diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/vmware/test_fcd.py b/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/vmware/test_fcd.py
index 80c640317a1..eb67e051497 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/vmware/test_fcd.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/vmware/test_fcd.py
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ class VMwareVStorageObjectDriverTestCase(test.TestCase):
         exp_req = {hub.DatastoreSelector.SIZE_BYTES: size_bytes}
         if preallocated:
             exp_req[hub.DatastoreSelector.HARD_AFFINITY_DS_TYPE] = (
-                {hub.DatastoreType.NFS, hub.DatastoreType.VMFS})
+                {hub.DatastoreType.NFS,
+                 hub.DatastoreType.VMFS,
+                 hub.DatastoreType.NFS41})
         select_datastore.assert_called_once_with(exp_req)
         vops.get_dc.assert_called_once_with(host)
         vops.create_datastore_folder.assert_called_once_with(
diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/vmware/test_vmware_vmdk.py b/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/vmware/test_vmware_vmdk.py
index 9969d8d6364..37867adf3f5 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/vmware/test_vmware_vmdk.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/vmware/test_vmware_vmdk.py
@@ -1042,7 +1042,9 @@ class VMwareVcVmdkDriverTestCase(test.TestCase):
         exp_req = {
             hub.DatastoreSelector.SIZE_BYTES: image_size,
             hub.DatastoreSelector.HARD_AFFINITY_DS_TYPE:
-                {hub.DatastoreType.VMFS, hub.DatastoreType.NFS}}
+                {hub.DatastoreType.VMFS,
+                 hub.DatastoreType.NFS,
+                 hub.DatastoreType.NFS41}}
         select_datastore.assert_called_once_with(exp_req)
         vops.create_datastore_folder.assert_called_once_with(
             ds_name, vmdk.TMP_IMAGES_DATASTORE_FOLDER_PATH, dc)
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/datastore.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/datastore.py
index 5de7fb20d8c..9d0bf24d416 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/datastore.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/datastore.py
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ class DatastoreType(object):
     VMFS = "vmfs"
     VSAN = "vsan"
     VVOL = "vvol"
+    NFS41 = "nfs41"
 
-    _ALL_TYPES = {NFS, VMFS, VSAN, VVOL}
+    _ALL_TYPES = {NFS, VMFS, VSAN, VVOL, NFS41}
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_all_types():
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/vmdk.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/vmdk.py
index 02df68b1ca5..948ed406655 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/vmdk.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/vmdk.py
@@ -263,7 +263,8 @@ class VMwareVcVmdkDriver(driver.VolumeDriver):
     # 3.1.0 - support adapter type change using retype
     # 3.2.0 - config option to disable lazy creation of backend volume
     # 3.3.0 - config option to specify datastore name regex
-    VERSION = '3.3.0'
+    # 3.4.0 - added NFS41 as a supported datastore type
+    VERSION = '3.4.0'
 
     # ThirdPartySystems wiki page
     CI_WIKI_NAME = "VMware_CI"
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/vmware_vmdk_nfs41-450908bbbc9eea6d.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/vmware_vmdk_nfs41-450908bbbc9eea6d.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d2de9602251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/vmware_vmdk_nfs41-450908bbbc9eea6d.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    VMware VMDK driver and FCD driver now support NFS 4.1
+    datastores in vCenter server.