diff --git a/test/shell/pvcreate-partition.sh b/test/shell/pvcreate-partition.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright (C) 2024 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use,
+# modify, copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions
+# of the GNU General Public License v.2.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+
+
+SKIP_WITH_LVMPOLLD=1
+SKIP_WITH_LVMLOCKD=1
+
+. lib/inittest
+
+which sfdisk || skip
+
+aux prepare_devs 1 4
+
+pvcreate_on_dev_with_part_table() {
+	local dev=$1
+	local type=$2
+
+	# pvcreate passes on empty partition table
+	echo "label:$type" | sfdisk "$dev"
+	pvcreate -y "$dev"
+	pvremove "$dev"
+
+	# pvcreate fails if there's at least 1 partition
+	echo "label:$type" | sfdisk "$dev"
+	echo "1MiB 1" | sfdisk "$dev"
+	not pvcreate "$dev" 2>err
+	grep "device is partitioned" err
+
+	aux wipefs_a "$dev"
+}
+
+pvcreate_on_dev_with_part_table "$dev1" "dos"
+pvcreate_on_dev_with_part_table "$dev1" "gpt"