diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/lvm/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/lvm/README.rst
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+=====
+lvm
+=====
+This is the LVM support element for Ubuntu Xenial.
+
+Note that this element requires initramfs-tools and lvm2
+packages to be added to the DIB image using -p option.
+If this is not the case, an error will be triggered.
+
+This element enables that an image build with a customized
+DIB_BLOCK_DEVICE_CONFIG containing LVM volumes will boot
+properly.
+
+On CentOS like distributions, you should use dracut-regenerate
+element instead of current lvm element.
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/lvm/element-deps b/diskimage_builder/elements/lvm/element-deps
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+bootloader
+pkg-map
+ubuntu-minimal
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/lvm/finalise.d/60-bootloader b/diskimage_builder/elements/lvm/finalise.d/60-bootloader
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Configure grub. Note that the various conditionals here are to handle
+# different distributions gracefully.
+
+if [ ${DIB_DEBUG_TRACE:-1} -gt 0 ]; then
+    set -x
+fi
+set -eu
+set -o pipefail
+
+BOOT_DEV=$IMAGE_BLOCK_DEVICE
+
+# All available devices, handy for some bootloaders...
+declare -A DEVICES
+eval DEVICES=( $IMAGE_BLOCK_DEVICES )
+
+# This might be better factored out into a per-distro 'install-bootblock'
+# helper.
+if [ -d /boot/grub2 ]; then
+    GRUB_CFG=/boot/grub2/grub.cfg
+elif [ -d /boot/grub ]; then
+    GRUB_CFG=/boot/grub/grub.cfg
+fi
+
+if type grub2-mkconfig >/dev/null; then
+    GRUB_MKCONFIG="grub2-mkconfig -o $GRUB_CFG"
+else
+    GRUB_MKCONFIG="grub-mkconfig -o $GRUB_CFG"
+fi
+
+# Retrieve root filesystem mount point to check if it is LVM based
+ROOTFS=$(awk '$2=="/"{print}' /proc/mounts)
+# Standard filesystems are mounted as /dev/mapper/loop* within DIB
+# so we need to exclude this case
+if echo "$ROOTFS" | grep -qv '/dev/mapper/loop'; then
+    # LVM based filesystems are mounted as /dev/mapper/<VG_name>-<LV-NAME> within DIB
+    if echo "$ROOTFS" | grep -q '/dev/mapper/'; then
+        # Check if initramfs-tools are installed
+        if [ ! -d /etc/initramfs-tools ]; then
+            echo "You must have initramfs-tools installed for LVM based root filesystem to work properly"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        # Check if system supports LVM
+        if ! type pvs >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "You must have lvm2 package installed for LVM based root filesystem to work properly"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        # Check for appropriate filesystem support (for fsck)
+        FSTYPE=$(echo $ROOTFS | awk '{print $3}')
+        if ! type fsck.$FSTYPE >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "You must have utility package for $FSTYPE filesystem installed for LVM based root filesystem to work properly (fsck.$FSTYPE is missing)"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        # Change the current GRUB_DEVICE from LABEL=(cloud)img-rootfs to /dev/mapper/...
+        sed -i -e "s?^GRUB_DEVICE=.*?GRUB_DEVICE=$(echo $ROOTFS | awk '{print $1}')?" /etc/default/grub
+        # This is required for LVM2 driver to be included in the
+        # ramdisk of the image.
+        echo "lvm2" >> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
+        # We need to regenerated the init ramdisk at this point
+        update-initramfs -u -v
+    fi
+fi
+
+$GRUB_MKCONFIG
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/lvm/package-installs.yaml b/diskimage_builder/elements/lvm/package-installs.yaml
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+lvm2:
+initramfs-tools:
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/lvm/root.d/10-lvm-check-distro b/diskimage_builder/elements/lvm/root.d/10-lvm-check-distro
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ ${DIB_DEBUG_TRACE:-0} -gt 0 ]; then
+    set -x
+fi
+set -eu
+set -o pipefail
+
+if [ 'ubuntu' != $DISTRO_NAME ]; then
+    echo "Only ubuntu is supported for LVM support. The DISTRO is set to $DISTRO_NAME"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ 'xenial' != $DIB_RELEASE ]; then
+    echo "Only xenial is supported for LVM support. The DIB_RELEASE is set to $DIB_RELEASE"
+    exit 1
+fi