diff --git a/block/gluster.c b/block/gluster.c
index 8a54ad4..c4ca59e 100644
--- a/block/gluster.c
+++ b/block/gluster.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #define GLUSTER_OPT_FILENAME        "filename"
 #define GLUSTER_OPT_DEBUG           "debug"
+#define GLUSTER_DEFAULT_PORT        24007
 #define GLUSTER_DEBUG_DEFAULT       4
 #define GLUSTER_DEBUG_MAX           9
 
@@ -40,15 +41,6 @@ typedef struct BDRVGlusterReopenState {
     struct glfs_fd *fd;
 } BDRVGlusterReopenState;
 
-typedef struct GlusterConf {
-    char *host;
-    int port;
-    char *volume;
-    char *path;
-    char *transport;
-    int debug_level;
-} GlusterConf;
-
 
 static QemuOptsList qemu_gluster_create_opts = {
     .name = "qemu-gluster-create-opts",
@@ -92,18 +84,7 @@ static QemuOptsList runtime_opts = {
 };
 
 
-static void qemu_gluster_gconf_free(GlusterConf *gconf)
-{
-    if (gconf) {
-        g_free(gconf->host);
-        g_free(gconf->volume);
-        g_free(gconf->path);
-        g_free(gconf->transport);
-        g_free(gconf);
-    }
-}
-
-static int parse_volume_options(GlusterConf *gconf, char *path)
+static int parse_volume_options(BlockdevOptionsGluster *gconf, char *path)
 {
     char *p, *q;
 
@@ -160,8 +141,10 @@ static int parse_volume_options(GlusterConf *gconf, char *path)
  * file=gluster+tcp://host.domain.com:24007/testvol/dir/a.img
  * file=gluster+unix:///testvol/dir/a.img?socket=/tmp/glusterd.socket
  */
-static int qemu_gluster_parseuri(GlusterConf *gconf, const char *filename)
+static int qemu_gluster_parse_uri(BlockdevOptionsGluster *gconf,
+                                  const char *filename)
 {
+    GlusterServer *gsconf;
     URI *uri;
     QueryParams *qp = NULL;
     bool is_unix = false;
@@ -172,16 +155,18 @@ static int qemu_gluster_parseuri(GlusterConf *gconf, const char *filename)
         return -EINVAL;
     }
 
+    gconf->server = gsconf = g_new0(GlusterServer, 1);
+
     /* transport */
     if (!uri->scheme || !strcmp(uri->scheme, "gluster")) {
-        gconf->transport = g_strdup("tcp");
+        gsconf->type = GLUSTER_TRANSPORT_TCP;
     } else if (!strcmp(uri->scheme, "gluster+tcp")) {
-        gconf->transport = g_strdup("tcp");
+        gsconf->type = GLUSTER_TRANSPORT_TCP;
     } else if (!strcmp(uri->scheme, "gluster+unix")) {
-        gconf->transport = g_strdup("unix");
+        gsconf->type = GLUSTER_TRANSPORT_UNIX;
         is_unix = true;
     } else if (!strcmp(uri->scheme, "gluster+rdma")) {
-        gconf->transport = g_strdup("tcp");
+        gsconf->type = GLUSTER_TRANSPORT_TCP;
         error_report("Warning: rdma feature is not supported falling "
                      "back to tcp");
     } else {
@@ -209,10 +194,14 @@ static int qemu_gluster_parseuri(GlusterConf *gconf, const char *filename)
             ret = -EINVAL;
             goto out;
         }
-        gconf->host = g_strdup(qp->p[0].value);
+        gsconf->u.q_unix.path = g_strdup(qp->p[0].value);
     } else {
-        gconf->host = g_strdup(uri->server ? uri->server : "localhost");
-        gconf->port = uri->port;
+        gsconf->u.tcp.host = g_strdup(uri->server ? uri->server : "localhost");
+        if (uri->port) {
+            gsconf->u.tcp.port = g_strdup_printf("%d", uri->port);
+        } else {
+            gsconf->u.tcp.port = g_strdup_printf("%d", GLUSTER_DEFAULT_PORT);
+        }
     }
 
 out:
@@ -223,17 +212,18 @@ out:
     return ret;
 }
 
-static struct glfs *qemu_gluster_init(GlusterConf *gconf, const char *filename,
-                                      Error **errp)
+static struct glfs *qemu_gluster_init(BlockdevOptionsGluster *gconf,
+                                      const char *filename, Error **errp)
 {
     struct glfs *glfs = NULL;
     int ret;
     int old_errno;
 
