diff --git a/internal/praefect/config/config.go b/internal/praefect/config/config.go
index 4d948f69955b62627a92a467508f442072a7946d..1b01b33b2ac271db82ff8e98fb6067355b6932ad 100644
--- a/internal/praefect/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/praefect/config/config.go
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ type Failover struct {
 
 // Config is a container for everything found in the TOML config file
 type Config struct {
-	ListenAddr           string            `toml:"listen_addr"`
-	SocketPath           string            `toml:"socket_path"`
-	VirtualStorages      []*VirtualStorage `toml:"virtual_storage"`
+	ListenAddr      string            `toml:"listen_addr"`
+	SocketPath      string            `toml:"socket_path"`
+	VirtualStorages []*VirtualStorage `toml:"virtual_storage"`
+	//TODO: Remove VirtualStorageName and Nodes once omnibus and gdk are updated with support for
+	// VirtualStorages
+	VirtualStorageName   string            `toml:"virtual_storage_name"`
 	Nodes                []*models.Node    `toml:"node"`
 	Logging              log.Config        `toml:"logging"`
 	Sentry               sentry.Config     `toml:"sentry"`
@@ -54,6 +57,19 @@ func FromFile(filePath string) (Config, error) {
 
 	_, err = toml.DecodeReader(cfgFile, config)
 
+	// TODO: Remove this after the virtual storages change is merged in omnibus
+	// and gdk. This is for backwards compatibility purposes only
+	if len(config.VirtualStorages) == 0 && config.VirtualStorageName != "" && len(config.Nodes) > 0 {
+		config.VirtualStorages = []*VirtualStorage{
+			&VirtualStorage{
+				Name:  config.VirtualStorageName,
+				Nodes: config.Nodes,
+			},
+		}
+		config.VirtualStorageName = ""
+		config.Nodes = nil
+	}
+
 	// TODO: Remove this after failover_enabled has moved under a separate failover section. This is for
 	// backwards compatibility only
 	if config.FailoverEnabled {
diff --git a/internal/praefect/config/config_test.go b/internal/praefect/config/config_test.go
index eed4abe3bddc606b9a12e66684a96727189446e2..4a01db1a4790936086a28a6c39cc61d68edde1dc 100644
--- a/internal/praefect/config/config_test.go
+++ b/internal/praefect/config/config_test.go
@@ -182,6 +182,41 @@ func TestConfigParsing(t *testing.T) {
 				PostgresQueueEnabled: true,
 			},
 		},
+		//TODO: Remove this test, as well as the fixture in testdata/single-virtual-storage.config.toml
+		// once omnibus and gdk are updated with support for VirtualStorages
+		{
+			filePath: "testdata/single-virtual-storage.config.toml",
+			expected: Config{
+				Logging: log.Config{
+					Level:  "info",
+					Format: "json",
+				},
+				Sentry: sentry.Config{
+					DSN:         "abcd123",
+					Environment: "production",
+				},
+				VirtualStorages: []*VirtualStorage{
+					&VirtualStorage{
+						Name: "praefect",
+						Nodes: []*models.Node{
+							&models.Node{
+								Address:        "tcp://gitaly-internal-1.example.com",
+								Storage:        "praefect-internal-1",
+								DefaultPrimary: true,
+							},
+							{
+								Address: "tcp://gitaly-internal-2.example.com",
+								Storage: "praefect-internal-2",
+							},
+							{
+								Address: "tcp://gitaly-internal-3.example.com",
+								Storage: "praefect-internal-3",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
diff --git a/internal/praefect/config/testdata/single-virtual-storage.config.toml b/internal/praefect/config/testdata/single-virtual-storage.config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e983818758a322e28daba2bba82f49f5a450847e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/praefect/config/testdata/single-virtual-storage.config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+listen_addr = ""
+socket_path = ""
+prometheus_listen_addr = ""
+virtual_storage_name = "praefect"
+
+[logging]
+  format = "json"
+  level = "info"
+
+[sentry]
+  sentry_environment = "production"
+  sentry_dsn = "abcd123"
+
+[[node]]
+  address = "tcp://gitaly-internal-1.example.com"
+  storage = "praefect-internal-1"
+  primary = true
+
+[[node]]
+  address = "tcp://gitaly-internal-2.example.com"
+  storage = "praefect-internal-2"
+
+[[node]]
+  address = "tcp://gitaly-internal-3.example.com"
+  storage = "praefect-internal-3"