diff --git a/pkg/cidata/cidata.TEMPLATE.d/boot/05-lima-disks.sh b/pkg/cidata/cidata.TEMPLATE.d/boot/05-lima-disks.sh
index a4802e0299f5..d31750bf692e 100644
--- a/pkg/cidata/cidata.TEMPLATE.d/boot/05-lima-disks.sh
+++ b/pkg/cidata/cidata.TEMPLATE.d/boot/05-lima-disks.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ for i in $(seq 0 $((LIMA_CIDATA_DISKS - 1))); do
 	DEVICE_NAME="$(get_disk_var "$i" "DEVICE")"
 	FORMAT_DISK="$(get_disk_var "$i" "FORMAT")"
 	FORMAT_FSTYPE="$(get_disk_var "$i" "FSTYPE")"
+	FORMAT_FSARGS="$(get_disk_var "$i" "FSARGS")"
 
 	test -n "$FORMAT_DISK" || FORMAT_DISK=true
 	test -n "$FORMAT_FSTYPE" || FORMAT_FSTYPE=ext4
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ for i in $(seq 0 $((LIMA_CIDATA_DISKS - 1))); do
 	if [[ ! -b "/dev/disk/by-label/lima-${DISK_NAME}" ]]; then
 		if $FORMAT_DISK; then
 			echo 'type=linux' | sfdisk --label gpt "/dev/${DEVICE_NAME}"
-			mkfs.$FORMAT_FSTYPE -L "lima-${DISK_NAME}" "/dev/${DEVICE_NAME}1"
+			# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+			mkfs.$FORMAT_FSTYPE $FORMAT_FSARGS -L "lima-${DISK_NAME}" "/dev/${DEVICE_NAME}1"
 		fi
 	fi
 
diff --git a/pkg/cidata/cidata.TEMPLATE.d/lima.env b/pkg/cidata/cidata.TEMPLATE.d/lima.env
index a5713a41bae3..e584a56e9ac0 100644
--- a/pkg/cidata/cidata.TEMPLATE.d/lima.env
+++ b/pkg/cidata/cidata.TEMPLATE.d/lima.env
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ LIMA_CIDATA_DISK_{{$i}}_NAME={{$disk.Name}}
 LIMA_CIDATA_DISK_{{$i}}_DEVICE={{$disk.Device}}
 LIMA_CIDATA_DISK_{{$i}}_FORMAT={{$disk.Format}}
 LIMA_CIDATA_DISK_{{$i}}_FSTYPE={{$disk.FSType}}
+LIMA_CIDATA_DISK_{{$i}}_FSARGS={{range $j, $arg := $disk.FSArgs}}{{if $j}} {{end}}{{$arg}}{{end}}
 {{- end}}
 LIMA_CIDATA_GUEST_INSTALL_PREFIX={{ .GuestInstallPrefix }}
 {{- if .Containerd.User}}
diff --git a/pkg/cidata/cidata.go b/pkg/cidata/cidata.go
index b330373de40c..82dc25784f43 100644
--- a/pkg/cidata/cidata.go
+++ b/pkg/cidata/cidata.go
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ func GenerateISO9660(instDir, name string, y *limayaml.LimaYAML, udpDNSLocalPort
 			Device: diskDeviceNameFromOrder(i),
 			Format: format,
 			FSType: fstype,
+			FSArgs: d.FSArgs,
 		})
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/cidata/template.go b/pkg/cidata/template.go
index ed1f6fcb642b..044c232e47a9 100644
--- a/pkg/cidata/template.go
+++ b/pkg/cidata/template.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ type Disk struct {
 	Device string
 	Format bool
 	FSType string
+	FSArgs []string
 }
 type TemplateArgs struct {
 	Name                            string // instance name
diff --git a/pkg/limayaml/limayaml.go b/pkg/limayaml/limayaml.go
index b44dc0a5f778..98e3f33f57e2 100644
--- a/pkg/limayaml/limayaml.go
+++ b/pkg/limayaml/limayaml.go
@@ -80,9 +80,10 @@ type Image struct {
 }
 
 type Disk struct {
-	Name   string  `yaml:"name" json:"name"` // REQUIRED
-	Format *bool   `yaml:"format,omitempty" json:"format,omitempty"`
-	FSType *string `yaml:"fsType,omitempty" json:"fsType,omitEmpty"`
+	Name   string   `yaml:"name" json:"name"` // REQUIRED
+	Format *bool    `yaml:"format,omitempty" json:"format,omitempty"`
+	FSType *string  `yaml:"fsType,omitempty" json:"fsType,omitEmpty"`
+	FSArgs []string `yaml:"fsArgs,omitempty" json:"fsArgs,omitEmpty"`
 }
 
 type Mount struct {
diff --git a/pkg/limayaml/load_test.go b/pkg/limayaml/load_test.go
index 351e79bd6d4d..0a7c09fe5142 100644
--- a/pkg/limayaml/load_test.go
+++ b/pkg/limayaml/load_test.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ additionalDisks:
 	assert.Equal(t, y.AdditionalDisks[0].Name, "name")
 	assert.Assert(t, y.AdditionalDisks[0].Format == nil)
 	assert.Assert(t, y.AdditionalDisks[0].FSType == nil)
+	assert.Assert(t, y.AdditionalDisks[0].FSArgs == nil)
 }
 
 func TestLoadDiskStruct(t *testing.T) {
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ additionalDisks:
 - name: "name"
   format: false
   fsType: "xfs"
+  fsArgs: ["-i","size=512"]
 `
 	y, err := Load([]byte(s), "disk.yaml")
 	assert.NilError(t, err)
@@ -59,4 +61,7 @@ additionalDisks:
 	assert.Equal(t, *y.AdditionalDisks[0].Format, false)
 	assert.Assert(t, y.AdditionalDisks[0].FSType != nil)
 	assert.Equal(t, *y.AdditionalDisks[0].FSType, "xfs")
+	assert.Assert(t, len(y.AdditionalDisks[0].FSArgs) == 2)
+	assert.Equal(t, y.AdditionalDisks[0].FSArgs[0], "-i")
+	assert.Equal(t, y.AdditionalDisks[0].FSArgs[1], "size=512")
 }