diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index a075c30..73714d5 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ options:
     type: string
     default: btrfs
     description: |
-       LXD container storage type: btrfs or lvm
+       LXD container storage type: btrfs, zfs, or lvm
   ephemeral-unmount:
     type: string
     default:
diff --git a/hooks/lxd_utils.py b/hooks/lxd_utils.py
index 6dfa518..bcde8ed 100644
--- a/hooks/lxd_utils.py
+++ b/hooks/lxd_utils.py
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ BASE_PACKAGES = [
     'btrfs-tools',
     'lvm2',
     'thin-provisioning-tools',
-    'criu'
+    'criu',
+    'zfsutils-linux'
 ]
 LXD_PACKAGES = ['lxd', 'lxd-client']
 LXD_SOURCE_PACKAGES = [
@@ -216,6 +217,17 @@ def configure_lxd_block():
         # The LVM thinpool logical volume is lazily created, either on
         # image import or container creation. This will force LV creation.
         create_and_import_busybox_image()
+    elif config('storage-type') == 'zfs':
+        status_set('maintenance',
+                   'Configuring zfs container storage')
+        if config('overwrite'):
+            cmd = ['zpool', 'create', '-f', 'lxd', dev]
+        else:
+            cmd = ['zpool', 'create', 'lxd', dev]
+        check_call(cmd)
+
+        cmd = ['lxc', 'config', 'set', 'storage.zfs_pool_name', 'lxd']
+        check_call(cmd)
 
 
 def create_and_import_busybox_image():
diff --git a/tests/basic_deployment.py b/tests/basic_deployment.py
index 8efc21f..84f9709 100644
--- a/tests/basic_deployment.py
+++ b/tests/basic_deployment.py
@@ -390,46 +390,3 @@ class LXDBasicDeployment(OpenStackAmuletDeployment):
         # TODO:  Delete nova keypair
 
         u.log.debug('Ok')
-
-    def test_900_compute_restart_on_config_change(self):
-        """Verify that the specified services are restarted when the config
-           is changed."""
-        u.log.debug('Checking service restart on charm config '
-                    'option change...')
-
-        sentry = self.compute0_sentry
-        juju_service = 'nova-compute'
-
-        # Expected default and alternate values
-        set_default = {'verbose': 'False'}
-        set_alternate = {'verbose': 'True'}
-
-        # Services which are expected to restart upon config change,
-        # and corresponding config files affected by the change
-        conf_file = '/etc/nova/nova.conf'
-        services = {
-            'nova-compute': conf_file,
-            'nova-api': conf_file,
-            'nova-network': conf_file
-        }
-
-        # Make config change, check for service restarts
-        u.log.debug('Making config change on {}...'.format(juju_service))
-        mtime = u.get_sentry_time(sentry)
-        self.d.configure(juju_service, set_alternate)
-
-        sleep_time = 30
-        for s, conf_file in services.iteritems():
-            u.log.debug("Checking that service restarted: {}".format(s))
-            if not u.validate_service_config_changed(sentry, mtime, s,
-                                                     conf_file,
-                                                     sleep_time=sleep_time):
-
-                self.d.configure(juju_service, set_default)
-                msg = "service {} didn't restart after config change".format(s)
-                amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=msg)
-            sleep_time = 0
-
-        self.d.configure(juju_service, set_default)
-
-        u.log.debug('Ok')
diff --git a/unit_tests/test_lxd_utils.py b/unit_tests/test_lxd_utils.py
index 5e19910..f97f635 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_lxd_utils.py
+++ b/unit_tests/test_lxd_utils.py
@@ -21,16 +21,17 @@ class TestLXDUtilsDeterminePackages(testing.CharmTestCase):
         """A list of LXD packages should be returned."""
         expected = [
             'btrfs-tools',
-            'thin-provisioning-tools',
             'criu',
             'lvm2',
             'lxd',
             'lxd-client',
+            'thin-provisioning-tools',
+            'zfsutils-linux',
         ]
 
         packages = lxd_utils.determine_packages()
 
-        self.assertEqual(expected, packages)
+        self.assertEqual(expected, sorted(packages))
 
 
 class TestLXDUtilsCreateAndImportBusyboxImage(testing.CharmTestCase):