diff --git a/example/resource_virtual_environment_vm.tf b/example/resource_virtual_environment_vm.tf
index 991f5865..823db9ea 100644
--- a/example/resource_virtual_environment_vm.tf
+++ b/example/resource_virtual_environment_vm.tf
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_vm" "example_template" {
     version      = "v2.0"
   }
 
-  #  disk {
-  #    datastore_id = local.datastore_id
-  #    file_id      = proxmox_virtual_environment_download_file.ubuntu_cloud_image.id
-  #    interface    = "virtio0"
-  #    iothread     = true
-  #  }
+  disk {
+    datastore_id = local.datastore_id
+    file_format  = "raw"
+    interface    = "ide0"
+    size         = 8
+  }
 
   disk {
     datastore_id = local.datastore_id
diff --git a/fwprovider/tests/resource_vm_test.go b/fwprovider/tests/resource_vm_test.go
index b377bfd0..2f25192e 100644
--- a/fwprovider/tests/resource_vm_test.go
+++ b/fwprovider/tests/resource_vm_test.go
@@ -609,6 +609,54 @@ func TestAccResourceVMDisks(t *testing.T) {
 				RefreshState: true,
 			},
 		}},
+		{"ide disks", []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: te.renderConfig(`
+				resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_vm" "test_disks" {
+					node_name = "{{.NodeName}}"
+					started   = false
+					name 	  = "test-disks-ide"
+					
+					disk {
+						file_format  = "raw"
+						datastore_id = "local-lvm"
+						interface    = "ide0"
+						size         = 8
+					}
+				}`),
+				Check: testResourceAttributes("proxmox_virtual_environment_vm.test_disks", map[string]string{
+					"disk.0.interface":         "ide0",
+					"disk.0.path_in_datastore": `vm-\d+-disk-0`,
+				}),
+			},
+			{
+				Config: te.renderConfig(`
+				resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_vm" "test_disks" {
+					node_name = "{{.NodeName}}"
+					started   = false
+					name 	  = "test-disks-ide"
+					
+					disk {
+						file_format  = "raw"
+						datastore_id = "local-lvm"
+						interface    = "ide0"
+						size         = 8
+					}
+					disk {
+						file_format  = "raw"
+						datastore_id = "local-lvm"
+						interface    = "ide1"
+						size         = 8
+					}
+				}`),
+				Check: testResourceAttributes("proxmox_virtual_environment_vm.test_disks", map[string]string{
+					"disk.#": "2",
+				}),
+			},
+			{
+				RefreshState: true,
+			},
+		}},
 		{"clone disk with overrides", []resource.TestStep{
 			{
 				SkipFunc: func() (bool, error) {
diff --git a/proxmoxtf/resource/vm/disk/disk.go b/proxmoxtf/resource/vm/disk/disk.go
index b5e91534..6fb3e13d 100644
--- a/proxmoxtf/resource/vm/disk/disk.go
+++ b/proxmoxtf/resource/vm/disk/disk.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/bpg/terraform-provider-proxmox/utils"
 )
 
+const supportedDiskInterfaces = "virtio, sata, scsi, ide"
+
 // GetInfo returns the disk information for a VM.
 func GetInfo(resp *vms.GetResponseData, d *schema.ResourceData) vms.CustomStorageDevices {
 	storageDevices := vms.CustomStorageDevices{}
@@ -137,6 +139,13 @@ func CreateClone(
 				}
 
 				diskUpdateBody.SCSIDevices[diskInterface] = configuredDiskInfo
+
+			case "ide":
+				if diskUpdateBody.IDEDevices == nil {
+					diskUpdateBody.IDEDevices = vms.CustomStorageDevices{}
+				}
+
+				diskUpdateBody.IDEDevices[diskInterface] = configuredDiskInfo
 			}
 
 			err := vmAPI.UpdateVM(ctx, diskUpdateBody)
@@ -293,7 +302,7 @@ func GetDiskDeviceObjects(
 			diskDevice.SSD = &ssd
 		}
 
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(diskInterface, "sata") {
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(diskInterface, "sata") && !strings.HasPrefix(diskInterface, "ide") {
 			diskDevice.IOThread = &ioThread
 		}
 
