diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
index 3471ddbc..167dff5e 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use proxmox_backup::server;
 use proxmox_backup::tools::daemon;
 use proxmox_backup::server::{ApiConfig, rest::*};
 use proxmox_backup::auth_helpers::*;
-use proxmox_backup::tools::disks::{ DiskManage, zfs::zfs_pool_stats };
+use proxmox_backup::tools::disks::{ DiskManage, zfs_pool_stats };
 
 fn main() {
     if let Err(err) = proxmox_backup::tools::runtime::main(run()) {
diff --git a/src/tools/disks.rs b/src/tools/disks.rs
index c8f7cbbf..edf32272 100644
--- a/src/tools/disks.rs
+++ b/src/tools/disks.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! Disk query/management utilities for.
 
-use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
 use std::io;
 use std::os::unix::ffi::{OsStrExt, OsStringExt};
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ use proxmox::sys::error::io_err_other;
 use proxmox::sys::linux::procfs::{MountInfo, mountinfo::Device};
 use proxmox::{io_bail, io_format_err};
 
-pub mod zfs;
+mod zfs;
+pub use zfs::*;
 
 bitflags! {
     /// Ways a device is being used.
@@ -511,3 +512,42 @@ pub struct BlockDevStat {
     pub write_sectors: u64,
     pub io_ticks: u64, // milliseconds
 }
+
+/// Use lsblk to read partition type uuids.
+pub fn get_partition_type_info() -> Result<HashMap<String, Vec<String>>, Error> {
+
+    const LSBLK_BIN_PATH: &str = "/usr/bin/lsblk";
+
+    let mut command = std::process::Command::new(LSBLK_BIN_PATH);
+    command.args(&["--json", "-o", "path,parttype"]);
+
+    let output = command.output()
+        .map_err(|err| format_err!("failed to execute '{}' - {}", LSBLK_BIN_PATH, err))?;
+
+    let output = crate::tools::command_output(output, None)
+        .map_err(|err| format_err!("lsblk command failed: {}", err))?;
+
+    let mut res: HashMap<String, Vec<String>> = HashMap::new();
+
+    let output: serde_json::Value = output.parse()?;
+    match output["blockdevices"].as_array() {
+        Some(list) => {
+            for info in list {
+                let path = match info["path"].as_str() {
+                    Some(p) => p,
+                    None => continue,
+                };
+                let partition_type = match info["parttype"].as_str() {
+                    Some(t) => t.to_owned(),
+                    None => continue,
+                };
+                let devices = res.entry(partition_type).or_insert(Vec::new());
+                devices.push(path.to_string());
+            }
+        }
+        None => {
+
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(res)
+}
diff --git a/src/tools/disks/zfs.rs b/src/tools/disks/zfs.rs
index cc46d5a1..fd23ba19 100644
--- a/src/tools/disks/zfs.rs
+++ b/src/tools/disks/zfs.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Error};
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+
 use nom::{
     error::VerboseError,
     bytes::complete::{take_while, take_while1, take_till, take_till1},
@@ -12,6 +15,15 @@ use nom::{
 
 use super::*;
 
+lazy_static!{
+    static ref ZFS_UUIDS: HashSet<&'static str> = {
+        let mut set = HashSet::new();
+	set.insert("6a898cc3-1dd2-11b2-99a6-080020736631"); // apple
+	set.insert("516e7cba-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b"); // bsd
+        set
+    };
+}
+
 type IResult<I, O, E = VerboseError<I>> = Result<(I, O), nom::Err<E>>;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -154,7 +166,10 @@ pub fn parse_zfs_list(i: &str) -> Result<Vec<ZFSPoolStatus>, Error> {
 }
 
 /// List devices used by zfs (or a specific zfs pool)
-pub fn zfs_devices(pool: Option<&OsStr>) -> Result<Vec<String>, Error> {
+pub fn zfs_devices(
+    partition_type_map: &HashMap<String, Vec<String>>,
+    pool: Option<&OsStr>,
+) -> Result<HashSet<String>, Error> {
 
     // Note: zpools list  output can include entries for 'special', 'cache' and 'logs'
     // and maybe other things.
@@ -172,17 +187,20 @@ pub fn zfs_devices(pool: Option<&OsStr>) -> Result<Vec<String>, Error> {
 
     let list = parse_zfs_list(&output)?;
 
-    let mut done = std::collections::HashSet::new();
-
-    let mut device_list = Vec::new();
+    let mut device_set = HashSet::new();
     for entry in list {
         for device in entry.devices {
-            if !done.contains(&device) {
-                device_list.push(device.clone());
-                done.insert(device);
-            }
+            device_set.insert(device.clone());
         }
     }
 
-    Ok(device_list)
+    for device_list in partition_type_map.iter()
+        .filter_map(|(uuid, list)| if ZFS_UUIDS.contains(uuid.as_str()) { Some(list) } else { None })
+    {
+        for device in device_list {
+            device_set.insert(device.clone());
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(device_set)
 }