diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index dddc5fa65..0a8df6daa 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.02.24 -
 ====================================
+  Support the /dev/mapper prefix on most command lines.
 
 Version 2.02.23 - 8th March 2007
 ================================
diff --git a/tools/lvcreate.c b/tools/lvcreate.c
index 20ffba4d5..71af12aaa 100644
--- a/tools/lvcreate.c
+++ b/tools/lvcreate.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static int _lvcreate_name_params(struct lvcreate_params *lp,
 			}
 
 		} else {
-			vg_name = skip_dev_dir(cmd, argv[0]);
+			vg_name = skip_dev_dir(cmd, argv[0], NULL);
 			if (strrchr(vg_name, '/')) {
 				log_error("Volume group name expected "
 					  "(no slash)");
diff --git a/tools/lvrename.c b/tools/lvrename.c
index 67c8d1e34..a63f3a561 100644
--- a/tools/lvrename.c
+++ b/tools/lvrename.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ int lvrename(struct cmd_context *cmd, int argc, char **argv)
 	struct lv_list *lvl;
 
 	if (argc == 3) {
-		vg_name = skip_dev_dir(cmd, argv[0]);
+		vg_name = skip_dev_dir(cmd, argv[0], NULL);
 		lv_name_old = argv[1];
 		lv_name_new = argv[2];
 		if (strchr(lv_name_old, '/') &&
diff --git a/tools/pvmove.c b/tools/pvmove.c
index 7c3d94375..b98014ef9 100644
--- a/tools/pvmove.c
+++ b/tools/pvmove.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static const char *_extract_lvname(struct cmd_context *cmd, const char *vgname,
 	if (!strchr(arg, '/'))
 		return arg;
 
-	lvname = skip_dev_dir(cmd, arg);
+	lvname = skip_dev_dir(cmd, arg, NULL);
 	while (*lvname == '/')
 		lvname++;
 	if (!strchr(lvname, '/')) {
diff --git a/tools/toollib.c b/tools/toollib.c
index fb2a70136..d3909ecc3 100644
--- a/tools/toollib.c
+++ b/tools/toollib.c
@@ -88,21 +88,53 @@ const char *command_name(struct cmd_context *cmd)
 /*
  * Strip dev_dir if present
  */
-char *skip_dev_dir(struct cmd_context *cmd, const char *vg_name)
+char *skip_dev_dir(struct cmd_context *cmd, const char *vg_name,
+		   unsigned *dev_dir_found)
 {
-	/* FIXME Do this properly */
+	const char *dmdir = dm_dir();
+	size_t dmdir_len = strlen(dmdir), vglv_sz;
+	char *vgname, *lvname, *layer, *vglv;
 
+	/* FIXME Do this properly */
 	if (*vg_name == '/') {
 		while (*vg_name == '/')
 			vg_name++;
 		vg_name--;
 	}
 
+	/* Reformat string if /dev/mapper found */
+	if (!strncmp(vg_name, dmdir, dmdir_len) && vg_name[dmdir_len] == '/') {
+		if (dev_dir_found)
+			*dev_dir_found = 1;
+		vg_name += dmdir_len;
+		while (*vg_name == '/')
+			vg_name++;
+
+		if (!dm_split_lvm_name(cmd->mem, vg_name, &vgname, &lvname, &layer) ||
+		    *layer) {
+			log_error("skip_dev_dir: Couldn't split up device name %s",
+				  vg_name);
+			return (char *) vg_name;
+		}
+		vglv_sz = strlen(vgname) + strlen(lvname) + 2;
+		if (!(vglv = dm_pool_alloc(cmd->mem, vglv_sz)) ||
+		    dm_snprintf(vglv, vglv_sz, "%s%s%s", vgname,
+				 *lvname ? "/" : "",
+				 lvname) < 0) {
+			log_error("vg/lv string alloc failed");
+			return (char *) vg_name;
+		}
+		return vglv;
+	}
+
 	if (!strncmp(vg_name, cmd->dev_dir, strlen(cmd->dev_dir))) {
+		if (dev_dir_found)
+			*dev_dir_found = 1;
 		vg_name += strlen(cmd->dev_dir);
 		while (*vg_name == '/')
 			vg_name++;
-	}
+	} else if (dev_dir_found)
+		*dev_dir_found = 0;
 
 	return (char *) vg_name;
 }
@@ -222,7 +254,7 @@ int process_each_lv(struct cmd_context *cmd, int argc, char **argv,
 		for (; opt < argc; opt++) {
 			const char *lv_name = argv[opt];
 			char *vgname_def;
-			int dev_dir_found = 0;
+			unsigned dev_dir_found = 0;
 
 			/* Do we have a tag or vgname or lvname? */
 			vgname = lv_name;
@@ -243,18 +275,8 @@ int process_each_lv(struct cmd_context *cmd, int argc, char **argv,
 			}
 
 			/* FIXME Jumbled parsing */
-			if (*vgname == '/') {
-				while (*vgname == '/')
-					vgname++;
-				vgname--;
-			}
-			if (!strncmp(vgname, cmd->dev_dir,
-				     strlen(cmd->dev_dir))) {
-				vgname += strlen(cmd->dev_dir);
-				dev_dir_found = 1;
-				while (*vgname == '/')
-					vgname++;
-			}
+			vgname = skip_dev_dir(cmd, vgname, &dev_dir_found);
+
 			if (*vgname == '/') {
 				log_error("\"%s\": Invalid path for Logical "
 					  "Volume", argv[opt]);
@@ -528,7 +550,7 @@ int process_each_vg(struct cmd_context *cmd, int argc, char **argv,
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			vg_name = skip_dev_dir(cmd, vg_name);
+			vg_name = skip_dev_dir(cmd, vg_name, NULL);
 			if (strchr(vg_name, '/')) {
 				log_error("Invalid volume group name: %s",
 					  vg_name);
@@ -830,7 +852,7 @@ char *default_vgname(struct cmd_context *cmd)
 	if (!vg_path)
 		return 0;
 
