diff --git a/util/grub.d/10_linux.in b/util/grub.d/10_linux.in
index c2da413..cbd9d6b 100644
--- a/util/grub.d/10_linux.in
+++ b/util/grub.d/10_linux.in
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ case ${GRUB_DEVICE} in
 esac

 if [ "x${GRUB_DEVICE_UUID}" = "x" ] || [ "x${GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID}" = "xtrue" ] \
-    || ! test -e "/dev/disk/by-uuid/${GRUB_DEVICE_UUID}" ; then
+    || ! test -e "/dev/disk/by-uuid/${GRUB_DEVICE_UUID}" \
+    || [ "`grub-probe -t abstraction --device ${GRUB_DEVICE} | sed -e 's,.*\(lvm\).*,\1,'`" = "lvm"  ] ; then
   LINUX_ROOT_DEVICE=${GRUB_DEVICE}
 else
   LINUX_ROOT_DEVICE=UUID=${GRUB_DEVICE_UUID}