-    ret = qemu_gluster_parseuri(gconf, filename);
+    ret = qemu_gluster_parse_uri(gconf, filename);
     if (ret < 0) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Usage: file=gluster[+transport]://[host[:port]]/"
-                         "volume/path[?socket=...]");
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid URI");
+        error_append_hint(errp, "Usage: file=gluster[+transport]://"
+                                "[host[:port]]/volume/path[?socket=...]\n");
         errno = -ret;
         goto out;
     }
@@ -243,8 +233,16 @@ static struct glfs *qemu_gluster_init(GlusterConf *gconf, const char *filename,
         goto out;
     }
 
-    ret = glfs_set_volfile_server(glfs, gconf->transport, gconf->host,
-            gconf->port);
+    if (gconf->server->type == GLUSTER_TRANSPORT_UNIX) {
+        ret = glfs_set_volfile_server(glfs,
+                                      GlusterTransport_lookup[gconf->server->type],
+                                      gconf->server->u.q_unix.path, 0);
+    } else {
+        ret = glfs_set_volfile_server(glfs,
+                                      GlusterTransport_lookup[gconf->server->type],
+                                      gconf->server->u.tcp.host,
+                                      atoi(gconf->server->u.tcp.port));
+    }
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto out;
     }
@@ -256,15 +254,22 @@ static struct glfs *qemu_gluster_init(GlusterConf *gconf, const char *filename,
 
     ret = glfs_init(glfs);
     if (ret) {
-        error_setg_errno(errp, errno,
-                         "Gluster connection failed for host=%s port=%d "
-                         "volume=%s path=%s transport=%s", gconf->host,
-                         gconf->port, gconf->volume, gconf->path,
-                         gconf->transport);
+        if (gconf->server->type == GLUSTER_TRANSPORT_UNIX) {
+            error_setg(errp,
+                       "Gluster connection for volume %s, path %s failed on "
+                       "socket %s ", gconf->volume, gconf->path,
+                       gconf->server->u.q_unix.path);
+        } else {
+            error_setg(errp,
+                       "Gluster connection for volume %s, path %s failed on "
+                       "host  %s and port %s ", gconf->volume, gconf->path,
+                       gconf->server->u.tcp.host, gconf->server->u.tcp.port);
+        }
 
         /* glfs_init sometimes doesn't set errno although docs suggest that */
-        if (errno == 0)
+        if (errno == 0) {
             errno = EINVAL;
+        }
 
         goto out;
     }
@@ -352,7 +357,7 @@ static int qemu_gluster_open(BlockDriverState *bs,  QDict *options,
     BDRVGlusterState *s = bs->opaque;
     int open_flags = 0;
     int ret = 0;
-    GlusterConf *gconf = g_new0(GlusterConf, 1);
+    BlockdevOptionsGluster *gconf = NULL;
     QemuOpts *opts;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     const char *filename;
@@ -375,7 +380,9 @@ static int qemu_gluster_open(BlockDriverState *bs,  QDict *options,
         s->debug_level = GLUSTER_DEBUG_MAX;
     }
 
+    gconf = g_new0(BlockdevOptionsGluster, 1);
     gconf->debug_level = s->debug_level;
+    gconf->has_debug_level = true;
     s->glfs = qemu_gluster_init(gconf, filename, errp);
     if (!s->glfs) {
         ret = -errno;
@@ -410,7 +417,9 @@ static int qemu_gluster_open(BlockDriverState *bs,  QDict *options,
 
 out:
     qemu_opts_del(opts);
-    qemu_gluster_gconf_free(gconf);
+    if (gconf) {
+        qapi_free_BlockdevOptionsGluster(gconf);
+    }
     if (!ret) {
         return ret;
     }
@@ -429,7 +438,7 @@ static int qemu_gluster_reopen_prepare(BDRVReopenState *state,
     int ret = 0;
     BDRVGlusterState *s;
     BDRVGlusterReopenState *reop_s;
-    GlusterConf *gconf = NULL;
+    BlockdevOptionsGluster *gconf;
     int open_flags = 0;
 
     assert(state != NULL);
@@ -442,9 +451,9 @@ static int qemu_gluster_reopen_prepare(BDRVReopenState *state,
 
     qemu_gluster_parse_flags(state->flags, &open_flags);
 
-    gconf = g_new0(GlusterConf, 1);
-
+    gconf = g_new0(BlockdevOptionsGluster, 1);
     gconf->debug_level = s->debug_level;
+    gconf->has_debug_level = true;
     reop_s->glfs = qemu_gluster_init(gconf, state->bs->filename, errp);
     if (reop_s->glfs == NULL) {
         ret = -errno;
@@ -470,7 +479,9 @@ static int qemu_gluster_reopen_prepare(BDRVReopenState *state,
 
 exit:
     /* state->opaque will be freed in either the _abort or _commit */
-    qemu_gluster_gconf_free(gconf);
+    if (gconf) {
+        qapi_free_BlockdevOptionsGluster(gconf);
+    }
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -572,14 +583,15 @@ static inline int qemu_gluster_zerofill(struct glfs_fd *fd, int64_t offset,
 static int qemu_gluster_create(const char *filename,
                                QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
 {
+    BlockdevOptionsGluster *gconf;
     struct glfs *glfs;
     struct glfs_fd *fd;
     int ret = 0;
     int prealloc = 0;
     int64_t total_size = 0;
     char *tmp = NULL;
-    GlusterConf *gconf = g_new0(GlusterConf, 1);
 
