diff --git a/0001-force-lvm-plugin.patch b/0001-force-lvm-plugin.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f9d9a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-force-lvm-plugin.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From 2f90040ff66eacc9715e370cd49ffb72d8d1f36f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Vojtech Trefny <vtrefny@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:36:24 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Force command line based libblockdev LVM plugin
+
+---
+ blivet/__init__.py | 9 +++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/blivet/__init__.py b/blivet/__init__.py
+index c5a75bb8..cb759173 100644
+--- a/blivet/__init__.py
++++ b/blivet/__init__.py
+@@ -63,11 +63,16 @@ def log_bd_message(level, msg):
+ from gi.repository import GLib
+ from gi.repository import BlockDev as blockdev
+ if arch.is_s390():
+-    _REQUESTED_PLUGIN_NAMES = set(("lvm", "btrfs", "swap", "crypto", "loop", "mdraid", "mpath", "dm", "s390", "nvdimm"))
++    _REQUESTED_PLUGIN_NAMES = set(("btrfs", "swap", "crypto", "loop", "mdraid", "mpath", "dm", "s390", "nvdimm"))
+ else:
+-    _REQUESTED_PLUGIN_NAMES = set(("lvm", "btrfs", "swap", "crypto", "loop", "mdraid", "mpath", "dm", "nvdimm"))
++    _REQUESTED_PLUGIN_NAMES = set(("btrfs", "swap", "crypto", "loop", "mdraid", "mpath", "dm", "nvdimm"))
+ 
+ _requested_plugins = blockdev.plugin_specs_from_names(_REQUESTED_PLUGIN_NAMES)
++# XXX force non-dbus LVM plugin
++lvm_plugin = blockdev.PluginSpec()
++lvm_plugin.name = blockdev.Plugin.LVM
++lvm_plugin.so_name = "libbd_lvm.so.2"
++_requested_plugins.append(lvm_plugin)
+ try:
+     # do not check for dependencies during libblockdev initializtion, do runtime
+     # checks instead
diff --git a/python-blivet.spec b/python-blivet.spec
index e5f0680..a666d5e 100644
--- a/python-blivet.spec
+++ b/python-blivet.spec
@@ -23,13 +23,14 @@ Version: 3.1.0
 
 %global prerelease .b1
 # prerelease, if defined, should be something like .a1, .b1, .b2.dev1, or .c2
-Release: 0.3%{?prerelease}%{?dist}
+Release: 0.4%{?prerelease}%{?dist}
 Epoch: 1
 License: LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 %global realname blivet
 %global realversion %{version}%{?prerelease}
 Source0: http://github.com/storaged-project/blivet/archive/%{realname}-%{realversion}.tar.gz
+Patch0: 0001-force-lvm-plugin.patch
 
 # Versions of required components (done so we make sure the buildrequires
 # match the requires versions of things).
@@ -190,6 +191,9 @@ configuration.
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jul 17 2018 Vojtech Trefny <vtrefny@redhat.com> - 3.1.0-0.4.b1
+- Force command line based libblockdev LVM plugin (vtrefny)
+
 * Fri Jul 13 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:3.1.0-0.3.b1
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild