diff --git a/daemons/lvmpolld/lvmpolld-cmd-utils.c b/daemons/lvmpolld/lvmpolld-cmd-utils.c
index cd789a32c..024822159 100644
--- a/daemons/lvmpolld/lvmpolld-cmd-utils.c
+++ b/daemons/lvmpolld/lvmpolld-cmd-utils.c
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ const char **cmdargv_ctr(const struct lvmpolld_lv *pdlv, const char *lvm_binary,
 	if (!add_to_cmd_arr(&cmd_argv, pdlv->lvname, &i))
 		goto err;
 
+	/* disable metadata backup */
+	if (!add_to_cmd_arr(&cmd_argv, "-An", &i))
+		goto err;
+
 	/* terminating NULL */
 	if (!add_to_cmd_arr(&cmd_argv, NULL, &i))
 		goto err;
diff --git a/tools/commands.h b/tools/commands.h
index 2e53d8ff0..bbfcd72dd 100644
--- a/tools/commands.h
+++ b/tools/commands.h
@@ -886,6 +886,7 @@ xx(lvpoll,
    "\t[--abort]\n"
    "\t[--handlemissingpvs]\n"
    "\t[--polloperation\n"
+   "\t[-A|--autobackup {y|n}]\n"
    "\t[-d|--debug]\n "
    "\t[-h|-?|--help]\n"
    "\t[-i|--interval seconds]\n"
@@ -893,7 +894,7 @@ xx(lvpoll,
    "\t[-v|--verbose]\n "
    "\t[--version]\n",
 
-   abort_ARG, handlemissingpvs_ARG, interval_ARG, polloperation_ARG,
+   abort_ARG, autobackup_ARG, handlemissingpvs_ARG, interval_ARG, polloperation_ARG,
    test_ARG)
 
 xx(pvremove,