diff --git a/tools/commands.h b/tools/commands.h
index 5cd7c2d15..719c507b7 100644
--- a/tools/commands.h
+++ b/tools/commands.h
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ xx(lvs,
 
 xx(lvscan,
    "List all logical volumes in all volume groups",
-   PERMITTED_READ_ONLY | ALL_VGS_IS_DEFAULT | ENABLE_FOREIGN_VGS,
+   PERMITTED_READ_ONLY | ALL_VGS_IS_DEFAULT,
    "lvscan\n"
    "\t[-a|--all]\n"
    "\t[-b|--blockdevice]\n"
diff --git a/tools/pvscan.c b/tools/pvscan.c
index 4ab2ff796..a04a4b282 100644
--- a/tools/pvscan.c
+++ b/tools/pvscan.c
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ static int _pvscan_lvmetad(struct cmd_context *cmd, int argc, char **argv)
 	dev_t devno;
 	activation_handler handler = NULL;
 
+	cmd->include_foreign_vgs = 1;
+
 	/*
 	 * Return here immediately if lvmetad is not used.
 	 * Also return if locking_type=3 (clustered) as we
diff --git a/tools/vgscan.c b/tools/vgscan.c
index b3af9bca0..7328a096d 100644
--- a/tools/vgscan.c
+++ b/tools/vgscan.c
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ int vgscan(struct cmd_context *cmd, int argc, char **argv)
 	lvmcache_destroy(cmd, 1, 0);
 
 	if (arg_count(cmd, cache_long_ARG)) {
+		cmd->include_foreign_vgs = 1;
+
 		if (lvmetad_active()) {
 			if (!lvmetad_pvscan_all_devs(cmd, NULL))
 				return ECMD_FAILED;