diff --git a/cmd/stackit-csi-plugin/main.go b/cmd/stackit-csi-plugin/main.go
index d952bd60..06933db6 100644
--- a/cmd/stackit-csi-plugin/main.go
+++ b/cmd/stackit-csi-plugin/main.go
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ var (
 	httpEndpoint             string
 	provideControllerService bool
 	provideNodeService       bool
+	legacyStorageMode        bool
+	blockVolumeCreation      bool
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -72,6 +74,9 @@ func main() {
 		"If set to true then the CSI driver does provide the controller service (default: true)")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&provideNodeService, "provide-node-service", true,
 		"If set to true then the CSI driver does provide the node service (default: true)")
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&legacyStorageMode, "legacy-storage-mode", false,
+		"Configures the CSI to listen to the legacy storage driverName cinder.csi.openstack.org instead")
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&blockVolumeCreation, "block-volume-creation", false, "Block volume creation")
 
 	stackit.AddExtraFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
 
@@ -81,11 +86,21 @@ func main() {
 
 func handle() {
 	// Initialize cloud
-	d := blockstorage.NewDriver(&blockstorage.DriverOpts{
+	driverOpts := &blockstorage.DriverOpts{
 		Endpoint:  endpoint,
 		ClusterID: cluster,
 		PVCLister: csi.GetPVCLister(),
-	})
+	}
+
+	if legacyStorageMode {
+		driverOpts.LegacyDriverName = true
+	}
+
+	if blockVolumeCreation {
+		driverOpts.BlockVolumeCreation = true
+	}
+
+	d := blockstorage.NewDriver(driverOpts)
 
 	if provideControllerService {
 		var err error
diff --git a/pkg/csi/blockstorage/controllerserver.go b/pkg/csi/blockstorage/controllerserver.go
index 8de6237e..e71cfee2 100644
--- a/pkg/csi/blockstorage/controllerserver.go
+++ b/pkg/csi/blockstorage/controllerserver.go
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ func (cs *controllerServer) CreateVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.CreateVol
 
 	cloud := cs.Instance
 
+	if cs.Driver.blockVolumeCreation {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.FailedPrecondition, "The %s driver is update/read-only mode please migrate to the new driver", legacyDriverName)
+	}
+
 	// Volume Name
 	volName := req.GetName()
 	volCapabilities := req.GetVolumeCapabilities()
@@ -112,7 +116,11 @@ func (cs *controllerServer) CreateVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.CreateVol
 		accessibleTopologyReq := req.GetAccessibilityRequirements()
 		// Check from topology
 		if accessibleTopologyReq != nil {
-			volAvailability = sharedcsi.GetAZFromTopology(topologyKey, accessibleTopologyReq)
+			if cs.Driver.legacyDriver {
+				volAvailability = sharedcsi.GetAZFromTopology(legacyTopologyKey, accessibleTopologyReq)
+			} else {
+				volAvailability = sharedcsi.GetAZFromTopology(topologyKey, accessibleTopologyReq)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -131,7 +139,7 @@ func (cs *controllerServer) CreateVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.CreateVol
 			return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, fmt.Sprintf("Volume %s is not in available state", *vols[0].Id))
 		}
 		klog.V(4).Infof("Volume %s already exists in Availability Zone: %s of size %d GiB", *vols[0].Id, vols[0].AvailabilityZone, *vols[0].Size)
-		return getCreateVolumeResponse(&vols[0]), nil
+		return cs.getCreateVolumeResponse(&vols[0]), nil
 	} else if len(vols) > 1 {
 		klog.V(3).Infof("found multiple existing volumes with selected name (%s) during create", volName)
 		return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, "Multiple volumes reported by Cinder with same name")
@@ -274,7 +282,7 @@ func (cs *controllerServer) CreateVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.CreateVol
 
 	klog.V(4).Infof("CreateVolume: Successfully created volume %s in Availability Zone: %s of size %d GiB", *vol.Id, vol.AvailabilityZone, *vol.Size)
 
