diff --git a/plugin_source/deployment_scripts/compute_post_deployment.py b/plugin_source/deployment_scripts/compute_post_deployment.py
index 478e9ad..8a1ea5f 100755
--- a/plugin_source/deployment_scripts/compute_post_deployment.py
+++ b/plugin_source/deployment_scripts/compute_post_deployment.py
@@ -321,8 +321,14 @@ def reconfig_multipath():
 
     Change devnode rule from "^hd[a-z]" to "^(hd|xvd)[a-z]"
     """
-    utils.execute('sed', '-i', r's/"\^hd\[a-z\]"/"^(hd|xvd)[a-z]"/',
-                  '/etc/multipath.conf')
+    multipath_conf = '/etc/multipath.conf'
+    if os.path.exists(multipath_conf):
+        utils.execute('sed', '-i', r's/"\^hd\[a-z\]"/"^(hd|xvd)[a-z]"/',
+                      multipath_conf)
+    else:
+        with open(multipath_conf, "w") as f:
+            f.write('# Generated by %s:\n' % utils.PLUGIN_NAME)
+            f.write('blacklist {\ndevnode "^(hd|xvd)[a-z]"\n}')
     utils.execute('service', 'multipath-tools', 'restart')
 
 
diff --git a/plugin_source/deployment_scripts/utils.py b/plugin_source/deployment_scripts/utils.py
index b563457..32c4389 100644
--- a/plugin_source/deployment_scripts/utils.py
+++ b/plugin_source/deployment_scripts/utils.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import yaml
 XS_RSA = '/root/.ssh/xs_rsa'
 ASTUTE_PATH = '/etc/astute.yaml'
 ASTUTE_SECTION = '@PLUGIN_NAME@'
+PLUGIN_NAME = '@PLUGIN_NAME@'
 LOG_ROOT = '/var/log/@PLUGIN_NAME@'
 HIMN_IP = '169.254.0.1'