diff --git a/block/partitions/Kconfig b/block/partitions/Kconfig
index 75a54e1adbb5b58ea0fa8dfaad2e1ae0cffc30f0..4cebb2f0d2f406d6b11af7aad8e70c3d50bf3232 100644
--- a/block/partitions/Kconfig
+++ b/block/partitions/Kconfig
@@ -68,6 +68,17 @@ config ACORN_PARTITION_RISCIX
 	  of machines called RISCiX.  If you say 'Y' here, Linux will be able
 	  to read disks partitioned under RISCiX.
 
+config AIX_PARTITION
+	bool "AIX basic partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
+	help
+	  Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk
+	  partition table format used by IBM or Motorola PowerPC machines
+	  running AIX.  AIX actually uses a Logical Volume Manager, where
+	  "logical volumes" can be spread across one or multiple disks,
+	  but this driver works only for the simple case of partitions which
+	  are contiguous.
+	  Otherwise, say N.
+
 config OSF_PARTITION
 	bool "Alpha OSF partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
 	default y if ALPHA
diff --git a/block/partitions/Makefile b/block/partitions/Makefile
index 03af8eac51da81bf4f89cc49d7d9ca466d38c54b..2be4d7ba4e3ab4a3615cc3beb814b66f981b2619 100644
--- a/block/partitions/Makefile
+++ b/block/partitions/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_BLOCK) := check.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACORN_PARTITION) += acorn.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_AMIGA_PARTITION) += amiga.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ATARI_PARTITION) += atari.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_AIX_PARTITION) += aix.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION) += mac.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LDM_PARTITION) += ldm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION) += msdos.o
diff --git a/block/partitions/aix.c b/block/partitions/aix.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..43be471d9b1dd8e6771b31328be679f0b53821d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/block/partitions/aix.c
@@ -0,0 +1,293 @@
+/*
+ *  fs/partitions/aix.c
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2012-2013 Philippe De Muyter <phdm@macqel.be>
+ */
+
+#include "check.h"
+#include "aix.h"
+
+struct lvm_rec {
+	char lvm_id[4]; /* "_LVM" */
+	char reserved4[16];
+	__be32 lvmarea_len;
+	__be32 vgda_len;
+	__be32 vgda_psn[2];
+	char reserved36[10];
+	__be16 pp_size; /* log2(pp_size) */
+	char reserved46[12];
+	__be16 version;
+	};
+
+struct vgda {
+	__be32 secs;
+	__be32 usec;
+	char reserved8[16];
+	__be16 numlvs;
+	__be16 maxlvs;
+	__be16 pp_size;
+	__be16 numpvs;
+	__be16 total_vgdas;
+	__be16 vgda_size;
+	};
+
+struct lvd {
+	__be16 lv_ix;
+	__be16 res2;
+	__be16 res4;
+	__be16 maxsize;
+	__be16 lv_state;
+	__be16 mirror;
+	__be16 mirror_policy;
+	__be16 num_lps;
+	__be16 res10[8];
+	};
+
+struct lvname {
+	char name[64];
+	};
+
+struct ppe {
+	__be16 lv_ix;
+	unsigned short res2;
+	unsigned short res4;
+	__be16 lp_ix;
+	unsigned short res8[12];
+	};
+
+struct pvd {
+	char reserved0[16];
+	__be16 pp_count;
+	char reserved18[2];
+	__be32 psn_part1;
+	char reserved24[8];
+	struct ppe ppe[1016];
+	};
+
+#define LVM_MAXLVS 256
+
+/**
+ * last_lba(): return number of last logical block of device
+ * @bdev: block device
+ *
+ * Description: Returns last LBA value on success, 0 on error.
+ * This is stored (by sd and ide-geometry) in
+ *  the part[0] entry for this disk, and is the number of
+ *  physical sectors available on the disk.
+ */
+static u64 last_lba(struct block_device *bdev)
+{
+	if (!bdev || !bdev->bd_inode)
+		return 0;
+	return (bdev->bd_inode->i_size >> 9) - 1ULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * read_lba(): Read bytes from disk, starting at given LBA
+ * @state
+ * @lba
+ * @buffer
+ * @count
+ *
+ * Description:  Reads @count bytes from @state->bdev into @buffer.
+ * Returns number of bytes read on success, 0 on error.
+ */
+static size_t read_lba(struct parsed_partitions *state, u64 lba, u8 *buffer,
+			size_t count)
+{
+	size_t totalreadcount = 0;
+
+	if (!buffer || lba + count / 512 > last_lba(state->bdev))
+		return 0;
+
+	while (count) {
+		int copied = 512;
+		Sector sect;
+		unsigned char *data = read_part_sector(state, lba++, &sect);
+		if (!data)
+			break;
+		if (copied > count)
+			copied = count;
+		memcpy(buffer, data, copied);
+		put_dev_sector(sect);
+		buffer += copied;
+		totalreadcount += copied;
+		count -= copied;
+	}
+	return totalreadcount;
+}
+
+/**
+ * alloc_pvd(): reads physical volume descriptor
+ * @state
+ * @lba
+ *
+ * Description: Returns pvd on success,  NULL on error.
+ * Allocates space for pvd and fill it with disk blocks at @lba
+ * Notes: remember to free pvd when you're done!
+ */
+static struct pvd *alloc_pvd(struct parsed_partitions *state, u32 lba)
+{
+	size_t count = sizeof(struct pvd);
+	struct pvd *p;
+
+	p = kmalloc(count, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!p)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (read_lba(state, lba, (u8 *) p, count) < count) {
+		kfree(p);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return p;
+}
+
+/**
+ * alloc_lvn(): reads logical volume names
+ * @state
+ * @lba
+ *
+ * Description: Returns lvn on success,  NULL on error.
+ * Allocates space for lvn and fill it with disk blocks at @lba
+ * Notes: remember to free lvn when you're done!
+ */
+static struct lvname *alloc_lvn(struct parsed_partitions *state, u32 lba)
+{
+	size_t count = sizeof(struct lvname) * LVM_MAXLVS;
+	struct lvname *p;
+
+	p = kmalloc(count, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!p)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (read_lba(state, lba, (u8 *) p, count) < count) {
+		kfree(p);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return p;
+}
+
+int aix_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	Sector sect;
+	unsigned char *d;
+	u32 pp_bytes_size;
+	u32 pp_blocks_size = 0;
+	u32 vgda_sector = 0;
+	u32 vgda_len = 0;
+	int numlvs = 0;
+	struct pvd *pvd;
+	struct lv_info {
+		unsigned short pps_per_lv;
+		unsigned short pps_found;
+		unsigned char lv_is_contiguous;
+	} *lvip;
+	struct lvname *n = NULL;
+
+	d = read_part_sector(state, 7, &sect);
+	if (d) {
+		struct lvm_rec *p = (struct lvm_rec *)d;
+		u16 lvm_version = be16_to_cpu(p->version);
+		char tmp[64];
+
+		if (lvm_version == 1) {
+			int pp_size_log2 = be16_to_cpu(p->pp_size);
+
+			pp_bytes_size = 1 << pp_size_log2;
+			pp_blocks_size = pp_bytes_size / 512;
+			snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp),
+				" AIX LVM header version %u found\n",
+				lvm_version);
+			vgda_len = be32_to_cpu(p->vgda_len);
+			vgda_sector = be32_to_cpu(p->vgda_psn[0]);
+		} else {
+			snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp),
+				" unsupported AIX LVM version %d found\n",
+				lvm_version);
+		}
+		strlcat(state->pp_buf, tmp, PAGE_SIZE);
+		put_dev_sector(sect);
+	}
+	if (vgda_sector && (d = read_part_sector(state, vgda_sector, &sect))) {
+		struct vgda *p = (struct vgda *)d;
+
+		numlvs = be16_to_cpu(p->numlvs);
+		put_dev_sector(sect);
+	}
+	lvip = kzalloc(sizeof(struct lv_info) * state->limit, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!lvip)
+		return 0;
+	if (numlvs && (d = read_part_sector(state, vgda_sector + 1, &sect))) {
+		struct lvd *p = (struct lvd *)d;
+		int i;
+
+		n = alloc_lvn(state, vgda_sector + vgda_len - 33);
+		if (n) {
+			int foundlvs = 0;
+
+			for (i = 0; foundlvs < numlvs && i < state->limit; i += 1) {
+				lvip[i].pps_per_lv = be16_to_cpu(p[i].num_lps);
+				if (lvip[i].pps_per_lv)
+					foundlvs += 1;
+			}
+		}
+		put_dev_sector(sect);
+	}
+	pvd = alloc_pvd(state, vgda_sector + 17);
+	if (pvd) {
+		int numpps = be16_to_cpu(pvd->pp_count);
+		int psn_part1 = be32_to_cpu(pvd->psn_part1);
+		int i;
+		int cur_lv_ix = -1;
+		int next_lp_ix = 1;
+		int lp_ix;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < numpps; i += 1) {
+			struct ppe *p = pvd->ppe + i;
+			unsigned int lv_ix;
+
+			lp_ix = be16_to_cpu(p->lp_ix);
+			if (!lp_ix) {
+				next_lp_ix = 1;
+				continue;
+			}
+			lv_ix = be16_to_cpu(p->lv_ix) - 1;
+			if (lv_ix > state->limit) {
+				cur_lv_ix = -1;
+				continue;
+			}
+			lvip[lv_ix].pps_found += 1;
+			if (lp_ix == 1) {
+				cur_lv_ix = lv_ix;
+				next_lp_ix = 1;
+			} else if (lv_ix != cur_lv_ix || lp_ix != next_lp_ix) {
+				next_lp_ix = 1;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (lp_ix == lvip[lv_ix].pps_per_lv) {
+				char tmp[70];
+
+				put_partition(state, lv_ix + 1,
+				  (i + 1 - lp_ix) * pp_blocks_size + psn_part1,
+				  lvip[lv_ix].pps_per_lv * pp_blocks_size);
+				snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), " <%s>\n",
+					 n[lv_ix].name);
+				strlcat(state->pp_buf, tmp, PAGE_SIZE);
+				lvip[lv_ix].lv_is_contiguous = 1;
+				ret = 1;
+				next_lp_ix = 1;
+			} else
+				next_lp_ix += 1;
+		}
+		for (i = 0; i < state->limit; i += 1)
+			if (lvip[i].pps_found && !lvip[i].lv_is_contiguous)
+				pr_warn("partition %s (%u pp's found) is "
+					"not contiguous\n",
+					n[i].name, lvip[i].pps_found);
+		kfree(pvd);
+	}
+	kfree(n);
+	kfree(lvip);
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/block/partitions/aix.h b/block/partitions/aix.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e0c66a987523169a5f76764150d735cd1a66fb48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/block/partitions/aix.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+extern int aix_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);