diff --git a/src/rust/catpowder/win/runtime.rs b/src/rust/catpowder/win/runtime.rs
index e758dbc0b..a893fce17 100644
--- a/src/rust/catpowder/win/runtime.rs
+++ b/src/rust/catpowder/win/runtime.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ struct CatpowderRuntimeInner {
     api: XdpApi,
     tx: TxRing,
     rx_rings: Vec<RxRing>,
+    vf_rx_rings : Vec<RxRing>,
 }
 //======================================================================================================================
 // Implementations
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ impl SharedCatpowderRuntime {
     /// Instantiates a new XDP runtime.
     pub fn new(config: &Config) -> Result<Self, Fail> {
         let ifindex: u32 = config.local_interface_index()?;
+        let vf_if_index: u32 = config.local_vf_interface_index()?;
 
         trace!("Creating XDP runtime.");
         let mut api: XdpApi = XdpApi::new()?;
@@ -72,9 +74,16 @@ impl SharedCatpowderRuntime {
         for queueid in 0..queue_count {
             rx_rings.push(RxRing::new(&mut api, Self::RING_LENGTH, ifindex, queueid as u32)?);
         }
-        trace!("Created {} RX rings.", rx_rings.len());
+        trace!("Created {} RX rings on interface {}", rx_rings.len(), ifindex);
 
-        Ok(Self(SharedObject::new(CatpowderRuntimeInner { api, tx, rx_rings })))
+        let vf_queue_count = deduce_rss_settings(&mut api, vf_if_index)?;
+        let mut vf_rx_rings= Vec::with_capacity(vf_queue_count as usize);
+        for queueid in 0..vf_queue_count {
+            vf_rx_rings.push(RxRing::new(&mut api, Self::RING_LENGTH, vf_if_index, queueid as u32)?);
+        }
+        trace!("Created {} RX rings on interface {}.", vf_rx_rings.len(), vf_if_index);
+
+        Ok(Self(SharedObject::new(CatpowderRuntimeInner { api, tx, rx_rings, vf_rx_rings })))
     }
 }
 
@@ -153,6 +162,25 @@ impl PhysicalLayer for SharedCatpowderRuntime {
             }
         }
 
+        for rx in self.0.borrow_mut().vf_rx_rings.iter_mut() {
+            if rx.reserve_rx(Self::RING_LENGTH, &mut idx) == Self::RING_LENGTH {
+                let xdp_buffer: XdpBuffer = rx.get_buffer(idx);
+                let dbuf: DemiBuffer = DemiBuffer::from_slice(&*xdp_buffer)?;
+                rx.release_rx(Self::RING_LENGTH);
+
+                ret.push(dbuf);
+
+                rx.reserve_rx_fill(Self::RING_LENGTH, &mut idx);
+                // NB for now there is only ever one element in the fill ring, so we don't have to
+                // change the ring contents.
+                rx.submit_rx_fill(Self::RING_LENGTH);
+
+                if ret.is_full() {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         Ok(ret)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/rust/demikernel/config.rs b/src/rust/demikernel/config.rs
index 38154cb02..23a6caee6 100644
--- a/src/rust/demikernel/config.rs
+++ b/src/rust/demikernel/config.rs
@@ -60,8 +60,15 @@ mod raw_socket_config {
     pub const SECTION_NAME: &str = "raw_socket";
     #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
     pub const LOCAL_INTERFACE_NAME: &str = "linux_interface_name";
+
+    // the primary interface index. this should be the virtualized interface for VMs.
     #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
     pub const LOCAL_INTERFACE_INDEX: &str = "xdp_interface_index";
+
+    // N.B. hyper-V VMs can have both NetVSC and VF interfaces working in tandem, in which case
+    // we need to listen to the corresponding VF interface as well.
+    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+    pub const LOCAL_VF_INTERFACE_INDEX: &str = "xdp_vf_interface_index";
 }
 
 //======================================================================================================================
@@ -292,6 +299,16 @@ impl Config {
         }
     }
 
+    #[cfg(all(feature = "catpowder-libos", target_os = "windows"))]
+    pub fn local_vf_interface_index(&self) -> Result<u32, Fail> {
+        // Parse local MAC address.
+        if let Some(addr) = Self::get_typed_env_option(raw_socket_config::LOCAL_VF_INTERFACE_INDEX)? {
+            Ok(addr)
+        } else {
+            Self::get_int_option(self.get_raw_socket_config()?, raw_socket_config::LOCAL_VF_INTERFACE_INDEX)
+        }
+    }
+
     #[cfg(feature = "catnip-libos")]
     /// DPDK Config: Reads the "DPDK EAL" parameter the underlying configuration file.
     pub fn eal_init_args(&self) -> Result<Vec<CString>, Fail> {