diff --git a/src/nvme/tree.c b/src/nvme/tree.c
index d79707439..4553fa2b3 100644
--- a/src/nvme/tree.c
+++ b/src/nvme/tree.c
@@ -1417,7 +1417,8 @@ struct nvme_ctrl *nvme_create_ctrl(nvme_root_t r,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	if (strncmp(transport, "loop", 4) &&
-	    strncmp(transport, "pcie", 4) && !traddr) {
+	    strncmp(transport, "pcie", 4) &&
+	    strncmp(transport, "apple-nvme", 10) && !traddr) {
 		nvme_msg(r, LOG_ERR, "No transport address for '%s'\n",
 			 transport);
 	       errno = EINVAL;
@@ -2166,7 +2167,8 @@ static nvme_ctrl_t nvme_ctrl_alloc(nvme_root_t r, nvme_subsystem_t s,
 			goto skip_address;
 
 		/* Older kernel don't support pcie transport addresses */
-		if (strcmp(transport, "pcie")) {
+		if (strcmp(transport, "pcie") &&
+		    strcmp(transport, "apple-nvme")) {
 			errno = ENXIO;
 			return NULL;
 		}
@@ -2187,7 +2189,8 @@ static nvme_ctrl_t nvme_ctrl_alloc(nvme_root_t r, nvme_subsystem_t s,
 		}
 		if (p)
 			addr = strdup(p);
-	} else if (!strcmp(transport, "pcie")) {
+	} else if (!strcmp(transport, "pcie") ||
+		   !strcmp(transport, "apple-nvme")) {
 		/* The 'address' string is the transport address */
 		traddr = addr;
 	} else {
diff --git a/test/sysfs/data/tree-apple-nvme.out b/test/sysfs/data/tree-apple-nvme.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9207575ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sysfs/data/tree-apple-nvme.out
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{
+  "hosts":[
+    {
+      "hostnqn":"nqn.2014-08.org.nvmexpress:uuid:ce4fee3e-c02c-11ee-8442-830d068a36c6",
+      "hostid":"ce4fee3e-c02c-11ee-8442-830d068a36c6",
+      "subsystems":[
+        {
+          "name":"nvme-subsys0",
+          "nqn":"nqn.2014.08.org.nvmexpress:106b106b0ba01e49841cc620    APPLE SSD AP2048Z",
+          "namespaces":[
+            {
+              "nsid":1,
+              "name":"nvme0n1",
+              "controller":[
+                {
+                  "name":"nvme0",
+                  "transport":"apple-nvme",
+                  "traddr":"27bcc0000.nvme"
+                }
+              ]
+            },
+            {
+              "nsid":2,
+              "name":"nvme0n2",
+              "controller":[
+                {
+                  "name":"nvme0",
+                  "transport":"apple-nvme",
+                  "traddr":"27bcc0000.nvme"
+                }
+              ]
+            },
+            {
+              "nsid":3,
+              "name":"nvme0n3",
+              "controller":[
+                {
+                  "name":"nvme0",
+                  "transport":"apple-nvme",
+                  "traddr":"27bcc0000.nvme"
+                }
+              ]
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/test/sysfs/data/tree-apple-nvme.tar.xz b/test/sysfs/data/tree-apple-nvme.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6fecde4d
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/sysfs/data/tree-apple-nvme.tar.xz differ
diff --git a/test/sysfs/meson.build b/test/sysfs/meson.build
index 2a7e8e3cd..7cb543f58 100644
--- a/test/sysfs/meson.build
+++ b/test/sysfs/meson.build
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ if diff.found()
 
     tree_data = [
         'tree-pcie',
+        'tree-apple-nvme',
     ]
 
     tree_diff = find_program('tree-diff.sh')