diff --git a/src/tabrmd-defaults.h b/src/tabrmd-defaults.h
index 7387a470..6201f2eb 100644
--- a/src/tabrmd-defaults.h
+++ b/src/tabrmd-defaults.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #define TABRMD_ENTROPY_SRC_DEFAULT "/dev/urandom"
 #define TABRMD_SESSIONS_MAX_DEFAULT 4
 #define TABRMD_SESSIONS_MAX 64
-#define TABRMD_TCTI_CONF_DEFAULT "device:/dev/tpm0"
+#define TABRMD_TCTI_CONF_DEFAULT "device:/dev/tpm0;device:/dev/tcm0"
 #define TABRMD_TRANSIENT_MAX_DEFAULT 27
 #define TABRMD_TRANSIENT_MAX 100
 
diff --git a/src/tabrmd-init.c b/src/tabrmd-init.c
index ea711559..7bcb501f 100644
--- a/src/tabrmd-init.c
+++ b/src/tabrmd-init.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "tabrmd-init.h"
 #include "tabrmd-options.h"
 #include "tabrmd.h"
+#include "tss2_common.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 /*
@@ -47,6 +48,35 @@ signal_handler (gpointer user_data)
     return G_SOURCE_CONTINUE;
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function attempts to initialize the configured device nodes in sequence
+ * and returns once successful, otherwise it continues to try until the end of
+ * the traversal.
+ */
+static gint
+tss2_tctildr_init(const gmain_data_t *data, TSS2_TCTI_CONTEXT **tcti_ctx)
+{
+    gint rc = TSS2_RC_SUCCESS, i = 0;
+    const char *delim = ";";
+    gchar **conf_list = NULL;
+
+    conf_list = g_strsplit(data->options.tcti_conf, delim, -1);
+    for (; conf_list[i] != NULL; i++) {
+        rc = Tss2_TctiLdr_Initialize(conf_list[i], tcti_ctx);
+        if (rc != TSS2_RC_SUCCESS || *tcti_ctx == NULL) {
+            g_critical("%s: failed to create TCTI with conf \"%s\", got RC: 0x%x",
+                       __func__, data->options.tcti_conf, rc);
+            rc = EX_IOERR;
+            continue;
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+
+    g_strfreev(conf_list);
+    conf_list = NULL;
+    return rc;
+}
+
 /*
  * This function is a callback invoked by the IpcFrontend object
  * when a 'disconnect' event occurs. It sets a flag in the gmain_data_t
@@ -170,13 +200,9 @@ init_thread_func (gpointer user_data)
     ipc_frontend_connect (data->ipc_frontend,
                           &data->init_mutex);
 
-    rc = Tss2_TctiLdr_Initialize (data->options.tcti_conf, &tcti_ctx);
-    if (rc != TSS2_RC_SUCCESS || tcti_ctx == NULL) {
-        g_critical ("%s: failed to create TCTI with conf \"%s\", got RC: 0x%x",
-                    __func__, data->options.tcti_conf, rc);
-        ret = EX_IOERR;
+    rc = tss2_tctildr_init(data, &tcti_ctx);
+    if (rc != TSS2_RC_SUCCESS)
         goto err_out;
-    }
     tcti = tcti_new (tcti_ctx);
     data->tpm2 = tpm2_new (tcti);
     g_clear_object (&tcti);