diff --git a/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go b/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
index 1f32e6dec..2ad9fe854 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func (cs *ControllerServer) parseVolCreateRequest(
 	return rbdVol, nil
 }
 
-func (rbdVol *rbdVolume) ToCSI(ctx context.Context) *csi.Volume {
+func (rbdVol *rbdVolume) ToCSI(ctx context.Context) (*csi.Volume, error) {
 	vol := &csi.Volume{
 		VolumeId:      rbdVol.VolID,
 		CapacityBytes: rbdVol.VolSize,
@@ -266,22 +266,29 @@ func (rbdVol *rbdVolume) ToCSI(ctx context.Context) *csi.Volume {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return vol
+	return vol, nil
 }
 
 func buildCreateVolumeResponse(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	req *csi.CreateVolumeRequest,
 	rbdVol *rbdVolume,
-) *csi.CreateVolumeResponse {
-	volume := rbdVol.ToCSI(ctx)
+) (*csi.CreateVolumeResponse, error) {
+	volume, err := rbdVol.ToCSI(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(
+			codes.Internal,
+			"BUG, can not happen: failed to convert volume %q to CSI type: %v",
+			rbdVol, err)
+	}
+
 	volume.ContentSource = req.GetVolumeContentSource()
 
 	for param, value := range util.GetVolumeContext(req.GetParameters()) {
 		volume.VolumeContext[param] = value
 	}
 
-	return &csi.CreateVolumeResponse{Volume: volume}
+	return &csi.CreateVolumeResponse{Volume: volume}, nil
 }
 
 // getGRPCErrorForCreateVolume converts the returns the GRPC errors based on
@@ -424,7 +431,7 @@ func (cs *ControllerServer) CreateVolume(
 		return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())
 	}
 
-	return buildCreateVolumeResponse(ctx, req, rbdVol), nil
+	return buildCreateVolumeResponse(ctx, req, rbdVol)
 }
 
 // flattenParentImage is to be called before proceeding with creating volume,
@@ -559,7 +566,7 @@ func (cs *ControllerServer) repairExistingVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.C
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return buildCreateVolumeResponse(ctx, req, rbdVol), nil
+	return buildCreateVolumeResponse(ctx, req, rbdVol)
 }
 
 // check snapshots on the rbd image, as we have limit from krbd that an image
diff --git a/internal/rbd/group.go b/internal/rbd/group.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af59776aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/rbd/group.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2024 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 (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	librbd "github.com/ceph/go-ceph/rbd"
+
+	"github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/rbd/types"
+)
+
+// AddToGroup adds the image to the group. This is called from the rbd_group
+// package.
+func (rv *rbdVolume) AddToGroup(ctx context.Context, vg types.VolumeGroup) error {
+	ioctx, err := vg.GetIOContext(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not get iocontext for volume group %q: %w", vg, err)
+	}
+
+	name, err := vg.GetName(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not get name for volume group %q: %w", vg, err)
+	}
+
+	return librbd.GroupImageAdd(ioctx, name, rv.ioctx, rv.RbdImageName)
+}
+
+// RemoveFromGroup removes the image from the group. This is called from the
+// rbd_group package.
+func (rv *rbdVolume) RemoveFromGroup(ctx context.Context, vg types.VolumeGroup) error {
+	ioctx, err := vg.GetIOContext(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not get iocontext for volume group %q: %w", vg, err)
+	}
+
+	name, err := vg.GetName(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not get name for volume group %q: %w", vg, err)
+	}
+
+	return librbd.GroupImageRemove(ioctx, name, rv.ioctx, rv.RbdImageName)
+}
diff --git a/internal/rbd/types/volume.go b/internal/rbd/types/volume.go
index 99961a733..2ea6e54ca 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/types/volume.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/types/volume.go
@@ -33,5 +33,11 @@ type Volume interface {
 	GetID(ctx context.Context) (string, error)
 
 	// ToCSI creates a CSI protocol formatted struct of the volume.
-	ToCSI(ctx context.Context) *csi.Volume
+	ToCSI(ctx context.Context) (*csi.Volume, error)
+
+	// AddToGroup adds the Volume to the VolumeGroup.
+	AddToGroup(ctx context.Context, vg VolumeGroup) error
+
+	// RemoveFromGroup removes the Volume from the VolumeGroup.
+	RemoveFromGroup(ctx context.Context, vg VolumeGroup) error
 }