diff --git a/diskimage_builder/block_device/level1/lvm.py b/diskimage_builder/block_device/level1/lvm.py
index 84fcef016..1b6bfa297 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/block_device/level1/lvm.py
+++ b/diskimage_builder/block_device/level1/lvm.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from diskimage_builder.block_device.utils import parse_abs_size_spec
 from diskimage_builder.block_device.utils import remove_device
 
 PHYSICAL_EXTENT_BYTES = parse_abs_size_spec('4MiB')
+LVS_TYPES = ['thin', 'thin-pool']
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -173,7 +174,8 @@ class VgsNode(NodeBase):
 
 
 class LvsNode(NodeBase):
-    def __init__(self, name, state, base, options, size, extents):
+    def __init__(self, name, state, base, options, size, extents, segtype,
+                 thin_pool):
         """Logical Volume
 
         This is a placeholder node for a logical volume
@@ -186,21 +188,31 @@ class LvsNode(NodeBase):
         :param size: size of the LV, using the supported unit types
                      (MB, MiB, etc)
         :param extents: size of the LV in extents
+        :param segtype: value passed to segment type, supports thin and
+                        thin-pool
+        :param thin_pool: name of the thin pool to create this volume from
         """
         super(LvsNode, self).__init__(name, state)
         self.base = base
         self.options = options
         self.size = size
         self.extents = extents
+        self.type = segtype
+        self.thin_pool = thin_pool
 
     def _create(self):
         cmd = ["lvcreate", ]
         cmd.extend(['--name', self.name])
+        if self.type:
+            cmd.extend(['--type', self.type])
+        if self.thin_pool:
+            cmd.extend(['--thin-pool', self.thin_pool])
         if self.size:
             size = parse_abs_size_spec(self.size)
             # ensuire size aligns with physical extents
             size = size - size % PHYSICAL_EXTENT_BYTES
-            cmd.extend(['-L', '%dB' % size])
+            size_arg = '-V' if self.type == 'thin' else '-L'
+            cmd.extend([size_arg, '%dB' % size])
         elif self.extents:
             cmd.extend(['-l', self.extents])
         if self.options:
@@ -391,10 +403,18 @@ class LVMPlugin(PluginBase):
                 self._config_error("base:%s in lvs does not match a valid vg" %
                                    lvs_cfg['base'])
 
+            if 'type' in lvs_cfg:
+                if lvs_cfg['type'] not in LVS_TYPES:
+                    self._config_error(
+                        "Unsupported type:%s, supported types: %s" %
+                        (lvs_cfg['type'], ', '.join(LVS_TYPES)))
+
             lvs_item = LvsNode(lvs_cfg['name'], state, lvs_cfg['base'],
                                lvs_cfg.get('options', None),
                                lvs_cfg.get('size', None),
-                               lvs_cfg.get('extents', None))
+                               lvs_cfg.get('extents', None),
+                               lvs_cfg.get('type', None),
+                               lvs_cfg.get('thin-pool', None))
             self.lvs.append(lvs_item)
 
