diff --git a/crates/boot/src/drivers.rs b/crates/boot/src/drivers.rs
index 9ec151a..d75a49c 100644
--- a/crates/boot/src/drivers.rs
+++ b/crates/boot/src/drivers.rs
@@ -3,12 +3,16 @@ use alloc::collections::BTreeMap;
 use alloc::format;
 use alloc::rc::Rc;
 use alloc::string::String;
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
-use edera_sprout_config::drivers::DriverDeclaration;
+use edera_sprout_config::drivers::{DriverDeclaration, DriverProvides};
 use eficore::loader::source::ImageSource;
 use eficore::loader::{ImageLoadRequest, ImageLoader};
 use log::info;
 use uefi::boot::SearchType;
+use uefi::proto::media::block::BlockIO;
+use uefi::proto::media::disk::{DiskIo, DiskIo2};
+use uefi::{Handle, Identify};
 
 /// Loads the driver specified by the `driver` declaration.
 fn load_driver(context: Rc<SproutContext>, driver: &DriverDeclaration) -> Result<()> {
@@ -37,27 +41,53 @@ fn load_driver(context: Rc<SproutContext>, driver: &DriverDeclaration) -> Result
     Ok(())
 }
 
-/// Reconnects all handles to their controllers.
+/// Locates the handles that are disks or partitions.
+/// These are the only controllers that filesystem drivers can bind to.
+fn locate_storage_handles() -> Result<Vec<Handle>> {
+    let mut storage = Vec::new();
+    for guid in [&BlockIO::GUID, &DiskIo::GUID, &DiskIo2::GUID] {
+        // Not finding any handles for a protocol is not an error.
+        let Ok(handles) = uefi::boot::locate_handle_buffer(SearchType::ByProtocol(guid)) else {
+            continue;
+        };
+        for handle in handles.iter() {
+            if !storage.contains(handle) {
+                storage.push(*handle);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(storage)
+}
+
+/// Reconnects handles to their controllers.
 /// This is effectively a UEFI stack reload in a sense.
-/// After we load all the drivers, we need to reconnect all of their handles
+/// After we load all the drivers, we need to reconnect their handles
 /// so that filesystems are recognized again.
-fn reconnect() -> Result<()> {
-    // Locate all of the handles in the UEFI stack.
-    let handles = uefi::boot::locate_handle_buffer(SearchType::AllHandles)
-        .context("unable to locate handles buffer")?;
+/// When `provides` is [`DriverProvides::Filesystems`], only disk and partition handles are reconnected.
+fn reconnect(provides: DriverProvides) -> Result<()> {
+    // Locate the handles to reconnect in the UEFI stack.
+    let handles = match provides {
+        DriverProvides::Any => uefi::boot::locate_handle_buffer(SearchType::AllHandles)
+            .context("unable to locate handles buffer")?
+            .iter()
+            .copied()
+            .collect(),
+        DriverProvides::Filesystems => locate_storage_handles()?,
+    };
 
-    for handle in handles.iter() {
+    for handle in handles {
         // Ignore the result as there is nothing we can do if reconnecting a controller fails.
         // This is also likely to fail in some cases but should fail safely.
-        let _ = uefi::boot::connect_controller(*handle, &[], None, true);
+        let _ = uefi::boot::connect_controller(handle, &[], None, true);
     }
 
     Ok(())
 }
 
 /// Load all the drivers specified in `drivers`.
-/// There is no driver order currently. This will reconnect all the controllers
-/// to all handles if at least one driver was loaded.
+/// There is no driver order currently. This will reconnect the controllers
+/// if at least one driver was loaded. Every controller is reconnected unless all
+/// the drivers only provide filesystems, in which case only storage is reconnected.
 pub fn load(
     context: Rc<SproutContext>,
     drivers: &BTreeMap<String, DriverDeclaration>,
@@ -74,8 +104,16 @@ pub fn load(
         load_driver(context.clone(), driver).context(format!("unable to load driver: {}", name))?;
     }
 
-    // Reconnect all the controllers to all handles.
-    reconnect().context("unable to reconnect drivers")?;
+    // Reconnect everything if any driver can provide anything, otherwise only storage.
+    let provides = if drivers
+        .values()
+        .all(|driver| driver.provides == DriverProvides::Filesystems)
+    {
+        DriverProvides::Filesystems
+    } else {
+        DriverProvides::Any
+    };
+    reconnect(provides).context("unable to reconnect drivers")?;
     info!("loaded drivers");
 
     // We've now loaded all the drivers, so we can return.
diff --git a/crates/config/src/drivers.rs b/crates/config/src/drivers.rs
index 48320be..880879f 100644
--- a/crates/config/src/drivers.rs
+++ b/crates/config/src/drivers.rs
@@ -10,4 +10,21 @@ pub struct DriverDeclaration {
     /// The filesystem path to the driver.
     /// This file should be an EFI executable that can be located and executed.
     pub path: String,
+    /// What the driver provides.
+    /// This decides which controllers are reconnected after the drivers are loaded.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub provides: DriverProvides,
+}
+
+/// What a driver provides to the firmware.
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Default, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum DriverProvides {
+    /// The driver can provide anything, so every controller is reconnected.
+    #[default]
+    #[serde(rename = "any")]
+    Any,
+    /// The driver only provides filesystem or disk support,
+    /// so only the controllers that are disks or partitions are reconnected.
+    #[serde(rename = "filesystems")]
+    Filesystems,
 }
diff --git a/docs/config.md b/docs/config.md
index d9fa75c..a4de8c2 100644
--- a/docs/config.md
+++ b/docs/config.md
@@ -161,11 +161,17 @@ controller so the new filesystems appear. Drivers have no defined load order.
 ```toml
 [drivers.ext4]
 path = "\\sprout\\drivers\\ext4.efi"
+provides = "filesystems"
 ```
 
-| Key    | Meaning                                                |
-|--------|--------------------------------------------------------|
-| `path` | Path to the driver image. Required. Can use values.    |
+| Key        | Default | Meaning                                                                 |
+|------------|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| `path`     |         | Path to the driver image. Required. Can use values.                     |
+| `provides` | `any`   | What the driver provides: `any` or `filesystems`.                       |
+
+With `filesystems`, the driver only adds filesystem or disk support. When every driver says so, Sprout
+reconnects only the disk and partition controllers instead of all of them. A single `any` driver makes
+Sprout reconnect every controller.
 
 The name (`ext4` above) is only for error messages and doesn't have to match the file.