@@ -341,12 +350,10 @@ func GetDiskDeviceObjects(
 		}
 
 		baseDiskInterface := DigitPrefix(diskInterface)
-
-		if baseDiskInterface != "virtio" && baseDiskInterface != "scsi" &&
-			baseDiskInterface != "sata" {
+		if !strings.Contains(supportedDiskInterfaces, baseDiskInterface) {
 			errorMsg := fmt.Sprintf(
-				"Defined disk interface not supported. Interface was %s, but only virtio, sata and scsi are supported",
-				diskInterface,
+				"Defined disk interface not supported. Interface was %s, but only %s are supported",
+				diskInterface, supportedDiskInterfaces,
 			)
 
 			return diskDeviceObjects, errors.New(errorMsg)
@@ -584,7 +591,7 @@ func Read(
 	var diags diag.Diagnostics
 
 	for di, dd := range diskObjects {
-		if dd == nil || dd.FileVolume == "none" || strings.HasPrefix(di, "ide") {
+		if dd == nil || dd.FileVolume == "none" {
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -823,10 +830,13 @@ func Update(
 
 						updateBody.SCSIDevices[key] = tmp
 					}
-				//nolint:revive
 				case "ide":
 					{
-						// Investigate whether to support IDE mapping.
+						if updateBody.IDEDevices == nil {
+							updateBody.IDEDevices = vms.CustomStorageDevices{}
+						}
+
+						updateBody.IDEDevices[key] = tmp
 					}
 				default:
 					return false, fmt.Errorf("device prefix %s not supported", prefix)
diff --git a/proxmoxtf/resource/vm/vm.go b/proxmoxtf/resource/vm/vm.go
index 48823408..18b0f1df 100644
--- a/proxmoxtf/resource/vm/vm.go
+++ b/proxmoxtf/resource/vm/vm.go
@@ -2463,7 +2463,7 @@ func vmCreateCustom(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{})
 
 	virtioDeviceObjects := diskDeviceObjects["virtio"]
 	scsiDeviceObjects := diskDeviceObjects["scsi"]
-	// ideDeviceObjects := getOrderedDiskDeviceList(diskDeviceObjects, "ide")
+	ideDeviceObjects := diskDeviceObjects["ide"]
 	sataDeviceObjects := diskDeviceObjects["sata"]
 
 	initializationConfig := vmGetCloudInitConfig(d)
@@ -2576,6 +2576,10 @@ func vmCreateCustom(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{})
 	bootOrder := d.Get(mkBootOrder).([]interface{})
 
 	if len(bootOrder) == 0 {
+		if ideDeviceObjects != nil {
+			bootOrderConverted = append(bootOrderConverted, "ide0")
+		}
+
 		if sataDeviceObjects != nil {
 			bootOrderConverted = append(bootOrderConverted, "sata0")
 		}
@@ -2604,17 +2608,19 @@ func vmCreateCustom(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{})
 	}
 
 	ideDevice2Media := "cdrom"
-	ideDevices := vms.CustomStorageDevices{
-		cdromCloudInitInterface: &vms.CustomStorageDevice{
+	ideDevices := vms.CustomStorageDevices{}
+
+	if cdromCloudInitEnabled {
+		ideDevices[cdromCloudInitInterface] = &vms.CustomStorageDevice{
 			Enabled:    cdromCloudInitEnabled,
 			FileVolume: cdromCloudInitFileID,
 			Media:      &ideDevice2Media,
-		},
-		cdromInterface: &vms.CustomStorageDevice{
+		}
+		ideDevices[cdromInterface] = &vms.CustomStorageDevice{
 			Enabled:    cdromEnabled,
 			FileVolume: cdromFileID,
 			Media:      &ideDevice2Media,
-		},
+		}
 	}
 
 	if memoryShared > 0 {
@@ -2672,6 +2678,10 @@ func vmCreateCustom(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{})
 		VMID:                vmID,
 	}
 
+	if ideDeviceObjects != nil {
+		createBody.IDEDevices = ideDeviceObjects
+	}
+
 	if sataDeviceObjects != nil {
 		createBody.SATADevices = sataDeviceObjects
 	}