diff --git a/lib/libefi/rdwr_efi.c b/lib/libefi/rdwr_efi.c
index 24ec365b5a9f..b3905d7f3bfd 100644
--- a/lib/libefi/rdwr_efi.c
+++ b/lib/libefi/rdwr_efi.c
@@ -204,6 +204,12 @@ efi_get_info(int fd, struct dk_cinfo *dki_info)
 		rval = sscanf(dev_path, "/dev/%[a-zA-Z]%hu",
 		    dki_info->dki_dname,
 		    &dki_info->dki_partition);
+	} else if ((strncmp(dev_path, "/dev/xvd", 8) == 0)) {
+		strcpy(dki_info->dki_cname, "xvd");
+		dki_info->dki_ctype = DKC_MD;
+		rval = sscanf(dev_path, "/dev/%[a-zA-Z]%hu",
+		    dki_info->dki_dname,
+		    &dki_info->dki_partition);
 	} else if ((strncmp(dev_path, "/dev/dm-", 8) == 0)) {
 		strcpy(dki_info->dki_cname, "pseudo");
 		dki_info->dki_ctype = DKC_VBD;
diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_pool.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_pool.c
index fe26abeb7235..a730a94e081a 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_pool.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_pool.c
@@ -3378,7 +3378,7 @@ set_path(zpool_handle_t *zhp, nvlist_t *nv, const char *path)
  * forms: "-partX", "pX", or "X", where X is a string of digits.  The second
  * case only occurs when the suffix is preceded by a digit, i.e. "md0p0" The
  * third case only occurs when preceded by a string matching the regular
- * expression "^[hs]d[a-z]+", i.e. a scsi or ide disk.
+ * expression "^([hsv]|xv)d[a-z]+", i.e. a scsi, ide, virtio or xen disk.
  */
 static char *
 strip_partition(libzfs_handle_t *hdl, char *path)
@@ -3391,8 +3391,11 @@ strip_partition(libzfs_handle_t *hdl, char *path)
 	} else if ((part = strrchr(tmp, 'p')) &&
 	    part > tmp + 1 && isdigit(*(part-1))) {
 		d = part + 1;
-	} else if ((tmp[0] == 'h' || tmp[0] == 's') && tmp[1] == 'd') {
+	} else if ((tmp[0] == 'h' || tmp[0] == 's' || tmp[0] == 'v') &&
+	    tmp[1] == 'd') {
 		for (d = &tmp[2]; isalpha(*d); part = ++d);
+	} else if (strncmp("xvd", tmp, 3) == 0) {
+		for (d = &tmp[3]; isalpha(*d); part = ++d);
 	}
 	if (part && d && *d != '\0') {
 		for (; isdigit(*d); d++);