diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index c8da12055264..5c9c503de423 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -642,6 +642,7 @@ void __init printk_all_partitions(void)
 		struct hd_struct *part;
 		char name_buf[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 		char devt_buf[BDEVT_SIZE];
+		u8 uuid[PARTITION_META_INFO_UUIDLTH * 2 + 1];
 
 		/*
 		 * Don't show empty devices or things that have been
@@ -660,10 +661,14 @@ void __init printk_all_partitions(void)
 		while ((part = disk_part_iter_next(&piter))) {
 			bool is_part0 = part == &disk->part0;
 
-			printk("%s%s %10llu %s", is_part0 ? "" : "  ",
+			uuid[0] = 0;
+			if (part->info)
+				part_unpack_uuid(part->info->uuid, uuid);
+
+			printk("%s%s %10llu %s %s", is_part0 ? "" : "  ",
 			       bdevt_str(part_devt(part), devt_buf),
 			       (unsigned long long)part->nr_sects >> 1,
-			       disk_name(disk, part->partno, name_buf));
+			       disk_name(disk, part->partno, name_buf), uuid);
 			if (is_part0) {
 				if (disk->driverfs_dev != NULL &&
 				    disk->driverfs_dev->driver != NULL)
diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 02e3ca4fc527..804f9c6ba216 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -58,6 +58,60 @@ static int __init readwrite(char *str)
 __setup("ro", readonly);
 __setup("rw", readwrite);
 
+/**
+ * match_dev_by_uuid - callback for finding a partition using its uuid
+ * @dev:	device passed in by the caller
+ * @data:	opaque pointer to a 36 byte char array with a UUID
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if the device matches, and 0 otherwise.
+ */
+static int __init match_dev_by_uuid(struct device *dev, void *data)
+{
+	u8 *uuid = data;
+	struct hd_struct *part = dev_to_part(dev);
+
+	if (!part->info)
+		goto no_match;
+
+	if (memcmp(uuid, part->info->uuid, sizeof(part->info->uuid)))
+			goto no_match;
+
+	return 1;
+no_match:
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * devt_from_partuuid - looks up the dev_t of a partition by its UUID
+ * @uuid:	36 byte char array containing a hex ascii UUID
+ *
+ * The function will return the first partition which contains a matching
+ * UUID value in its partition_meta_info struct.  This does not search
+ * by filesystem UUIDs.
+ *
+ * Returns the matching dev_t on success or 0 on failure.
+ */
+static dev_t __init devt_from_partuuid(char *uuid_str)
+{
+	dev_t res = 0;
+	struct device *dev = NULL;
+	u8 uuid[16];
+
+	/* Pack the requested UUID in the expected format. */
+	part_pack_uuid(uuid_str, uuid);
+
+	dev = class_find_device(&block_class, NULL, uuid, &match_dev_by_uuid);
+	if (!dev)
+		goto done;
+
+	res = dev->devt;
+	put_device(dev);
+
+done:
+	return res;
+}
+
 /*
  *	Convert a name into device number.  We accept the following variants:
  *
@@ -68,6 +122,8 @@ __setup("rw", readwrite);
  *         of partition - device number of disk plus the partition number
  *	5) /dev/<disk_name>p<decimal> - same as the above, that form is
  *	   used when disk name of partitioned disk ends on a digit.
+ *	6) PARTUUID=00112233-4455-6677-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF representing the
+ *	   unique id of a partition if the partition table provides it.
  *
  *	If name doesn't have fall into the categories above, we return (0,0).
  *	block_class is used to check if something is a disk name. If the disk
@@ -82,6 +138,16 @@ dev_t name_to_dev_t(char *name)
 	dev_t res = 0;
 	int part;
 
+	if (strncmp(name, "PARTUUID=", 9) == 0) {
+		name += 9;
+		if (strlen(name) != 36)
+			goto fail;
+		res = devt_from_partuuid(name);
+		if (!res)
+			goto fail;
+		goto done;
+	}
+
 	if (strncmp(name, "/dev/", 5) != 0) {
 		unsigned maj, min;