diff --git a/src/tools/disks.rs b/src/tools/disks.rs
index edf32272..5596d449 100644
--- a/src/tools/disks.rs
+++ b/src/tools/disks.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ use proxmox::{io_bail, io_format_err};
 
 mod zfs;
 pub use zfs::*;
+mod lvm;
+pub use lvm::*;
 
 bitflags! {
     /// Ways a device is being used.
diff --git a/src/tools/disks/lvm.rs b/src/tools/disks/lvm.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86b2a616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/disks/lvm.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+use std::collections::{HashSet, HashMap};
+
+use anyhow::{format_err, Error};
+use serde_json::Value;
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+
+lazy_static!{
+    static ref LVM_UUIDS: HashSet<&'static str> = {
+        let mut set = HashSet::new();
+	set.insert("e6d6d379-f507-44c2-a23c-238f2a3df928");
+        set
+    };
+}
+
+/// Get list of devices used by LVM (pvs).
+pub fn get_lvm_devices(
+    partition_type_map: &HashMap<String, Vec<String>>,
+) -> Result<HashSet<String>, Error> {
+
+    const PVS_BIN_PATH: &str = "/sbin/pvs";
+
+    let mut command = std::process::Command::new(PVS_BIN_PATH);
+    command.args(&["--reportformat", "json", "--noheadings", "--readonly", "-o", "pv_name"]);
+
+    let output = command.output()
+        .map_err(|err| format_err!("failed to execute '{}' - {}", PVS_BIN_PATH, err))?;
+
+    let output = crate::tools::command_output(output, None)
+        .map_err(|err| format_err!("pvs command failed: {}", err))?;
+
+    let mut device_set: HashSet<String> = HashSet::new();
+
+    for device_list in partition_type_map.iter()
+        .filter_map(|(uuid, list)| if LVM_UUIDS.contains(uuid.as_str()) { Some(list) } else { None })
+    {
+        for device in device_list {
+            device_set.insert(device.clone());
+        }
+    }
+
+    let output: Value = output.parse()?;
+
+    match output["report"][0]["pv"].as_array() {
+        Some(list) => {
+            for info in list {
+                if let Some(pv_name) = info["pv_name"].as_str() {
+                    device_set.insert(pv_name.to_string());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        None => return Ok(device_set),
+    }
+
+    Ok(device_set)
+}