \
     OP(rd_req, VIR_DOMAIN_BLOCK_STATS_READ_REQ, "read_requests")        \