diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e199cf0..16db683 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 openstack-block-storage Cookbook CHANGELOG
 ==============================
 This file is used to list changes made in each version of the openstack-block-storage cookbook.
+## 9.3.0
+### Blue print
+* Add multiple backend configuration support
+
 ## 9.2.3
 * Fix for storwize_svc_vol_rsize default
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c145d2b..21f5344 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ Cinder attributes
 * `openstack['block-storage']['ibmnas']['mount_point_base']` - Storage system autoexpand parameter for volumes
 * `openstack['block-storage']['ibmnas']['nfs_sparsed_volumes']` - Storage system volume creation method
 
+### Multiple backends attributes ###
+* `openstack['block-storage']['volume']['multi_backend']` - Hash map to indicate multiple backends sections, e.g. { 'lvm1' => { 'volume_driver' => 'cinder.volume.drivers.lvm.LVMISCSIDriver', 'volume_backend_name' => 'lvm1' }, 'lvm2' => { 'volume_driver' => 'cinder.volume.drivers.lvm.LVMISCSIDriver', 'volume_backend_name' => 'lvm2' } }
+
 The following attributes are defined in attributes/default.rb of the common cookbook, but are documented here due to their relevance:
 
 * `openstack['endpoints']['block-storage-api-bind']['host']` - The IP address to bind the api service to
diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index ab07ab0..0db56f4 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -222,6 +222,20 @@ default['openstack']['block-storage']['rbd_secret_uuid'] = nil
 default['openstack']['block-storage']['rbd_secret_name'] = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000'
 default['openstack']['block-storage']['rbd_key_name'] = 'openstack_image_cephx_key'
 
+# Multiple backend support
+# Allow multiple backends configured in cinder.conf
+# For example: {
+#                'lvm1' => {
+#                  'volume_driver': 'cinder.volume.drivers.lvm.LVMISCSIDriver',
+#                  'volume_backend_name': 'lvm-backend-1'
+#                }
+#                'lvm2' => {
+#                  'volume_driver': 'cinder.volume.drivers.lvm.LVMISCSIDriver',
+#                  'volume_backend_name': 'lvm-backend-2'
+#                }
+#              }
+default['openstack']['block-storage']['volume']['multi_backend'] = nil
+
 # Misc option support
 # Allow additional strings to be added to cinder.conf
 # For example: ['# Comment', 'key=value']
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index ad739ce..fd71827 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ maintainer_email 'cookbooks@lists.tfoundry.com'
 license          'Apache 2.0'
 description      'The OpenStack Advanced Volume Management service Cinder.'
 long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
-version          '9.2.3'
+version          '9.3.0'
 
 recipe           'openstack-block-storage::api', 'Installs the cinder-api, sets up the cinder database, and cinder service/user/endpoints in keystone'
 recipe           'openstack-block-storage::client', 'Install packages required for cinder client'
diff --git a/recipes/cinder-common.rb b/recipes/cinder-common.rb
index f7781f5..cf72295 100644
--- a/recipes/cinder-common.rb
+++ b/recipes/cinder-common.rb
@@ -64,6 +64,22 @@ directory '/etc/cinder' do
   action :create
 end
 
