diff --git a/src/modules/partition/jobs/FillGlobalStorageJob.cpp b/src/modules/partition/jobs/FillGlobalStorageJob.cpp
index 09eaf232d..f8194f2b3 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/jobs/FillGlobalStorageJob.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/partition/jobs/FillGlobalStorageJob.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,50 @@ getLuksUuid( const QString& path )
     return uuid;
 }
 
+// TODO: this will be available from KPMCore soon
+static const char* filesystem_labels[] = {
+    "unknown",
+    "extended",
+
+    "ext2",
+    "ext3",
+    "ext4",
+    "linuxswap",
+    "fat16",
+    "fat32",
+    "ntfs",
+    "reiser",
+    "reiser4",
+    "xfs",
+    "jfs",
+    "hfs",
+    "hfsplus",
+    "ufs",
+    "unformatted",
+    "btrfs",
+    "hpfs",
+    "luks",
+    "ocfs2",
+    "zfs",
+    "exfat",
+    "nilfs2",
+    "lvm2 pv",
+    "f2fs",
+    "udf",
+    "iso9660",
+};
+
+Q_STATIC_ASSERT_X((sizeof(filesystem_labels) / sizeof(char *)) >= FileSystem::__lastType, "Mismatch in filesystem labels");
+
+static QString
+untranslatedTypeName(FileSystem::Type t)
+{
+
+    Q_ASSERT( t >= 0 );
+    Q_ASSERT( t <= FileSystem::__lastType );
+
+    return QLatin1String(filesystem_labels[t]);
+}
 
 static QVariant
 mapForPartition( Partition* partition, const QString& uuid )
@@ -83,14 +127,15 @@ mapForPartition( Partition* partition, const QString& uuid )
     QVariantMap map;
     map[ "device" ] = partition->partitionPath();
     map[ "mountPoint" ] = PartitionInfo::mountPoint( partition );
-    map[ "fs" ] = partition->fileSystem().name();
+    map[ "fsName" ] = partition->fileSystem().name();
+    map[ "fs" ] = untranslatedTypeName( partition->fileSystem().type() );
     if ( partition->fileSystem().type() == FileSystem::Luks &&
          dynamic_cast< FS::luks& >( partition->fileSystem() ).innerFS() )
         map[ "fs" ] = dynamic_cast< FS::luks& >( partition->fileSystem() ).innerFS()->name();
     map[ "uuid" ] = uuid;
     cDebug() << partition->partitionPath()
              << "mtpoint:" << PartitionInfo::mountPoint( partition )
-             << "fs:" << map[ "fs" ]
+             << "fs:" << map[ "fs" ] << '(' << map[ "fsName" ] << ')'
              << uuid;
 
     if ( partition->roles().has( PartitionRole::Luks ) )