diff --git a/dev/block.c b/dev/block.c
index 61acc93..1fe57c2 100644
--- a/dev/block.c
+++ b/dev/block.c
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 #include <socks/device.h>
+#include <socks/util.h>
+#include <socks/printk.h>
+#include <socks/libc/stdio.h>
+
+static DECLARE_BITMAP(block_device_ids, BLOCK_DEVICE_MAX);
+static spin_lock_t block_device_ids_lock = SPIN_LOCK_INIT;
 
 struct block_device *block_device_create(void)
 {
@@ -17,3 +23,43 @@ struct block_device *block_device_from_generic(struct device *dev)
 	dev->dev_type = DEV_TYPE_BLOCK;
 	return BLOCK_DEVICE(dev);
 }
+
+kern_status_t block_device_read(struct device *dev, void *buf, size_t size, size_t *bytes_read, socks_flags_t flags)
+{
+	return KERN_UNIMPLEMENTED;
+}
+
+static kern_status_t generate_name(struct block_device *dev, char out[DEV_NAME_MAX])
+{
+	snprintf(out, DEV_NAME_MAX, "disk%u", dev->b_id);
+	return KERN_OK;
+}
+
+kern_status_t block_device_register(struct device *dev)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&block_device_ids_lock, &flags);
+	unsigned int id = bitmap_lowest_clear(block_device_ids, BLOCK_DEVICE_MAX);
+	bitmap_set(block_device_ids, id);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&block_device_ids_lock, flags);
+
+	struct block_device *blockdev = &dev->blk;
+	blockdev->b_id = id;
+
+	char name[DEV_NAME_MAX];
+	generate_name(blockdev, name);
+	char path[OBJECT_PATH_MAX];
+	snprintf(path, sizeof path, "/dev/block/%s", name);
+
+	char size_string[32];
+	data_size_to_string(blockdev->sector_size * blockdev->capacity, size_string, sizeof size_string);
+
+	printk("dev: found %s %s block device '%s'", size_string, dev->dev_owner->drv_name, dev->dev_model_name);
+
+	return object_namespace_create_link(global_namespace(), path, &dev->dev_base);
+}
+
+struct device_type_ops block_type_ops = {
+	.register_device = block_device_register,
+	.read = block_device_read,
+};
diff --git a/dev/core.c b/dev/core.c
index c36b648..49e150e 100644
--- a/dev/core.c
+++ b/dev/core.c
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@ static kern_status_t device_object_get_child_named(struct object *, const char *
 extern kern_status_t init_driver_tree(void);
 
 extern struct device_type_ops char_type_ops;
+extern struct device_type_ops block_type_ops;
 extern struct device_type_ops input_type_ops;
 extern struct device_type_ops framebuffer_type_ops;
 extern struct device_type_ops bus_type_ops;
 
 static struct device_type_ops *type_ops[] = {
 	[DEV_TYPE_UNKNOWN] = NULL,
-	[DEV_TYPE_BLOCK] = NULL,
+	[DEV_TYPE_BLOCK] = &block_type_ops,
 	[DEV_TYPE_CHAR] = &char_type_ops,
 	[DEV_TYPE_NET] = NULL,
 	[DEV_TYPE_INPUT] = &input_type_ops,
diff --git a/include/socks/device.h b/include/socks/device.h
index 3c06fc0..2cb76c8 100644
--- a/include/socks/device.h
+++ b/include/socks/device.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ struct tty_device;
 
 #define INPUT_DEVICE_EVENT_QUEUE_SIZE 128
 #define INPUT_DEVICE_MAX 4096
+#define BLOCK_DEVICE_MAX 4096
 #define FRAMEBUFFER_DEVICE_MAX 4096
 
 #define BLOCK_DEVICE(dev) ((dev)->dev_type == DEV_TYPE_BLOCK ? &(dev)->blk : NULL)
@@ -80,6 +81,9 @@ struct framebuffer_device_ops {
 
 struct block_device {
 	struct block_device_ops *b_ops;
+	unsigned int b_id;
+	unsigned int sector_size;
+	sectors_t capacity;
 };
 
 struct char_device {
@@ -161,6 +165,11 @@ struct driver {
 	struct driver_ops *drv_ops;
 };
 
+struct iovec {
+	void *io_buf;
+	size_t io_len;
+};
+
 extern kern_status_t device_init(void);
 extern struct device *root_device(void);
 extern struct device *misc_device(void);
diff --git a/include/socks/types.h b/include/socks/types.h
index e70992a..e21ef5c 100644
--- a/include/socks/types.h
+++ b/include/socks/types.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 typedef uintptr_t phys_addr_t;
 typedef uint64_t cycles_t;
+typedef uint64_t sectors_t;
 
 typedef unsigned int umode_t;