diff --git a/common/partitions.c b/common/partitions.c
index 38032a349..694c6f6dd 100644
--- a/common/partitions.c
+++ b/common/partitions.c
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ static int register_one_partition(struct block_device *blk,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	cdev->dos_partition_type = part->dos_partition_type;
+
 	free(partition_name);
 
 	if (!part->name[0])
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ static int register_one_partition(struct block_device *blk,
 	ret = 0;
 out:
 	free(partition_name);
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static struct partition_parser *partition_parser_get_by_filetype(uint8_t *buf)
diff --git a/common/partitions/dos.c b/common/partitions/dos.c
index 29f13751a..31b1ed60d 100644
--- a/common/partitions/dos.c
+++ b/common/partitions/dos.c
@@ -138,10 +138,13 @@ static void dos_partition(void *buf, struct block_device *blk,
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
 		pentry.first_sec = get_unaligned_le32(&table[i].partition_start);
 		pentry.size = get_unaligned_le32(&table[i].partition_size);
+		pentry.dos_partition_type = table[i].type;
 
 		if (pentry.first_sec != 0) {
-			pd->parts[pd->used_entries].first_sec = pentry.first_sec;
-			pd->parts[pd->used_entries].size = pentry.size;
+			int n = pd->used_entries;
+			pd->parts[n].first_sec = pentry.first_sec;
+			pd->parts[n].size = pentry.size;
+			pd->parts[n].dos_partition_type = pentry.dos_partition_type;
 			pd->used_entries++;
 		} else {
 			dev_dbg(blk->dev, "Skipping empty partition %d\n", i);
diff --git a/common/partitions/parser.h b/common/partitions/parser.h
index f5bdbd144..8d3945237 100644
--- a/common/partitions/parser.h
+++ b/common/partitions/parser.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 struct partition {
 	char name[MAX_PARTITION_NAME];
+	u8 dos_partition_type;
 	uint64_t first_sec;
 	uint64_t size;
 };
diff --git a/include/driver.h b/include/driver.h
index 9e4bffdb2..7f0532e1a 100644
--- a/include/driver.h
+++ b/include/driver.h
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ struct cdev {
 	unsigned int flags;
 	int open;
 	struct mtd_info *mtd;
+	u8 dos_partition_type;
 };
 
 int devfs_create(struct cdev *);