diff --git a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp
index e05f43d3d..cdb0a5b02 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp
@@ -883,6 +883,7 @@ PartitionCoreModule::initLayout( const QVariantList& config )
         }
 
         if ( !m_partLayout->addEntry( CalamaresUtils::getString( pentry, "name" ),
+                                      CalamaresUtils::getString( pentry, "type" ),
                                       CalamaresUtils::getString( pentry, "mountPoint" ),
                                       CalamaresUtils::getString( pentry, "filesystem" ),
                                       CalamaresUtils::getSubMap( pentry, "features", ok ),
diff --git a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.cpp b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.cpp
index 4754a3343..378833f4d 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.cpp
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ PartitionLayout::addEntry( const QString& mountPoint, const QString& size, const
 
 bool
 PartitionLayout::addEntry( const QString& label,
+                           const QString& type,
                            const QString& mountPoint,
                            const QString& fs,
                            const QVariantMap& features,
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ PartitionLayout::addEntry( const QString& label,
     }
 
     entry.partLabel = label;
+    entry.partType = type;
     entry.partMountPoint = mountPoint;
     PartUtils::findFS( fs, &entry.partFileSystem );
     if ( entry.partFileSystem == FileSystem::Unknown )
@@ -242,11 +244,21 @@ PartitionLayout::execute( Device* dev,
             currentPartition->setLabel( part.partLabel );
             currentPartition->fileSystem().setLabel( part.partLabel );
         }
+        if ( !part.partType.isEmpty() )
+        {
+#if defined( WITH_KPMCORE42API )
+            currentPartition->setType( part.partType );
+#else
+            cWarning() << "Ignoring type; requires KPMcore >= 4.2.0.";
+#endif
+        }
         if ( !part.partFeatures.isEmpty() )
         {
 #if defined( WITH_KPMCORE42API )
             for ( const auto& k : part.partFeatures.keys() )
+            {
                 currentPartition->fileSystem().addFeature( k, part.partFeatures.value(k) );
+            }
 #else
             cWarning() << "Ignoring features; requires KPMcore >= 4.2.0.";
 #endif
diff --git a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.h b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.h
index 3ec7f48ee..5651ae995 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.h
+++ b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public:
     struct PartitionEntry
     {
         QString partLabel;
+        QString partType;
         QString partMountPoint;
         FileSystem::Type partFileSystem = FileSystem::Unknown;
         QVariantMap partFeatures;
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ public:
                    const QString& min = QString(),
                    const QString& max = QString() );
     bool addEntry( const QString& label,
+                   const QString& type,
                    const QString& mountPoint,
                    const QString& fs,
                    const QVariantMap& features,
diff --git a/src/modules/partition/partition.conf b/src/modules/partition/partition.conf
index d109baba3..241e4ea05 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/partition.conf
+++ b/src/modules/partition/partition.conf
@@ -96,12 +96,14 @@ defaultFileSystemType:  "ext4"
 #
 # partitionLayout:
 #     - name: "rootfs"
+#       type: "4f68bce3-e8cd-4db1-96e7-fbcaf984b709"
 #       filesystem: "ext4"
 #       mountPoint: "/"
 #       size: 20%
 #       minSize: 500M
 #       maxSize: 10G
 #     - name: "home"
+#       type = "933ac7e1-2eb4-4f13-b844-0e14e2aef915"
 #       filesystem: "ext4"
 #       mountPoint: "/home"
 #       size: 3G
@@ -121,6 +123,7 @@ defaultFileSystemType:  "ext4"
 #   - name: filesystem label
 #           and
 #           partition name (gpt only; since KPMCore 4.2.0)
+#   - type: partition type (optional parameter; gpt only; requires KPMCore >= 4.2.0)
 #   - filesystem: filesystem type
 #   - mountPoint: partition mount point
 #   - size: partition size in bytes (append 'K', 'M' or 'G' for KiB, MiB or GiB)