+multi_backend_sections = {}
+multi_backend = node['openstack']['block-storage']['volume']['multi_backend']
+if multi_backend.nil?
+  enabled_drivers = [node['openstack']['block-storage']['volume']['driver']]
+else
+  enabled_drivers = []
+  multi_backend.each do |drv, options|
+    optlines = []
+    options.each do |optkey, optvalue|
+      optlines.push "#{optkey} = #{optvalue}"
+      enabled_drivers.push optvalue if optkey == 'volume_driver'
+    end
+    multi_backend_sections[drv] = optlines
+  end
+end
+
 template '/etc/cinder/cinder.conf' do
   source 'cinder.conf.erb'
   group node['openstack']['block-storage']['group']
@@ -80,7 +96,9 @@ template '/etc/cinder/cinder.conf' do
     solidfire_pass: solidfire_pass,
     volume_api_bind_address: cinder_api_bind.host,
     volume_api_bind_port: cinder_api_bind.port,
-    vmware_host_pass: vmware_host_pass
+    vmware_host_pass: vmware_host_pass,
+    enabled_drivers: enabled_drivers,
+    multi_backend_sections: multi_backend_sections
   )
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/cinder_common_spec.rb b/spec/cinder_common_spec.rb
index ead5996..2b0f4a5 100644
--- a/spec/cinder_common_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/cinder_common_spec.rb
@@ -574,6 +574,145 @@ describe 'openstack-block-storage::cinder-common' do
               /^MISC=OPTION$/)
           end
         end
+
+        context 'multiple backend settings' do
+          before do
+            node.set['openstack']['block-storage']['volume']['multi_backend'] = {
+              'lvm' => {
+                'volume_driver' => 'cinder.volume.drivers.lvm.LVMISCSIDriver',
+                'volume_backend_name' => 'lvmdrv'
+              },
+              'rbd' => {
+                'volume_driver' => 'cinder.volume.drivers.rbd.RBDDriver',
+                'volume_backend_name' => 'rbddrv'
+              },
+              'netapp_iscsi' => {
+                'volume_driver' => 'cinder.volume.drivers.netapp.NetAppISCSIDriver',
+                'multi_netapp_iscsi' => 'multi-netapp'
+              },
+              'netapp_nfs' => {
+                'volume_driver' => 'cinder.volume.drivers.netapp.nfs.NetAppDirect7modeNfsDriver',
+                'volume_backend_name' => 'netappnfsdrv',
+                'multi_netapp_nfs' => 'multi-netapp'
+              },
+              'ibmnas' => {
+                'volume_driver' => 'cinder.volume.drivers.ibm.ibmnas.IBMNAS_NFSDriver',
+                'multi_ibmnas' => 'multi-ibmnas'
+              },
+              'ibmsvc' => {
+                'volume_driver' => 'cinder.volume.drivers.ibm.storwize_svc.StorwizeSVCDriver',
+                'multi_ibmsvc' => 'multi-ibmsvc'
+              },
+              'solidfire' => {
+                'volume_driver' => 'cinder.volume.drivers.solidfire.SolidFire',
+                'multi_solidfire' => 'multi-solidfire'
+              },
+              'emciscsi' => {
+                'volume_driver' => 'cinder.volume.drivers.emc.emc_smis_iscsi.EMCSMISISCSIDriver',
+                'multi_emciscsi' => 'multi-emciscsi'
+              },
+              'vmware' => {
+                'volume_driver' => 'cinder.volume.drivers.vmware.vmdk.VMwareVcVmdkDriver',
+                'multi_vmware' => 'multi-vmware'
+              },
+              'gpfs' => {
+                'volume_driver' => 'cinder.volume.drivers.gpfs.GPFSDriver',
+                'multi_gpfs' => 'multi-gpfs'
+              }
+            }
+            node.set['openstack']['block-storage']['volume']['volume_group'] = 'multi-lvm-group'
+            node.set['openstack']['block-storage']['rbd_pool'] = 'multi-rbd-pool'
+            node.set['openstack']['block-storage']['netapp']['dfm_login'] = 'multi-netapp-login'
+            node.set['openstack']['block-storage']['netapp']['netapp_server_hostname'] = ['netapp-host-1', 'netapp-host-2']
+            node.set['openstack']['block-storage']['netapp']['netapp_server_port'] = 'multi-netapp-port'
+            node.set['openstack']['block-storage']['ibmnas']['shares_config'] = 'multi-ibmnas-share'
+            node.set['openstack']['block-storage']['storwize']['storwize_svc_volpool_name'] = 'multi-svc-volpool'
+            node.set['openstack']['block-storage']['solidfire']['sf_emulate'] = 'multi-sf-true'
+            node.set['openstack']['block-storage']['emc']['cinder_emc_config_file'] = 'multi-emc-conf'
+            node.set['openstack']['block-storage']['vmware']['vmware_host_ip'] = 'multi-vmware-ip'
