diff --git a/WHATS_NEW_DM b/WHATS_NEW_DM
index 5c6b8883a..bf3ae1928 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW_DM
+++ b/WHATS_NEW_DM
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 1.02.147 - 
 =====================================
+  Parsing mirror status accepts 'userspace' keyword in status.
   Introduce dm_malloc_aligned for page alignment of buffers.
 
 Version 1.02.146 - 18th December 2017
diff --git a/libdm/libdm-targets.c b/libdm/libdm-targets.c
index 990d275b6..876678943 100644
--- a/libdm/libdm-targets.c
+++ b/libdm/libdm-targets.c
@@ -508,6 +508,11 @@ int dm_get_status_mirror(struct dm_pool *mem, const char *params,
 	if (!(pos = _skip_fields(pos, argc)))
 		goto_out;
 
+	if (strncmp(pos, "userspace", 9) == 0) {
+		pos += 9;
+		/* FIXME: support status of userspace mirror implementation */
+	}
+
 	if (sscanf(pos, "%u %n", &argc, &used) != 1)
 		goto_out;
 	pos += used;