diff --git a/daemons/clvmd/lvm-functions.c b/daemons/clvmd/lvm-functions.c
index 166cd7f13..8e68ed983 100644
--- a/daemons/clvmd/lvm-functions.c
+++ b/daemons/clvmd/lvm-functions.c
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ int init_clvm(int using_gulm, char **argv)
 	init_syslog(LOG_DAEMON);
 	openlog("clvmd", LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
 
-	if (!(cmd = create_toolcontext(1, NULL))) {
+	if (!(cmd = create_toolcontext(1, NULL, 0))) {
 		log_error("Failed to allocate command context");
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/lib/commands/toolcontext.c b/lib/commands/toolcontext.c
index 9b3e27f4e..918362cef 100644
--- a/lib/commands/toolcontext.c
+++ b/lib/commands/toolcontext.c
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
 #  include <malloc.h>
 #endif
 
+static const size_t linebuffer_size = 4096;
+
 static int _get_env_vars(struct cmd_context *cmd)
 {
 	const char *e;
@@ -1148,7 +1150,8 @@ static void _init_globals(struct cmd_context *cmd)
 
 /* Entry point */
 struct cmd_context *create_toolcontext(unsigned is_long_lived,
-				       const char *system_dir)
+				       const char *system_dir,
+				       unsigned set_buffering)
 {
 	struct cmd_context *cmd;
 
@@ -1183,6 +1186,22 @@ struct cmd_context *create_toolcontext(unsigned is_long_lived,
 	/* FIXME Make this configurable? */
 	reset_lvm_errno(1);
 
+	/* Set in/out stream buffering before glibc */
+	if (set_buffering) {
+		/* Allocate 2 buffers */
+		if (!(cmd->linebuffer = dm_malloc(2 * linebuffer_size))) {
+			log_error("Failed to allocate line buffer.");
+			goto out;
+		}
+		if ((setvbuf(stdin, cmd->linebuffer, _IOLBF, linebuffer_size) ||
+		     setvbuf(stdout, cmd->linebuffer + linebuffer_size,
+			     _IOLBF, linebuffer_size))) {
+			log_sys_error("setvbuf", "");
+			goto out;
+		}
+		/* Buffers are used for lines without '\n' */
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Environment variable LVM_SYSTEM_DIR overrides this below.
 	 */
@@ -1419,6 +1438,15 @@ void destroy_toolcontext(struct cmd_context *cmd)
 	_destroy_tag_configs(cmd);
 	if (cmd->libmem)
 		dm_pool_destroy(cmd->libmem);
+
+	if (cmd->linebuffer) {
+		/* Reset stream buffering to defaults */
+		setlinebuf(stdin);
+		fflush(stdout);
+		setlinebuf(stdout);
+		dm_free(cmd->linebuffer);
+	}
+
 	dm_free(cmd);
 
 	release_log_memory();
diff --git a/lib/commands/toolcontext.h b/lib/commands/toolcontext.h
index 4628c7c25..1c3368e69 100644
--- a/lib/commands/toolcontext.h
+++ b/lib/commands/toolcontext.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ struct cmd_context {
 	const char *kernel_vsn;
 
 	unsigned rand_seed;
+	char *linebuffer;
 	const char *cmd_line;
 	struct command *command;
 	char **argv;
@@ -109,7 +110,8 @@ struct cmd_context {
  * The environment variable LVM_SYSTEM_DIR always takes precedence.
  */
 struct cmd_context *create_toolcontext(unsigned is_long_lived,
-				       const char *system_dir);
+				       const char *system_dir,
+				       unsigned set_buffering);
 void destroy_toolcontext(struct cmd_context *cmd);
 int refresh_toolcontext(struct cmd_context *cmd);
 int refresh_filters(struct cmd_context *cmd);
diff --git a/liblvm/lvm_base.c b/liblvm/lvm_base.c
index 9e1a8ecd8..f44b786cb 100644
--- a/liblvm/lvm_base.c
+++ b/liblvm/lvm_base.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ lvm_t lvm_init(const char *system_dir)
 	/* create context */
 	/* FIXME: split create_toolcontext */
 	/* FIXME: make all globals configurable */
-	cmd = create_toolcontext(0, system_dir);
+	cmd = create_toolcontext(0, system_dir, 1);
 	if (!cmd)
 		return NULL;
 
diff --git a/tools/lvmcmdline.c b/tools/lvmcmdline.c
index 197cd1431..3e13a27d6 100644
--- a/tools/lvmcmdline.c
+++ b/tools/lvmcmdline.c
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ struct cmd_context *init_lvm(void)
 	if (!udev_init_library_context())
 		stack;
 
-	if (!(cmd = create_toolcontext(0, NULL)))
+	if (!(cmd = create_toolcontext(0, NULL, 1)))
 		return_NULL;
 
 	_cmdline.arg_props = &_arg_props[0];