+            node.set['openstack']['block-storage']['gpfs']['gpfs_mount_point_base'] = 'multi-gpfs-mnt'
+          end
+
+          it 'enable multiple backends' do
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^enabled_backends = lvm,rbd,netapp_iscsi,netapp_nfs,ibmnas,ibmsvc,solidfire,emciscsi,vmware,gpfs$/)
+
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^\[lvm\]$/)
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^volume_driver = cinder\.volume\.drivers\.lvm\.LVMISCSIDriver$/)
+
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^\[rbd\]$/)
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^volume_driver = cinder\.volume\.drivers\.rbd\.RBDDriver$/)
+
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^\[netapp_iscsi\]$/)
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^volume_driver = cinder\.volume\.drivers\.netapp\.NetAppISCSIDriver$/)
+
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^netapp_server_hostname=netapp-host-1$/)
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^netapp_server_hostname=netapp-host-2$/)
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^\[netapp_nfs\]$/)
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^volume_driver = cinder\.volume\.drivers\.netapp\.nfs\.NetAppDirect7modeNfsDriver$/)
+
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^\[ibmnas\]$/)
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^volume_driver = cinder\.volume\.drivers\.ibm\.ibmnas\.IBMNAS_NFSDriver$/)
+
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^\[ibmsvc\]$/)
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^volume_driver = cinder\.volume\.drivers\.ibm\.storwize_svc\.StorwizeSVCDriver$/)
+
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^\[solidfire\]$/)
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^volume_driver = cinder\.volume\.drivers\.solidfire\.SolidFire$/)
+
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^\[emciscsi\]$/)
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^volume_driver = cinder\.volume\.drivers\.emc\.emc_smis_iscsi\.EMCSMISISCSIDriver$/)
+
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^\[vmware\]$/)
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^volume_driver = cinder\.volume\.drivers\.vmware\.vmdk\.VMwareVcVmdkDriver$/)
+
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^\[gpfs\]$/)
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^volume_driver = cinder\.volume\.drivers\.gpfs\.GPFSDriver$/)
+          end
+
+          it 'set lvm option' do
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^volume_group=multi-lvm-group$/)
+          end
+
+          it 'set rbd option' do
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^rbd_pool=multi-rbd-pool$/)
+          end
+
+          it 'set netapp_iscsi option' do
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^netapp_login=multi-netapp-login$/)
+          end
+
+          it 'set netapp_nfs option' do
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^netapp_server_port=multi-netapp-port$/)
+          end
+
+          it 'set ibmnas option' do
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^nfs_shares_config=multi-ibmnas-share$/)
+          end
+
+          it 'set ibmsvc option' do
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^storwize_svc_volpool_name=multi-svc-volpool$/)
+          end
+
+          it 'set solidfire option' do
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^sf_emulate_512=multi-sf-true$/)
+          end
+
+          it 'set emciscsi option' do
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^cinder_emc_config_file=multi-emc-conf$/)
+          end
+
+          it 'set vmware option' do
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^vmware_host_ip = multi-vmware-ip$/)
+          end
+
+          it 'set gpfs option' do
+            expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^gpfs_mount_point_base = multi-gpfs-mnt$/)
+          end
+        end
+
+        it 'no multiple backends configured' do
+          expect(chef_run).to_not render_file(file.name).with_content(/^enabled_backends = [\w\W]+$/)
+        end
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/templates/default/cinder.conf.erb b/templates/default/cinder.conf.erb
index c3e0e67..3c4ff8d 100644
--- a/templates/default/cinder.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/default/cinder.conf.erb
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ max_gigabytes=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["max_gigabytes"] %>
 