-	return getCreateVolumeResponse(vol), nil
+	return cs.getCreateVolumeResponse(vol), nil
 }
 
 func setVolumeEncryptionParameters(opts *iaas.CreateVolumePayload, volParams *stackitParameterConfig) error {
@@ -472,6 +480,10 @@ func (cs *controllerServer) CreateSnapshot(ctx context.Context, req *csi.CreateS
 
 	cloud := cs.Instance
 
+	if cs.Driver.blockVolumeCreation {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.FailedPrecondition, "The %s driver is update/read-only mode please migrate to the new driver", legacyDriverName)
+	}
+
 	name := req.Name
 	volumeID := req.GetSourceVolumeId()
 	snapshotType := req.Parameters[stackit.SnapshotType]
@@ -961,7 +973,7 @@ func (cs *controllerServer) ControllerExpandVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func getCreateVolumeResponse(vol *iaas.Volume) *csi.CreateVolumeResponse {
+func (cs *controllerServer) getCreateVolumeResponse(vol *iaas.Volume) *csi.CreateVolumeResponse {
 	var volsrc *csi.VolumeContentSource
 	var volumeSourceType stackit.VolumeSourceTypes
 	volCnx := map[string]string{}
@@ -1002,9 +1014,14 @@ func getCreateVolumeResponse(vol *iaas.Volume) *csi.CreateVolumeResponse {
 		}
 	}
 
+	topoKey := topologyKey
+	if cs.Driver.legacyDriver {
+		topoKey = legacyTopologyKey
+	}
+
 	accessibleTopology := []*csi.Topology{
 		{
-			Segments: map[string]string{topologyKey: vol.AvailabilityZone},
+			Segments: map[string]string{topoKey: vol.AvailabilityZone},
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/csi/blockstorage/driver.go b/pkg/csi/blockstorage/driver.go
index 56fd1818..73d92bb1 100644
--- a/pkg/csi/blockstorage/driver.go
+++ b/pkg/csi/blockstorage/driver.go
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	driverName  = "block-storage.csi.stackit.cloud"
-	topologyKey = "topology." + driverName + "/zone"
+	driverName        = "block-storage.csi.stackit.cloud"
+	legacyDriverName  = "cinder.csi.openstack.org"
+	topologyKey       = "topology." + driverName + "/zone"
+	legacyTopologyKey = "topology." + legacyDriverName + "/zone"
 
 	// ResizeRequired parameter, if set to true, will trigger a resize on mount operation
 	ResizeRequired = driverName + "/resizeRequired"
@@ -29,10 +31,12 @@ var (
 )
 
 type Driver struct {
-	name      string
-	fqVersion string // Fully qualified version in format {Version}@{CPO version}
-	endpoint  string
-	clusterID string
+	name                string
+	fqVersion           string // Fully qualified version in format {Version}@{CPO version}
+	endpoint            string
+	clusterID           string
+	legacyDriver        bool
+	blockVolumeCreation bool
 
 	ids *identityServer
 	cs  *controllerServer
@@ -47,8 +51,10 @@ type Driver struct {
 }
 
 type DriverOpts struct {
-	ClusterID string
-	Endpoint  string
+	ClusterID           string
+	Endpoint            string
+	LegacyDriverName    bool
+	BlockVolumeCreation bool
 
 	PVCLister corev1.PersistentVolumeClaimLister
 }
@@ -62,6 +68,15 @@ func NewDriver(o *DriverOpts) *Driver {
 		pvcLister: o.PVCLister,
 	}
 
+	if o.LegacyDriverName {
+		d.name = legacyDriverName
+		d.legacyDriver = true
+	}
+
+	if o.BlockVolumeCreation {
+		d.blockVolumeCreation = true
+	}
+
 	klog.Info("Driver: ", d.name)
 	klog.Info("Driver version: ", d.fqVersion)
 	klog.Info("CSI Spec version: ", specVersion)
diff --git a/pkg/csi/blockstorage/nodeserver.go b/pkg/csi/blockstorage/nodeserver.go
index 648e5df3..34625f6f 100644
--- a/pkg/csi/blockstorage/nodeserver.go
+++ b/pkg/csi/blockstorage/nodeserver.go
@@ -322,9 +322,14 @@ func (ns *nodeServer) NodeGetInfo(ctx context.Context, _ *csi.NodeGetInfoRequest
 		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "[NodeGetInfo] Unable to retrieve availability zone of node %v", err)
 	}
 
+	topoKey := topologyKey
+	if ns.Driver.legacyDriver {
+		topoKey = legacyTopologyKey
+	}
+
 	//TODO: support well-known topology key "topology.kubernetes.io/zone"
 	segments := map[string]string{
-		topologyKey: zone,
+		topoKey: zone,
 	}
 
 	nodeInfo.AccessibleTopology = &csi.Topology{Segments: segments}