diff --git a/configuration/system.nix b/configuration/system.nix
index bd35f29c05b..5015f2d0d23 100644
--- a/configuration/system.nix
+++ b/configuration/system.nix
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ rec {
     pkgs.gzip
     pkgs.iputils
     pkgs.less
+    pkgs.lvm2
     pkgs.module_init_tools
     pkgs.nano
     pkgs.netcat
diff --git a/configuration/upstart.nix b/configuration/upstart.nix
index bf2120968de..d89788ff7b7 100644
--- a/configuration/upstart.nix
+++ b/configuration/upstart.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ import ../upstart-jobs/gather.nix {
       inherit (pkgs) writeText cleanSource udev procps;
     })
       
+    # Makes LVM logical volumes available. 
+    (import ../upstart-jobs/lvm.nix {
+      inherit (pkgs) kernel module_init_tools lvm2;
+    })
+      
     # Hardware scan; loads modules for PCI devices.
     (import ../upstart-jobs/hardware-scan.nix {
       inherit (pkgs) kernel module_init_tools;
diff --git a/upstart-jobs/lvm.nix b/upstart-jobs/lvm.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..558b80cd651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upstart-jobs/lvm.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{kernel, module_init_tools, lvm2}:
+
+{
+  name = "lvm";
+  
+  job = "
+start on udev
+#start on new-devices
+
+script
+
+    # Load the device mapper.
+    export MODULE_DIR=${kernel}/lib/modules/
+    ${module_init_tools}/sbin/modprobe dm_mod || true
+
+    # Scan for block devices that might contain LVM physical volumes
+    # and volume groups.
+    #${lvm2}/sbin/vgscan
+
+    # Make all logical volumes on all volume groups available, i.e.,
+    # make them appear in /dev.
+    ${lvm2}/sbin/vgchange --available y
+
+    initctl emit new-devices
+    
+end script
+
+  ";
+
+}