diff --git a/lib/device/dev-md.c b/lib/device/dev-md.c
index ac99f42a0..9c626dd25 100644
--- a/lib/device/dev-md.c
+++ b/lib/device/dev-md.c
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ int dev_is_md_with_end_superblock(struct dev_types *dt, struct device *dev)
 	log_very_verbose("Device %s %s is %s.",
 			 dev_name(dev), attribute, version_string);
 
-	if (!strcmp(version_string, "1.0"))
+	if (!strcmp(version_string, "1.0") || !strcmp(version_string, "0.90"))
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/lib/filters/filter-md.c b/lib/filters/filter-md.c
index 2214986dd..02759233a 100644
--- a/lib/filters/filter-md.c
+++ b/lib/filters/filter-md.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
  * 3. use udev to detect components
  *
  * mode 1 will not detect and exclude components of md devices
- * that use superblock version 1.0 which is at the end of the device.
+ * that use superblock version 0.9 or 1.0 which is at the end of the device.
  *
  * mode 2 will detect these, but mode 2 doubles the i/o done by label
  * scan, since there's a read at both the start and end of every device.
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@
  *
  * - the command is pvcreate/vgcreate/vgextend, which format new
  *   devices, and if the user ran these commands on a component
- *   device of an md device 1.0, then it would cause problems.
+ *   device of an md device 0.9 or 1.0, then it would cause problems.
  *   FIXME: this would only really need to scan the end of the
  *   devices being formatted, not all devices.
  *
- * - it sees an md device on the system using version 1.0.
+ * - it sees an md device on the system using version 0.9 or 1.0.
  *   The point of this is just to avoid displaying md components
  *   from the 'pvs' command.
  *   FIXME: the cost (double i/o) may not be worth the benefit