-	vg_path = skip_dev_dir(cmd, vg_path);
+	vg_path = skip_dev_dir(cmd, vg_path, NULL);
 
 	if (strchr(vg_path, '/')) {
 		log_error("Environment Volume Group in LVM_VG_NAME invalid: "
diff --git a/tools/toollib.h b/tools/toollib.h
index d4b1089e6..af0db95f8 100644
--- a/tools/toollib.h
+++ b/tools/toollib.h
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ int process_each_lv_in_vg(struct cmd_context *cmd, struct volume_group *vg,
 
 char *default_vgname(struct cmd_context *cmd);
 const char *extract_vgname(struct cmd_context *cmd, const char *lv_name);
-char *skip_dev_dir(struct cmd_context *cmd, const char *vg_name);
+char *skip_dev_dir(struct cmd_context *cmd, const char *vg_name,
+		   unsigned *dev_dir_found);
 
 /*
  * Builds a list of pv's from the names in argv.  Used in
diff --git a/tools/vgcfgrestore.c b/tools/vgcfgrestore.c
index 303982575..3dd1c676b 100644
--- a/tools/vgcfgrestore.c
+++ b/tools/vgcfgrestore.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ int vgcfgrestore(struct cmd_context *cmd, int argc, char **argv)
 		return ECMD_FAILED;
 	}
 
-	vg_name = skip_dev_dir(cmd, argv[0]);
+	vg_name = skip_dev_dir(cmd, argv[0], NULL);
 
 	if (!validate_name(vg_name)) {
 		log_error("Volume group name \"%s\" is invalid", vg_name);
diff --git a/tools/vgcreate.c b/tools/vgcreate.c
index 1b67401f2..5ae6f9c2e 100644
--- a/tools/vgcreate.c
+++ b/tools/vgcreate.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int vgcreate(struct cmd_context *cmd, int argc, char **argv)
 		return EINVALID_CMD_LINE;
 	}
 
-	vg_name = skip_dev_dir(cmd, argv[0]);
+	vg_name = skip_dev_dir(cmd, argv[0], NULL);
 	max_lv = arg_uint_value(cmd, maxlogicalvolumes_ARG, 0);
 	max_pv = arg_uint_value(cmd, maxphysicalvolumes_ARG, 0);
 	alloc = arg_uint_value(cmd, alloc_ARG, ALLOC_NORMAL);
diff --git a/tools/vgextend.c b/tools/vgextend.c
index 7ec7008ba..e1a768fd8 100644
--- a/tools/vgextend.c
+++ b/tools/vgextend.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ int vgextend(struct cmd_context *cmd, int argc, char **argv)
 		return EINVALID_CMD_LINE;
 	}
 
-	vg_name = skip_dev_dir(cmd, argv[0]);
+	vg_name = skip_dev_dir(cmd, argv[0], NULL);
 	argc--;
 	argv++;
 
diff --git a/tools/vgmerge.c b/tools/vgmerge.c
index 80c6bdc12..e7361e44f 100644
--- a/tools/vgmerge.c
+++ b/tools/vgmerge.c
@@ -253,12 +253,12 @@ int vgmerge(struct cmd_context *cmd, int argc, char **argv)
 		return EINVALID_CMD_LINE;
 	}
 
-	vg_name_to = skip_dev_dir(cmd, argv[0]);
+	vg_name_to = skip_dev_dir(cmd, argv[0], NULL);
 	argc--;
 	argv++;
 
 	for (; opt < argc; opt++) {
-		vg_name_from = skip_dev_dir(cmd, argv[opt]);
+		vg_name_from = skip_dev_dir(cmd, argv[opt], NULL);
 
 		ret = _vgmerge_single(cmd, vg_name_to, vg_name_from);
 		if (ret > ret_max)
diff --git a/tools/vgreduce.c b/tools/vgreduce.c
index d2a1af635..fc6e390c1 100644
--- a/tools/vgreduce.c
+++ b/tools/vgreduce.c
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ int vgreduce(struct cmd_context *cmd, int argc, char **argv)
 		return EINVALID_CMD_LINE;
 	}
 
-	vg_name = skip_dev_dir(cmd, argv[0]);
+	vg_name = skip_dev_dir(cmd, argv[0], NULL);
 	argv++;
 	argc--;
 
diff --git a/tools/vgrename.c b/tools/vgrename.c
index 0da8be663..2adf71796 100644
--- a/tools/vgrename.c
+++ b/tools/vgrename.c
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ int vgrename(struct cmd_context *cmd, int argc, char **argv)
 		return EINVALID_CMD_LINE;
 	}
 
-	vg_name_old = skip_dev_dir(cmd, argv[0]);
-	vg_name_new = skip_dev_dir(cmd, argv[1]);
+	vg_name_old = skip_dev_dir(cmd, argv[0], NULL);
+	vg_name_new = skip_dev_dir(cmd, argv[1], NULL);
 
 	dev_dir = cmd->dev_dir;
 	length = strlen(dev_dir);