diff --git a/storage/pc-ata/ata.c b/storage/pc-ata/ata.c
index 3e763fb0d..1f647f6ad 100644
--- a/storage/pc-ata/ata.c
+++ b/storage/pc-ata/ata.c
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 #include <sys/list.h>
 #include <sys/threads.h>
 
+#include <sys/platform.h>
+#include <phoenix/arch/ia32/ia32.h>
+
 #include "ata.h"
 
 #define ATA_SECTORSZ_MAX 4096 /* Max supported sector size */
@@ -33,6 +36,12 @@ ata_common_t ata_common;
 static ata_bus_t *buses;
 
 
+static int pci_dev_classes[2] = {
+	0x0101, /* IDE interface */
+	0x0105, /* ATA controller */
+};
+
+
 static uint32_t ata_readreg(void *base, uint8_t reg, uint8_t size)
 {
 	uintptr_t addr = (uintptr_t)base;
@@ -610,11 +619,16 @@ static int ata_initbus(void *base, void *ctrl, ata_bus_t *bus)
 
 int ata_init(void)
 {
+	int err;
 	ata_bus_t *bus1, *bus2;
+	int bus1_found, bus2_found;
+	addr_t ata1_base, ata1_ctrl, ata2_base, ata2_ctrl;
 
 	ata_common.ndevs = 0;
 	ata_common.devs = NULL;
 	buses = NULL;
+	bus1_found = 0;
+	bus2_found = 0;
 
 	if ((bus1 = (ata_bus_t *)malloc(sizeof(ata_bus_t))) == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -624,11 +638,72 @@ int ata_init(void)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	if (ata_initbus((void *)(ATA1_BASE | 0x1), (void *)(ATA1_CTRL | 0x1), bus1) < 0)
-		free(bus1);
+	/* try most common adresses first */
+	ata1_base = ATA1_BASE;
+	ata1_ctrl = ATA1_CTRL;
+	ata2_base = ATA2_BASE;
+	ata2_ctrl = ATA2_CTRL;
+
+	if (ata_initbus((void *)(ata1_base | 0x1), (void *)(ata1_ctrl | 0x1), bus1) == EOK) {
+		bus1_found = 1;
+	}
 
-	if (ata_initbus((void *)(ATA2_BASE | 0x1), (void *)(ATA2_CTRL | 0x1), bus2) < 0)
-		free(bus2);
+	if (ata_initbus((void *)(ata2_base | 0x1), (void *)(ata2_ctrl | 0x1), bus2) == EOK) {
+		bus2_found = 1;
+	}
+
+	if (buses == NULL) {
+		/* no buses found on common addresses. look through pci config BARs */
+		platformctl_t pctl = { .action = pctl_get, .type = pctl_pci };
+
+		for (uint8_t i = 0; i < sizeof(pci_dev_classes); i++) {
+			pctl.pci.id.vendor = PCI_ANY;
+			pctl.pci.id.device = PCI_ANY;
+			pctl.pci.id.subvendor = PCI_ANY;
+			pctl.pci.id.subdevice = PCI_ANY;
+			pctl.pci.dev.bus = 0;
+			pctl.pci.dev.dev = 0;
+			pctl.pci.dev.func = 0;
+			pctl.pci.caps = NULL;
+
+			pctl.pci.id.cl = pci_dev_classes[i];
+			err = platformctl(&pctl);
+			if (err < 0) {
+				/* try next device class */
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			ata1_base = pctl.pci.dev.resources[0].base;
+			ata1_ctrl = pctl.pci.dev.resources[1].base;
+			ata2_base = pctl.pci.dev.resources[2].base;
+			ata2_ctrl = pctl.pci.dev.resources[3].base;
+
+			if (ata_initbus((void *)(ata1_base | 0x1), (void *)(ata1_ctrl | 0x1), bus1) == EOK) {
+				bus1_found = 1;
+			}
+
+			if (ata_initbus((void *)(ata2_base | 0x1), (void *)(ata2_ctrl | 0x1), bus2) == EOK) {
+				bus2_found = 1;
+			}
+
+			if (buses != NULL) {
+				/* at least one bus found via pci config */
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (bus1_found == 0) {
+			free(bus1);
+		}
+
+		if (bus2_found == 0) {
+			free(bus2);
+		}
+
+		if (buses == NULL) {
+			return -ENODEV;
+		}
+	}
 
 	return EOK;
 }