diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2f36a5de6..da0f082a6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -50,3 +50,4 @@ CMakeLists.txt.user
 
 # Kate
 *.kate-swp
+tags
diff --git a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp
index 5e0f8d363..8856778b3 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, "uuid" ),
                                       CalamaresUtils::getString( pentry, "type" ),
                                       CalamaresUtils::getUnsignedInteger( pentry, "attributes", 0 ),
                                       CalamaresUtils::getString( pentry, "mountPoint" ),
diff --git a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.cpp b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.cpp
index 2e573acd6..b5de916f0 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& uuid,
                            const QString& type,
                            quint64 attributes,
                            const QString& mountPoint,
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ PartitionLayout::addEntry( const QString& label,
     }
 
     entry.partLabel = label;
+    entry.partUUID = uuid;
     entry.partType = type;
     entry.partAttributes = attributes;
     entry.partMountPoint = mountPoint;
@@ -246,6 +248,10 @@ PartitionLayout::execute( Device* dev,
             currentPartition->setLabel( part.partLabel );
             currentPartition->fileSystem().setLabel( part.partLabel );
         }
+        if ( !part.partUUID.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            currentPartition->setUUID( part.partUUID );
+        }
         if ( !part.partType.isEmpty() )
         {
 #if defined( WITH_KPMCORE42API )
diff --git a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.h b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.h
index d7af5df0c..24c10bf97 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 partUUID;
         QString partType;
         quint64 partAttributes;
         QString partMountPoint;
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ public:
                    const QString& min = QString(),
                    const QString& max = QString() );
     bool addEntry( const QString& label,
+                   const QString& uuid,
                    const QString& type,
                    quint64 attributes,
                    const QString& mountPoint,
diff --git a/src/modules/partition/jobs/FillGlobalStorageJob.cpp b/src/modules/partition/jobs/FillGlobalStorageJob.cpp
index 07c856d44..1242b7804 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/jobs/FillGlobalStorageJob.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/partition/jobs/FillGlobalStorageJob.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ mapForPartition( Partition* partition, const QString& uuid )
 {
     QVariantMap map;
     map[ "device" ] = partition->partitionPath();
+    map[ "partlabel" ] = partition->label();
+    map[ "partuuid" ] = partition->uuid();
     map[ "mountPoint" ] = PartitionInfo::mountPoint( partition );
     map[ "fsName" ] = userVisibleFS( partition->fileSystem() );
     map[ "fs" ] = untranslatedFS( partition->fileSystem() );
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ mapForPartition( Partition* partition, const QString& uuid )
     Logger::CDebug deb;
     using TR = Logger::DebugRow< const char* const, const QString& >;
     deb << Logger::SubEntry << "mapping for" << partition->partitionPath() << partition->deviceNode()
+        << TR( "partlabel", map[ "partlabel" ].toString() ) << TR( "partuuid", map[ "partuuid" ].toString() )
         << TR( "mountPoint:", PartitionInfo::mountPoint( partition ) ) << TR( "fs:", map[ "fs" ].toString() )
         << TR( "fsName", map[ "fsName" ].toString() ) << TR( "uuid", uuid )
         << TR( "claimed", map[ "claimed" ].toString() );
diff --git a/src/modules/partition/partition.conf b/src/modules/partition/partition.conf
index b04688138..51dc70e99 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/partition.conf
+++ b/src/modules/partition/partition.conf
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ defaultFileSystemType:  "ext4"
 #   - name: filesystem label
 #           and
 #           partition name (gpt only; since KPMCore 4.2.0)
+#   - uuid: partition uuid (optional parameter; gpt only; requires KPMCore >= 4.2.0)
 #   - type: partition type (optional parameter; gpt only; requires KPMCore >= 4.2.0)
 #   - attributes: partition attributes (optional parameter; gpt only; requires KPMCore >= 4.2.0)
 #   - filesystem: filesystem type