diff --git a/lib/format1/import-export.c b/lib/format1/import-export.c
index 9c92403b0..c9d3ded3b 100644
--- a/lib/format1/import-export.c
+++ b/lib/format1/import-export.c
@@ -257,6 +257,9 @@ int import_lv(struct pool *mem, struct logical_volume *lv, struct lv_disk *lvd)
 	else
 		lv->status |= ALLOC_CONTIGUOUS;
 
+	lv->read_ahead = lvd->lv_read_ahead;
+	lv->stripes = lvd->lv_stripes;
+
         lv->size = lvd->lv_size;
         lv->le_count = lvd->lv_allocated_le;
 
@@ -299,6 +302,9 @@ void export_lv(struct lv_disk *lvd, struct volume_group *vg,
 	if (lv->status & SPINDOWN_LV)
 		lvd->lv_status |= LV_SPINDOWN;
 
+	lvd->lv_read_ahead = lv->read_ahead;
+	lvd->lv_stripes = lv->stripes;
+
         lvd->lv_size = lv->size;
         lvd->lv_allocated_le = lv->le_count;
 
diff --git a/lib/metadata/metadata.h b/lib/metadata/metadata.h
index fcba4de7a..002c5a655 100644
--- a/lib/metadata/metadata.h
+++ b/lib/metadata/metadata.h
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ struct logical_volume {
         char *name;
 
         uint32_t status;
+	uint32_t read_ahead;
+	uint32_t stripes;
 
         uint64_t size;
         uint32_t le_count;