diff --git a/inc/ocf_mngt.h b/inc/ocf_mngt.h
index 9234879..cd33c60 100644
--- a/inc/ocf_mngt.h
+++ b/inc/ocf_mngt.h
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ struct ocf_mngt_core_config {
 	 */
 	uint8_t volume_type;
 
+        /**
+         * @brief Optional opaque volume parameters, passed down to core volume
+         * open callback
+         */
+        void *volume_params;
+
 	/**
 	 * @brief Add core to pool if cache isn't present or add core to
 	 *	earlier loaded cache
diff --git a/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_core.c b/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_core.c
index 32dd58d..ea2f479 100644
--- a/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_core.c
+++ b/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_core.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ static void ocf_mngt_cache_add_core_insert(ocf_pipeline_t pipeline,
 			OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(pipeline, result);
 	}
 
-	result = ocf_volume_open(volume, NULL);
+	result = ocf_volume_open(volume, cfg->volume_params);
 	if (result)
 		OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(pipeline, result);
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/pyocf/types/core.py b/tests/functional/pyocf/types/core.py
index 0ea11e4..f1fdf96 100644
--- a/tests/functional/pyocf/types/core.py
+++ b/tests/functional/pyocf/types/core.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Copyright(c) 2019-2022 Intel Corporation
+# Copyright(c) 2024 Huawei Technologies
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ class CoreConfig(Structure):
         ("_name", c_char * MAX_CORE_NAME_SIZE),
         ("_uuid", Uuid),
         ("_volume_type", c_uint8),
+        ("_volume_params", c_void_p),
         ("_try_add", c_bool),
         ("_seq_cutoff_threshold", c_uint32),
         ("_seq_cutoff_promotion_count", c_uint32),