diff --git a/kdump-lib-initramfs.sh b/kdump-lib-initramfs.sh
index 52dfcb4..38d71df 100755
--- a/kdump-lib-initramfs.sh
+++ b/kdump-lib-initramfs.sh
@@ -153,3 +153,12 @@ is_fs_dump_target()
 {
 	[ -n "$(kdump_get_conf_val "ext[234]\|xfs\|btrfs\|minix\|virtiofs")" ]
 }
+
+is_lvm2_thinp_device()
+{
+	_device_path=$1
+	_lvm2_thin_device=$(lvm lvs -S 'lv_layout=sparse && lv_layout=thin' \
+		--nosuffix --noheadings -o vg_name,lv_name "$_device_path" 2> /dev/null)
+
+	[ -n "$_lvm2_thin_device" ]
+}
diff --git a/kdump-lib.sh b/kdump-lib.sh
index b50b4f4..400b05c 100755
--- a/kdump-lib.sh
+++ b/kdump-lib.sh
@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ is_dump_to_rootfs()
 	[[ $(kdump_get_conf_val 'failure_action\|default') == dump_to_rootfs ]]
 }
 
+is_lvm2_thinp_dump_target()
+{
+	_target=$(get_block_dump_target)
+	[ -n "$_target" ] && is_lvm2_thinp_device "$_target"
+}
+
 get_failure_action_target()
 {
 	local _target