 
 ######## defined in cinder.volume.driver ########
-<% if node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["volume"]["driver"] == "cinder.volume.drivers.lvm.LVMISCSIDriver" %>
+<% if @enabled_drivers.include?("cinder.volume.drivers.lvm.LVMISCSIDriver") %>
 volume_group=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["volume"]["volume_group"] %>
 #### (StrOpt) Name for the VG that will contain exported volumes
 volume_clear=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["volume"]["volume_clear"] %>
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ iscsi_ip_address=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["volume"]["iscsi_ip_addr
 iscsi_port=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["volume"]["iscsi_port"] %>
 #### (IntOpt) The port that the iSCSI daemon is listening on
 
-<% if node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["volume"]["driver"] == "cinder.volume.drivers.rbd.RBDDriver" %>
+<% if @enabled_drivers.include?("cinder.volume.drivers.rbd.RBDDriver") %>
 rbd_pool=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["rbd_pool"] %>
 #### (StrOpt) the RADOS pool in which rbd volumes are stored
 
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ volume_driver=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["volume"]["driver"] %>
 
 ######## defined in cinder.volume.netapp ########
 
-<% if node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["volume"]["driver"] == "cinder.volume.drivers.netapp.NetAppISCSIDriver" %>
+<% if @enabled_drivers.include?("cinder.volume.drivers.netapp.NetAppISCSIDriver") %>
 netapp_wsdl_url=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["netapp"]["protocol"] %>://<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["netapp"]["dfm_hostname"] %>:<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["netapp"]["dfm_web_port"] %>/dfm.wsdl
 #### (StrOpt) URL of the WSDL file for the DFM server
 
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ netapp_storage_service=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["netapp"]["storage
 <% end %>
 
 ######## defined in cinder.volume.netapp_nfs ########
-<% if node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["volume"]["driver"] == "cinder.volume.drivers.netapp.nfs.NetAppDirect7modeNfsDriver" %>
+<% if @enabled_drivers.include?("cinder.volume.drivers.netapp.nfs.NetAppDirect7modeNfsDriver") %>
 
 nfs_mount_point_base=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["nfs"]["mount_point_base"] %>
 <% node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["netapp"]["netapp_server_hostname"].each do |h| %>
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ nfs_sparsed_volumes=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["nfs"]["nfs_sparsed_v
 
 ######## defined in cinder.volume.nfs ########
 
-<% if node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["volume"]["driver"] == "cinder.volume.drivers.ibm.ibmnas.IBMNAS_NFSDriver" %>
+<% if @enabled_drivers.include?("cinder.volume.drivers.ibm.ibmnas.IBMNAS_NFSDriver") %>
 
 nfs_shares_config=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["ibmnas"]["shares_config"] %>
 #### (StrOpt) File with the list of available nfs shares
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ nfs_sparsed_volumes=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["ibmnas"]["nfs_sparse
 
 ######## defined in cinder.volume.san ########
 
-<% if node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["volume"]["driver"] == "cinder.volume.drivers.ibm.storwize_svc.StorwizeSVCDriver" %>
+<% if @enabled_drivers.include?("cinder.volume.drivers.ibm.storwize_svc.StorwizeSVCDriver") %>
 
 san_ip=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["storwize"]["san_ip"] %>
 #### (StrOpt) IP address of SAN controller
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ san_private_key=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["storwize"]["san_private_
 #### (StrOpt) The ZFS path under which to create zvols for volumes.
 <% end %>
 
-<% if node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["volume"]["driver"] == "cinder.volume.drivers.solidfire.SolidFire" %>
+<% if @enabled_drivers.include?("cinder.volume.drivers.solidfire.SolidFire") %>
 ######## defined in cinder.volume.solidfire ########
 sf_emulate_512=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["solidfire"]["sf_emulate"] %>
 #### (BoolOpt) Set 512 byte emulation on volume creation;
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ iscsi_ip_prefix=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["solidfire"]["iscsi_ip_pr
 <% end %>
 