+    gconf = g_new0(BlockdevOptionsGluster, 1);
     gconf->debug_level = qemu_opt_get_number_del(opts, GLUSTER_OPT_DEBUG,
                                                  GLUSTER_DEBUG_DEFAULT);
     if (gconf->debug_level < 0) {
@@ -587,6 +599,7 @@ static int qemu_gluster_create(const char *filename,
     } else if (gconf->debug_level > GLUSTER_DEBUG_MAX) {
         gconf->debug_level = GLUSTER_DEBUG_MAX;
     }
+    gconf->has_debug_level = true;
 
     glfs = qemu_gluster_init(gconf, filename, errp);
     if (!glfs) {
@@ -628,7 +641,9 @@ static int qemu_gluster_create(const char *filename,
     }
 out:
     g_free(tmp);
-    qemu_gluster_gconf_free(gconf);
+    if (gconf) {
+        qapi_free_BlockdevOptionsGluster(gconf);
+    }
     if (glfs) {
         glfs_fini(glfs);
     }
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index a7fdb28..1fa0674 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -1658,13 +1658,14 @@
 # @host_device, @host_cdrom: Since 2.1
 #
 # Since: 2.0
+# @gluster: Since 2.7
 ##
 { 'enum': 'BlockdevDriver',
   'data': [ 'archipelago', 'blkdebug', 'blkverify', 'bochs', 'cloop',
-            'dmg', 'file', 'ftp', 'ftps', 'host_cdrom', 'host_device',
-            'http', 'https', 'luks', 'null-aio', 'null-co', 'parallels',
-            'qcow', 'qcow2', 'qed', 'quorum', 'raw', 'tftp', 'vdi', 'vhdx',
-            'vmdk', 'vpc', 'vvfat' ] }
+            'dmg', 'file', 'ftp', 'ftps', 'gluster', 'host_cdrom',
+            'host_device', 'http', 'https', 'luks', 'null-aio', 'null-co',
+            'parallels', 'qcow', 'qcow2', 'qed', 'quorum', 'raw', 'tftp',
+            'vdi', 'vhdx', 'vmdk', 'vpc', 'vvfat' ] }
 
 ##
 # @BlockdevOptionsFile
@@ -2057,6 +2058,63 @@
             '*read-pattern': 'QuorumReadPattern' } }
 
 ##
+# @GlusterTransport
+#
+# An enumeration of Gluster transport type
+#
+# @tcp:   TCP   - Transmission Control Protocol
+#
+# @unix:  UNIX  - Unix domain socket
+#
+# Since: 2.7
+##
+{ 'enum': 'GlusterTransport',
+  'data': [ 'unix', 'tcp' ] }
+
+
+##
+# @GlusterServer
+#
+# Captures the address of a socket
+#
+# Details for connecting to a gluster server
+#
+# @type:       Transport type used for gluster connection
+#
+# @unix:       socket file
+#
+# @tcp:        host address and port number
+#
+# Since: 2.7
+##
+{ 'union': 'GlusterServer',
+  'base': { 'type': 'GlusterTransport' },
+  'discriminator': 'type',
+  'data': { 'unix': 'UnixSocketAddress',
+            'tcp': 'InetSocketAddress' } }
+
+##
+# @BlockdevOptionsGluster
+#
+# Driver specific block device options for Gluster
+#
+# @volume:      name of gluster volume where VM image resides
+#
+# @path:        absolute path to image file in gluster volume
+#
+# @server:      gluster server description
+#
+# @debug_level: #optional libgfapi log level (default '4' which is Error)
+#
+# Since: 2.7
+##
+{ 'struct': 'BlockdevOptionsGluster',
+  'data': { 'volume': 'str',
+            'path': 'str',
+            'server': 'GlusterServer',
+            '*debug_level': 'int' } }
+
+##
 # @BlockdevOptions
 #
 # Options for creating a block device.  Many options are available for all
@@ -2119,7 +2177,7 @@
       'file':       'BlockdevOptionsFile',
       'ftp':        'BlockdevOptionsFile',
       'ftps':       'BlockdevOptionsFile',
-# TODO gluster: Wait for structured options
+      'gluster':    'BlockdevOptionsGluster',
       'host_cdrom': 'BlockdevOptionsFile',
       'host_device':'BlockdevOptionsFile',
       'http':       'BlockdevOptionsFile',
