diff --git a/cmd/cephcsi.go b/cmd/cephcsi.go
index 248a50c12..2d1606c2a 100644
--- a/cmd/cephcsi.go
+++ b/cmd/cephcsi.go
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ func init() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&conf.Version, "version", false, "Print cephcsi version information")
 	flag.BoolVar(&conf.EnableProfiling, "enableprofiling", false, "enable go profiling")
 
+	// CSI-Addons configuration
+	flag.StringVar(&conf.CSIAddonsEndpoint, "csi-addons-endpoint", "unix://tmp/csi-addons.sock", "CSI-Addons endpoint")
+
 	klog.InitFlags(nil)
 	if err := flag.Set("logtostderr", "true"); err != nil {
 		klog.Exitf("failed to set logtostderr flag: %v", err)
diff --git a/internal/rbd/driver.go b/internal/rbd/driver.go
index cdb2ba1e4..09db97164 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/driver.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/driver.go
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 package rbd
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	casrbd "github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/csi-addons/rbd"
+	csiaddons "github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/csi-addons/server"
 	csicommon "github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/csi-common"
 	"github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/journal"
 	"github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/util"
@@ -39,6 +43,9 @@ type Driver struct {
 	ns  *NodeServer
 	cs  *ControllerServer
 	rs  *ReplicationServer
+
+	// cas is the CSIAddonsServer where CSI-Addons services are handled
+	cas *csiaddons.CSIAddonsServer
 }
 
 var (
@@ -102,6 +109,9 @@ func NewNodeServer(d *csicommon.CSIDriver, t string, topology map[string]string)
 
 // Run start a non-blocking grpc controller,node and identityserver for
 // rbd CSI driver which can serve multiple parallel requests.
+//
+// This also configures and starts a new CSI-Addons service, by calling
+// setupCSIAddonsServer().
 func (r *Driver) Run(conf *util.Config) {
 	var err error
 	var topology map[string]string
@@ -121,6 +131,12 @@ func (r *Driver) Run(conf *util.Config) {
 	volJournal = journal.NewCSIVolumeJournal(CSIInstanceID)
 	snapJournal = journal.NewCSISnapshotJournal(CSIInstanceID)
 
+	// configre CSI-Addons server and components
+	err = r.setupCSIAddonsServer(conf.CSIAddonsEndpoint)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.FatalLogMsg(err.Error())
+	}
+
 	// Initialize default library driver
 	r.cd = csicommon.NewCSIDriver(conf.DriverName, util.DriverVersion, conf.NodeID)
 	if r.cd == nil {
@@ -216,3 +232,26 @@ func (r *Driver) Run(conf *util.Config) {
 	}
 	s.Wait()
 }
+
+// setupCSIAddonsServer creates a new CSI-Addons Server on the given (URL)
+// endpoint. The supported CSI-Addons operations get registered as their own
+// services.
+func (r *Driver) setupCSIAddonsServer(endpoint string) error {
+	var err error
+
+	r.cas, err = csiaddons.NewCSIAddonsServer(endpoint)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create CSI-Addons server: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// register services
+	r.cas.RegisterService(&casrbd.IdentityServer{})
+
+	// start the server, this does not block, it runs a new go-routine
+	err = r.cas.Start()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to start CSI-Addons server: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/rbd/driver_test.go b/internal/rbd/driver_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..302c26fa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/rbd/driver_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2021 The Ceph-CSI Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package rbd
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestSetupCSIAddonsServer(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	// endpoint in a temporary directory
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+	endpoint := "unix://" + tmpDir + "/csi-addons.sock"
+
+	drv := &Driver{}
+	err := drv.setupCSIAddonsServer(endpoint)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, drv.cas)
+
+	// verify the socket file has been created
+	_, err = os.Stat(tmpDir + "/csi-addons.sock")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// stop the gRPC server
+	drv.cas.Stop()
+}
diff --git a/internal/util/util.go b/internal/util/util.go
index 18550c6bc..33dd04872 100644
--- a/internal/util/util.go
+++ b/internal/util/util.go
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// snapshots allowed on rbd image without flattening, once the soft limit is
 	// reached cephcsi will start flattening the older rbd images.
 	MinSnapshotsOnImage uint
+
+	// CSI-Addons endpoint
+	CSIAddonsEndpoint string
 }
 
 // ValidateDriverName validates the driver name.