         # create the "driver" node
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/block_device/tests/config/lvm_tree_thin_provision.yaml b/diskimage_builder/block_device/tests/config/lvm_tree_thin_provision.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ab93f13b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diskimage_builder/block_device/tests/config/lvm_tree_thin_provision.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+- local_loop:
+    name: image0
+
+- partitioning:
+    base: image0
+    name: mbr
+    label: mbr
+    partitions:
+      - name: root
+        base: image0
+        flags: [ boot,primary ]
+        size: 3G
+
+- lvm:
+    base: mbr
+    pvs:
+      - name: pv
+        options: ["--force"]
+        base: root
+
+    vgs:
+      - name: vg
+        base: ["pv"]
+        options: ["--force"]
+
+    lvs:
+      - name: lv_thinpool
+        type: thin-pool
+        base: vg
+        size: 2800MiB
+
+      - name: lv_root
+        type: thin
+        thin-pool: lv_thinpool
+        base: vg
+        size: 1800MiB
+
+      - name: lv_tmp
+        type: thin
+        thin-pool: lv_thinpool
+        base: vg
+        size: 100MiB
+
+      - name: lv_var
+        type: thin
+        thin-pool: lv_thinpool
+        base: vg
+        size: 500MiB
+
+      - name: lv_log
+        type: thin
+        thin-pool: lv_thinpool
+        base: vg
+        size: 100MiB
+
+      - name: lv_audit
+        type: thin
+        thin-pool: lv_thinpool
+        base: vg
+        size: 100MiB
+
+      - name: lv_home
+        type: thin
+        thin-pool: lv_thinpool
+        base: vg
+        size: 200MiB
+
+- mkfs:
+    name: fs_root
+    base: lv_root
+    label: "img-rootfs"
+    type: "xfs"
+    mount:
+      mount_point: /
+      fstab:
+          options: "rw,relatime"
+          fsck-passno: 1
+
+- mkfs:
+    name: fs_var
+    base: lv_var
+    type: "xfs"
+    mount:
+      mount_point: /var
+      fstab:
+          options: "rw,relatime"
+
+- mkfs:
+    name: fs_log
+    base: lv_log
+    type: "xfs"
+    mount:
+      mount_point: /var/log
+      fstab:
+          options: "rw,relatime"
+
+- mkfs:
+    name: fs_audit
+    base: lv_audit
+    type: "xfs"
+    mount:
+      mount_point: /var/log/audit
+      fstab:
+          options: "rw,relatime"
+
+- mkfs:
+    name: fs_tmp
+    base: lv_tmp
+    type: "xfs"
+    mount:
+      mount_point: /tmp
+      fstab:
+          options: "rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime"
+
+- mkfs:
+    name: fs_home
+    base: lv_home
+    type: "xfs"
+    mount:
+      mount_point: /home
+      fstab:
+          options: "rw,nodev,relatime"
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/block_device/tests/test_lvm.py b/diskimage_builder/block_device/tests/test_lvm.py
index f39ba03d3..692f1a1eb 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/block_device/tests/test_lvm.py
+++ b/diskimage_builder/block_device/tests/test_lvm.py
@@ -582,3 +582,129 @@ class TestLVM(tc.TestGraphGeneration):
             ]
 
