diff --git a/lib/filters/filter.c b/lib/filters/filter.c
index d09561433..a2ca7c6f5 100644
--- a/lib/filters/filter.c
+++ b/lib/filters/filter.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/kdev_t.h>
 
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ typedef struct {
 	int max_partitions;
 } device_info_t;
 
+static int _md_major = -1;
+
 static device_info_t device_info[] = {
 	{"ide", 16},		/* IDE disk */
 	{"sd", 16},		/* SCSI disk */
@@ -96,6 +99,11 @@ struct dev_filter *lvm_type_filter_create(const char *proc)
 	return f;
 }
 
+int md_major(void)
+{
+	return _md_major;
+}
+
 void lvm_type_filter_destroy(struct dev_filter *f)
 {
 	dbg_free(f->private);
@@ -155,6 +163,10 @@ static int *scan_proc_dev(const char *proc)
 		while (line[i] == ' ' && line[i] != '\0')
 			i++;
 
+		/* Look for md device */
+		if (!strncmp("md", line + i, 2) && isspace(*(line + i + 2)))
+			_md_major = line_maj;
+
 		/* Go through the valid device names and if there is a
    			match store max number of partitions */
 		for (j = 0; device_info[j].name != NULL; j++) {
diff --git a/lib/filters/filter.h b/lib/filters/filter.h
index e655599bf..7143acaf9 100644
--- a/lib/filters/filter.h
+++ b/lib/filters/filter.h
@@ -25,5 +25,7 @@ struct dev_filter *lvm_type_filter_create();
 
 void lvm_type_filter_destroy(struct dev_filter *f);
 
+int md_major(void);
+
 #endif
 
diff --git a/lib/format1/disk-rep.c b/lib/format1/disk-rep.c
index 575ccd66d..f22701317 100644
--- a/lib/format1/disk-rep.c
+++ b/lib/format1/disk-rep.c
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@
 #include "xlate.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "vgcache.h"
+#include "filter.h"
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/kdev_t.h>
 
 #define fail do {stack; return 0;} while(0)
 #define xx16(v) disk->v = xlate16(disk->v)
@@ -338,6 +340,29 @@ struct disk_list *read_disk(struct device *dev, struct pool *mem,
 	return r;
 }
 
+static void _add_pv_to_list(struct list *head, struct disk_list *data)
+{
+	struct list *pvdh;
+	struct pv_disk *pvd;
+
+	list_iterate(pvdh, head) {
+		pvd = &list_item(pvdh, struct disk_list)->pvd;
+		if (!strncmp(data->pvd.pv_uuid, pvd->pv_uuid, 
+			     sizeof(pvd->pv_uuid))) {
+			if (MAJOR(data->dev->dev) != md_major()) {
+				log_debug("Ignoring duplicate PV %s on %s", 
+					  pvd->pv_uuid, dev_name(data->dev));
+				return;
+			}
+			log_debug("Duplicate PV %s - using md %s", 
+				  pvd->pv_uuid, dev_name(data->dev));
+			list_del(pvdh);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	list_add(head, &data->list);
+}
+
 /*
  * Build a list of pv_d's structures, allocated from mem.
  * We keep track of the first object allocated form the pool
@@ -358,7 +383,7 @@ int read_pvs_in_vg(const char *vg_name, struct dev_filter *filter,
 			dev = list_item(pvdh2, struct pvdev_list)->dev;
 			if (!(data = read_disk(dev, mem, vg_name)))
 				break;
-			list_add(head, &data->list);
+			_add_pv_to_list(head, data);
 		}
 
 		/* Did we find the whole VG? */
@@ -380,7 +405,7 @@ int read_pvs_in_vg(const char *vg_name, struct dev_filter *filter,
 	/* Otherwise do a complete scan */
 	for (dev = dev_iter_get(iter); dev; dev = dev_iter_get(iter)) {
 		if ((data = read_disk(dev, mem, vg_name))) {
-			list_add(head, &data->list);
+			_add_pv_to_list(head, data);
 		}
 	}
 	dev_iter_destroy(iter);