diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index 61aeb72e4..df81923ff 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.02.104
 ===================================
+  Use major:minor as short form of --major and --minor arg for pvscan --cache.
   Remove 2>/dev/null from three lvm commands executed by vgimportclone.
   Add configure --enable-udev-systemd-background-jobs.
   Add lvm2-pvscan@.service to run pvscan as a service for lvmetad/autoactivation.
diff --git a/man/pvscan.8.in b/man/pvscan.8.in
index 211c82bab..37ecaafe1 100644
--- a/man/pvscan.8.in
+++ b/man/pvscan.8.in
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ pvscan \- scan all disks for physical volumes
 .B \-\-minor
 .I minor
 |
-.IR DevicePath ]...
+.IR DevicePath
+|
+.IR major:minor ]...
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 pvscan scans all supported LVM block devices in the system for
 physical volumes.
diff --git a/tools/pvscan.c b/tools/pvscan.c
index 3f16b05a5..b6a07bd3b 100644
--- a/tools/pvscan.c
+++ b/tools/pvscan.c
@@ -132,6 +132,27 @@ out:
 	return r;
 }
 
+static int _clear_dev_from_lvmetad_cache(dev_t devno, int32_t major, int32_t minor,
+					 activation_handler handler)
+{
+	char *buf;
+
+	if (!dm_asprintf(&buf, "%" PRIi32 ":%" PRIi32, major, minor))
+		stack;
+	if (!lvmetad_pv_gone(devno, buf ? : "", handler)) {
+		if (buf)
+			dm_free(buf);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	log_print_unless_silent("Device %s not found. "
+				"Cleared from lvmetad cache.", buf ? : "");
+	if (buf)
+		dm_free(buf);
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static int _pvscan_lvmetad(struct cmd_context *cmd, int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	int ret = ECMD_PROCESSED;
@@ -142,7 +163,6 @@ static int _pvscan_lvmetad(struct cmd_context *cmd, int argc, char **argv)
 	int devno_args = 0;
 	struct arg_value_group_list *current_group;
 	dev_t devno;
-	char *buf;
 	activation_handler handler = NULL;
 
 	/*
@@ -193,11 +213,30 @@ static int _pvscan_lvmetad(struct cmd_context *cmd, int argc, char **argv)
 	/* Process any command line PVs first. */
 	while (argc--) {
 		pv_name = *argv++;
-		dev = dev_cache_get(pv_name, cmd->lvmetad_filter);
-		if (!dev) {
-			log_error("Physical Volume %s not found.", pv_name);
-			ret = ECMD_FAILED;
-			continue;
+		if (pv_name[0] == '/') {
+			/* device path */
+			if (!(dev = dev_cache_get(pv_name, cmd->lvmetad_filter))) {
+				log_error("Physical Volume %s not found.", pv_name);
+				ret = ECMD_FAILED;
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
+		else {
+			/* device major:minor */
+			if (sscanf(pv_name, "%d:%d", &major, &minor) != 2) {
+				log_error("Failed to parse major:minor from %s", pv_name);
+				ret = ECMD_FAILED;
+				continue;
+			}
+			devno = MKDEV((dev_t)major, minor);
+			if (!(dev = dev_cache_get_by_devt(devno, cmd->lvmetad_filter))) {
+				if (!(_clear_dev_from_lvmetad_cache(devno, major, minor, handler))) {
+					stack;
+					ret = ECMD_FAILED;
+					break;
+				}
+				continue;
+			}
 		}
 		if (sigint_caught()) {
 			ret = ECMD_FAILED;
@@ -225,19 +264,11 @@ static int _pvscan_lvmetad(struct cmd_context *cmd, int argc, char **argv)
 		devno = MKDEV((dev_t)major, minor);
 
 		if (!(dev = dev_cache_get_by_devt(devno, cmd->lvmetad_filter))) {
-			if (!dm_asprintf(&buf, "%" PRIi32 ":%" PRIi32, major, minor))
+			if (!(_clear_dev_from_lvmetad_cache(devno, major, minor, handler))) {
 				stack;
-			if (!lvmetad_pv_gone(devno, buf ? : "", handler)) {
 				ret = ECMD_FAILED;
-				if (buf)
-					dm_free(buf);
 				break;
 			}
-
-			log_print_unless_silent("Device %s not found. "
-						"Cleared from lvmetad cache.", buf ? : "");
-			if (buf)
-				dm_free(buf);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (sigint_caught()) {