diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dcef06d9bdabb666323859baf9d06122ecf71344..d5926b2d84808590d54e1360bd2525343d90d4ee 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Nov  5 12:41:00 CET 2008 Chris Lalancette <clalance@redhat.com>
+	* configure.in, src/storage_backend_logical.c: Call vgscan before
+	attempting to scan logical volumes.  This makes sure we've "touched"
+	any logical volumes, so they appear in the subsequent "pvs" call.
+
 Tue Nov  4 23:33:31 UTC 2008 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
 
 	* configure.in: Set WITH_XXXX conditionals for drivers in
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index c105eca8094a72f2408930fbd438ce09db3b3bd6..ef6973076fe190269f852b0e8597fb0460b1d625 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -748,6 +748,7 @@ if test "$with_storage_lvm" = "yes" -o "$with_storage_lvm" = "check"; then
   AC_PATH_PROG([VGREMOVE], [vgremove], [], [$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin])
   AC_PATH_PROG([LVREMOVE], [lvremove], [], [$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin])
   AC_PATH_PROG([VGCHANGE], [vgchange], [], [$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin])
+  AC_PATH_PROG([VGSCAN], [vgscan], [], [$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin])
   AC_PATH_PROG([PVS], [pvs], [], [$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin])
   AC_PATH_PROG([VGS], [vgs], [], [$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin])
   AC_PATH_PROG([LVS], [lvs], [], [$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin])
@@ -760,6 +761,7 @@ if test "$with_storage_lvm" = "yes" -o "$with_storage_lvm" = "check"; then
     if test -z "$VGREMOVE" ; then AC_MSG_ERROR([We need vgremove for LVM storage driver]) ; fi
     if test -z "$LVREMOVE" ; then AC_MSG_ERROR([We need lvremove for LVM storage driver]) ; fi
     if test -z "$VGCHANGE" ; then AC_MSG_ERROR([We need vgchange for LVM storage driver]) ; fi
+    if test -z "$VGSCAN" ; then AC_MSG_ERROR([We need vgscan for LVM storage driver]) ; fi
     if test -z "$PVS" ; then AC_MSG_ERROR([We need pvs for LVM storage driver]) ; fi
     if test -z "$VGS" ; then AC_MSG_ERROR([We need vgs for LVM storage driver]) ; fi
     if test -z "$LVS" ; then AC_MSG_ERROR([We need lvs for LVM storage driver]) ; fi
@@ -770,7 +772,8 @@ if test "$with_storage_lvm" = "yes" -o "$with_storage_lvm" = "check"; then
     if test -z "$PVREMOVE" ; then with_storage_lvm=no ; fi
     if test -z "$VGREMOVE" ; then with_storage_lvm=no ; fi
     if test -z "$LVREMOVE" ; then with_storage_lvm=no ; fi
-    if test -z "VGCHANGE" ; then with_storage_lvm=no ; fi
+    if test -z "$VGCHANGE" ; then with_storage_lvm=no ; fi
+    if test -z "$VGSCAN" ; then with_storage_lvm=no ; fi
     if test -z "$PVS" ; then with_storage_lvm=no ; fi
     if test -z "$VGS" ; then with_storage_lvm=no ; fi
     if test -z "$LVS" ; then with_storage_lvm=no ; fi
@@ -787,6 +790,7 @@ if test "$with_storage_lvm" = "yes" -o "$with_storage_lvm" = "check"; then
     AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([VGREMOVE],["$VGREMOVE"],[Location of vgcreate program])
     AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([LVREMOVE],["$LVREMOVE"],[Location of lvcreate program])
     AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([VGCHANGE],["$VGCHANGE"],[Location of vgchange program])
+    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([VGSCAN],["$VGSCAN"],[Location of vgscan program])
     AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([PVS],["$PVS"],[Location of pvs program])
     AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([VGS],["$VGS"],[Location of vgs program])
     AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([LVS],["$LVS"],[Location of lvs program])
diff --git a/src/storage_backend_logical.c b/src/storage_backend_logical.c
index 53bea67f35d9786d3bcf2fb031ce1dab6a497081..7b013f896e9e95aeeb7b65a253445a9ef8bcb6a8 100644
--- a/src/storage_backend_logical.c
+++ b/src/storage_backend_logical.c
@@ -326,11 +326,19 @@ virStorageBackendLogicalFindPoolSources(virConnectPtr conn,
         2
     };
     const char *const prog[] = { PVS, "--noheadings", "-o", "pv_name,vg_name", NULL };
+    const char *const scanprog[] = { VGSCAN, NULL };
     int exitstatus;
     char *retval = NULL;
     virStoragePoolSourceList sourceList;
     int i;
 
+    /*
+     * NOTE: ignoring errors here; this is just to "touch" any logical volumes
+     * that might be hanging around, so if this fails for some reason, the
+     * worst that happens is that scanning doesn't pick everything up
+     */
+    virRun(conn, scanprog, &exitstatus);
+
     memset(&sourceList, 0, sizeof(sourceList));
     sourceList.type = VIR_STORAGE_POOL_LOGICAL;