diff --git a/disk-utils/sfdisk.8 b/disk-utils/sfdisk.8
index 31f64fd79..0a24e7321 100644
--- a/disk-utils/sfdisk.8
+++ b/disk-utils/sfdisk.8
@@ -361,6 +361,12 @@ linux extended partition; means 85 for MBR.
 .TP
 .B U
 EFI System partition, means EF for MBR and C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B for GPT
+.TP
+.B R
+Linux RAID; means fd for MBR and A19D880F-05FC-4D3B-A006-743F0F84911E for GPT
+.TP
+.B V
+LVM; means 8e for MBR and E6D6D379-F507-44C2-A23C-238F2A3DF928 for GPT
 .RE
 .PP
 The default
diff --git a/disk-utils/sfdisk.c b/disk-utils/sfdisk.c
index 513a1152a..5a992342a 100644
--- a/disk-utils/sfdisk.c
+++ b/disk-utils/sfdisk.c
@@ -1312,8 +1312,8 @@ static void command_fdisk_help(void)
 
 	fputc('\n', stdout);
 	fputs(_("   <type>   The partition type.  Default is a Linux data partition.\n"), stdout);
-	fputs(_("            MBR: hex or L,S,E,X shortcuts.\n"), stdout);
-	fputs(_("            GPT: UUID or L,S,H shortcuts.\n"), stdout);
+	fputs(_("            MBR: hex or L,S,E,X,U,R,V shortcuts.\n"), stdout);
+	fputs(_("            GPT: UUID or L,S,H,U,R,V shortcuts.\n"), stdout);
 
 	fputc('\n', stdout);
 	fputs(_("   <bootable>  Use '*' to mark an MBR partition as bootable.\n"), stdout);
diff --git a/libfdisk/src/script.c b/libfdisk/src/script.c
index d7ff11385..ff377e1e8 100644
--- a/libfdisk/src/script.c
+++ b/libfdisk/src/script.c
@@ -1016,6 +1016,13 @@ static struct fdisk_parttype *translate_type_shortcuts(struct fdisk_script *dp,
 		case 'U':	/* UEFI system */
 			type = "EF";
 			break;
+		case 'R':	/* Linux RAID */
+			type = "fd";
+			break;
+		case 'V':	/* LVM */
+			type = "8e";
+			break;
+
 		}
 	} else if (lb->id == FDISK_DISKLABEL_GPT) {
 		switch (*str) {
@@ -1031,6 +1038,12 @@ static struct fdisk_parttype *translate_type_shortcuts(struct fdisk_script *dp,
 		case 'U':	/* UEFI system */
 			type = "C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B";
 			break;
+		case 'R':	/* Linux RAID */
+			type = "A19D880F-05FC-4D3B-A006-743F0F84911E";
+			break;
+		case 'V':	/* LVM */
+			type = "E6D6D379-F507-44C2-A23C-238F2A3DF928";
+			break;
 		}
 	}