diff --git a/include/sysfs.h b/include/sysfs.h
index edda8ca99..dcd2a148d 100644
--- a/include/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/sysfs.h
@@ -93,8 +93,11 @@ int sysfs_devno_to_wholedisk(dev_t dev, char *diskname,
                              size_t len, dev_t *diskdevno);
 int sysfs_devno_is_dm_private(dev_t devno, char **uuid);
 int sysfs_devno_is_wholedisk(dev_t devno);
+
 dev_t sysfs_devname_to_devno(const char *name);
 dev_t __sysfs_devname_to_devno(const char *prefix, const char *name, const char *parent);
+int sysfs_devname_is_hidden(const char *prefix, const char *name);
+
 char *sysfs_devno_to_devpath(dev_t devno, char *buf, size_t bufsiz);
 char *sysfs_devno_to_devname(dev_t devno, char *buf, size_t bufsiz);
 int sysfs_devno_count_partitions(dev_t devno);
diff --git a/lib/sysfs.c b/lib/sysfs.c
index 227a1e9f2..38e99c05c 100644
--- a/lib/sysfs.c
+++ b/lib/sysfs.c
@@ -839,6 +839,35 @@ static dev_t read_devno(const char *path)
 	return dev;
 }
 
+int sysfs_devname_is_hidden(const char *prefix, const char *name)
+{
+	char buf[PATH_MAX];
+	int rc = 0, hidden = 0, len;
+	FILE *f;
+
+	if (strncmp("/dev/", name, 5) == 0)
+		return 0;
+	/*
+	 * Create path to /sys/block/<name>/hidden
+	 */
+	len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
+			"%s" _PATH_SYS_BLOCK "/%s/hidden",
+			prefix, name);
+
+	if (len < 0 || (size_t) len + 1 > sizeof(buf))
+		return 0;
+
+	f = fopen(buf, "r" UL_CLOEXECSTR);
+	if (!f)
+		return 0;
+
+	rc = fscanf(f, "%d", &hidden);
+	fclose(f);
+
+	return rc == 1 ? hidden : 0;
+}
+
+
 dev_t __sysfs_devname_to_devno(const char *prefix, const char *name, const char *parent)
 {
 	char buf[PATH_MAX];
diff --git a/misc-utils/lsblk.c b/misc-utils/lsblk.c
index 51b9f6ad7..3f21dcee2 100644
--- a/misc-utils/lsblk.c
+++ b/misc-utils/lsblk.c
@@ -1163,6 +1163,11 @@ static int initialize_device(struct lsblk_device *dev,
 	DBG(DEV, ul_debugobj(dev, "initialize %s [wholedisk=%p %s]",
 			name, wholedisk, wholedisk ? wholedisk->name : ""));
 
+	if (sysfs_devname_is_hidden(lsblk->sysroot, name)) {
+		DBG(DEV, ul_debugobj(dev, "%s: hidden, ignore", name));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	dev->name = xstrdup(name);
 
 	if (wholedisk) {