             manager.assert_has_calls(cmd_sequence)
+
+    @mock.patch('diskimage_builder.block_device.level1.lvm.exec_sudo')
+    def test_lvm_thin_provision(self, mock_exec_sudo):
+        # Test the command-sequence for a more complicated LVM setup
+        tree = self.load_config_file('lvm_tree_thin_provision.yaml')
+        config = config_tree_to_graph(tree)
+
+        state = BlockDeviceState()
+
+        graph, call_order = create_graph(config, self.fake_default_config,
+                                         state)
+
+        # Fake state for the two PV's specified by this config
+        state['blockdev'] = {}
+        state['blockdev']['root'] = {}
+        state['blockdev']['root']['device'] = '/dev/fake/root'
+
+        for node in call_order:
+            # XXX: This has not mocked out the "lower" layers of
+            # creating the devices, which we're assuming works OK, nor
+            # the upper layers.
+            if isinstance(node, (LVMNode, PvsNode,
+                                 VgsNode, LvsNode)):
+                # only the LVMNode actually does anything here...
+                node.create()
+
+        # ensure the sequence of calls correctly setup the devices
+        cmd_sequence = [
+            # create the pv's on the faked out block devices
+            mock.call(['pvcreate', '/dev/fake/root', '--force']),
+            # create a volume called "vg" out of these two pv's
+            mock.call(['vgcreate', 'vg', '/dev/fake/root', '--force']),
+            mock.call(['lvcreate', '--name', 'lv_thinpool',
+                      '--type', 'thin-pool', '-L', '2936012800B', 'vg']),
+            # create a bunch of lv's on vg using the pool
+            mock.call(['lvcreate', '--name', 'lv_root', '--type', 'thin',
+                      '--thin-pool', 'lv_thinpool', '-V', '1887436800B',
+                       'vg']),
+            mock.call(['lvcreate', '--name', 'lv_tmp', '--type', 'thin',
+                      '--thin-pool', 'lv_thinpool', '-V', '104857600B', 'vg']),
+            mock.call(['lvcreate', '--name', 'lv_var', '--type', 'thin',
+                      '--thin-pool', 'lv_thinpool', '-V', '524288000B', 'vg']),
+            mock.call(['lvcreate', '--name', 'lv_log', '--type', 'thin',
+                      '--thin-pool', 'lv_thinpool', '-V', '104857600B', 'vg']),
+            mock.call(['lvcreate', '--name', 'lv_audit', '--type', 'thin',
+                      '--thin-pool', 'lv_thinpool', '-V', '104857600B', 'vg']),
+            mock.call(['lvcreate', '--name', 'lv_home', '--type', 'thin',
+                      '--thin-pool', 'lv_thinpool', '-V', '209715200B', 'vg'])]
+
+        self.assertEqual(mock_exec_sudo.call_count, len(cmd_sequence))
+        mock_exec_sudo.assert_has_calls(cmd_sequence)
+
+        # Ensure the correct LVM state was preserved
+        blockdev_state = {
+            'root': {'device': '/dev/fake/root'},
+            'lv_thinpool': {
+                'vgs': 'vg',
+                'size': '2800MiB',
+                'extents': None,
+                'opts': None,
+                'device': '/dev/mapper/vg-lv_thinpool'
+            },
+            'lv_root': {
+                'vgs': 'vg',
+                'size': '1800MiB',
+                'extents': None,
+                'opts': None,
+                'device': '/dev/mapper/vg-lv_root'
+            },
+            'lv_tmp': {
+                'vgs': 'vg',
+                'size': '100MiB',
+                'extents': None,
+                'opts': None,
+                'device': '/dev/mapper/vg-lv_tmp'
+            },
+            'lv_var': {
+                'vgs': 'vg',
+                'size': '500MiB',
+                'extents': None,
+                'opts': None,
+                'device': '/dev/mapper/vg-lv_var'
+            },
+            'lv_log': {
+                'vgs': 'vg',
+                'size': '100MiB',
+                'extents': None,
+                'opts': None,
+                'device': '/dev/mapper/vg-lv_log'
+            },
+            'lv_audit': {
+                'vgs': 'vg',
+                'size': '100MiB',
+                'extents': None,
+                'opts': None,
+                'device': '/dev/mapper/vg-lv_audit'
+            },
+            'lv_home': {
+                'vgs': 'vg',
+                'size': '200MiB',
+                'extents': None,
+                'opts': None,
+                'device': '/dev/mapper/vg-lv_home'
+            }
+        }
+
+        self.assertDictEqual(state['blockdev'], blockdev_state)
+
+    @mock.patch('diskimage_builder.block_device.level1.lvm.exec_sudo')
+    def test_validate_lvs_type(self, mock_exec_sudo):
+        # Test the command-sequence for a more complicated LVM setup
+        tree = self.load_config_file('lvm_tree_thin_provision.yaml')
+        print(tree)
+        tree[2]['lvm']['lvs'][0]['type'] = 'thin-pol'
+
+        config = config_tree_to_graph(tree)
+
+        state = BlockDeviceState()
+
+        self.assertRaisesRegex(
+            BlockDeviceSetupException,
+            "Unsupported type:thin-pol, supported types: thin, thin-pool",
+            create_graph,
+            config,
+            self.fake_default_config,
+            state)
diff --git a/doc/source/user_guide/building_an_image.rst b/doc/source/user_guide/building_an_image.rst
index e7d2ae8ba..97c9d2fbd 100644
--- a/doc/source/user_guide/building_an_image.rst
+++ b/doc/source/user_guide/building_an_image.rst
@@ -435,6 +435,14 @@ options
     (optional) List of options for the logical volume. It can contain any
     option supported by the `lvcreate` command.
 
+type
+    (optional) When set to `thin-pool` a thin pool volume will be created. When
+    set to `thin` the thin volume will be backed by the thin pool named with the
+    `thin-pool` key.
+
+thin-pool
+    (optional) Name of the thin pool to use for this thin volume.
+
 Example:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/thin-provision-c57db8003acec386.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/thin-provision-c57db8003acec386.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..095938eeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/thin-provision-c57db8003acec386.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    LVM thin provisioning is now supported in the block device `lvs` node. Thin
+    pools can be defined and thin volumes associated with those pools.