diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c
index ceb4b4b3..8d4fed87 100644
--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -464,8 +464,12 @@ static int hyper_setup_shared(struct hyper_pod *pod)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	// Adding 524288 (512K) value to msize, provides
+	// an enhancement in I/O storage operations.
+	// This value was tested using different block sizes
+	// and I/O operations.
 	if (mount(pod->share_tag, SHARED_DIR, "9p",
-		  MS_MGC_VAL| MS_NODEV, "trans=virtio") < 0) {
+		  MS_MGC_VAL| MS_NODEV, "trans=virtio,msize=524288") < 0) {
 
 		perror("fail to mount shared dir");
 		return -1;