 #### (BoolOpt) Allow tenants to specify QOS on create
-<% if node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["volume"]["driver"] == "cinder.volume.drivers.ibm.storwize_svc.StorwizeSVCDriver" %>
+<% if @enabled_drivers.include?("cinder.volume.drivers.ibm.storwize_svc.StorwizeSVCDriver") %>
 ######## defined in cinder.volume.storwize_svc ########
 
 storwize_svc_volpool_name=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["storwize"]["storwize_svc_volpool_name"] %>
@@ -822,14 +822,14 @@ storwize_svc_multihostmap_enabled=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["storwi
 
 <% end %>
 
-<% if node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["volume"]["driver"] == "cinder.volume.drivers.emc.emc_smis_iscsi.EMCSMISISCSIDriver" %>
+<% if @enabled_drivers.include?("cinder.volume.drivers.emc.emc_smis_iscsi.EMCSMISISCSIDriver") %>
 
 iscsi_target_prefix=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["emc"]["iscsi_target_prefix"] %>
 cinder_emc_config_file=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["emc"]["cinder_emc_config_file"] %>
 
 <% end %>
 
-<% if node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["volume"]["driver"] == "cinder.volume.drivers.ibm.ibmnas.IBMNAS_NFSDriver" %>
+<% if @enabled_drivers.include?("cinder.volume.drivers.ibm.ibmnas.IBMNAS_NFSDriver") %>
 ######## defined in cinder.volume.ibm.ibmnas ########
 
 nas_ip=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["ibmnas"]["nas_ip"] %>
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ nas_ssh_port=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["ibmnas"]["nas_ssh_port"] %>
 # zadara_vpsa_allow_nonexistent_delete=true
 #### (BoolOpt) Don't halt on deletion of non-existing volumes
 
-<% if node['openstack']['block-storage']['volume']['driver'] == 'cinder.volume.drivers.vmware.vmdk.VMwareVcVmdkDriver' %>
+<% if @enabled_drivers.include?('cinder.volume.drivers.vmware.vmdk.VMwareVcVmdkDriver') %>
 #
 # Options defined in cinder.volume.drivers.vmware.vmdk
 #
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ vmware_image_transfer_timeout_secs = <%= node['openstack']['block-storage']['vmw
 vmware_max_objects_retrieval = <%= node['openstack']['block-storage']['vmware']['vmware_max_objects_retrieval'] %>
 <% end %>
 
-<% if node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["volume"]["driver"] == "cinder.volume.drivers.gpfs.GPFSDriver" %>
+<% if @enabled_drivers.include?('cinder.volume.drivers.gpfs.GPFSDriver') %>
 ######## defined in cinder.openstack.volume.drivers.ibm.gpfs ########
 
 # Specifies the path of the GPFS directory where Block Storage
@@ -982,9 +982,25 @@ gpfs_sparse_volumes = <%= node['openstack']['block-storage']['gpfs']['gpfs_spars
 gpfs_storage_pool = <%= node['openstack']['block-storage']['gpfs']['gpfs_storage_pool'] %>
 <% end %>
 
+<% unless @multi_backend_sections.empty? %>
+enabled_backends = <%= @multi_backend_sections.keys.join(',') %>
+<% end %>
+
 # Misc options
 <% if node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["misc_cinder"] %>
 <% node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["misc_cinder"].each do |m| %>
 <%= m %>
 <% end %>
 <% end %>
+
+# Multi-backend support, add new sections here
+# Make sure these sections are at the bottom of conf file
+<% unless @multi_backend_sections.empty? %>
+<% @multi_backend_sections.each do |sec, opts| %>
+[<%= sec %>]
+<% opts.each do |optline| %>
+<%= optline %>
+<% end %>
+
+<% end %>
+<% end %>