diff --git a/disk-utils/sfdisk.8 b/disk-utils/sfdisk.8
index 226fa3421..8f905174f 100644
--- a/disk-utils/sfdisk.8
+++ b/disk-utils/sfdisk.8
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ Specify disk label type (e.g. dos, gpt, ...). If no label specified then sfdisk
 defaults to an existing label. If there is no label on the device than defaults
 to "dos".
 .TP
+.BR \-Y , " \-\-label-nested \fItype\fR
+Force sfdisk to edit nested disk label. The primary disk label has to already exist.
+This option allows to edit for example hybrid/protective MBR on devices with GPT.
+.TP
 .BR \-h , " \-\-help"
 Display help text and exit.
 .TP
diff --git a/disk-utils/sfdisk.c b/disk-utils/sfdisk.c
index 7a5e8be8d..faaaf3fed 100644
--- a/disk-utils/sfdisk.c
+++ b/disk-utils/sfdisk.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ struct sfdisk {
 	int		act;		/* action */
 	int		partno;		/* -N <partno>, default -1 */
 	const char	*label;		/* --label <label> */
+	const char	*label_nested;	/* --label-nested <label> */
 	const char	*backup_file;	/* -O <path> */
 
 	struct fdisk_context	*cxt;	/* libfdisk context */
@@ -189,15 +190,31 @@ static void sfdisk_init(struct sfdisk *sf)
 	if (!sf->cxt)
 		err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("failed to allocate libfdisk context"));
 	fdisk_set_ask(sf->cxt, ask_callback, (void *) sf);
+
+	if (sf->label_nested) {
+		struct fdisk_context *x = fdisk_new_nested_context(sf->cxt,
+							sf->label_nested);
+		if (!x)
+			err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("failed to allocate nested libfdisk context"));
+		/* the original context is available by fdisk_get_parent() */
+		sf->cxt = x;
+	}
 }
 
 static int sfdisk_deinit(struct sfdisk *sf)
 {
+	struct fdisk_context *parent;
 	int rc;
 
 	assert(sf);
 	assert(sf->cxt);
 
+	parent = fdisk_get_parent(sf->cxt);
+	if (parent) {
+		fdisk_unref_context(sf->cxt);
+		sf->cxt = parent;
+	}
+
 	fdisk_unref_context(sf->cxt);
 	memset(sf, 0, sizeof(*sf));
 
@@ -1315,6 +1332,7 @@ static void __attribute__ ((__noreturn__)) usage(FILE *out)
 	fputs(_(" -O, --backup-file <path>  override default backout file name\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" -N, --partno <num>        specify partition number\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" -X, --label <name>        specify label type (dos, gpt, ...)\n"), out);
+	fputs(_(" -Y, --label-nested <name> specify nested label type (dos, bsd)\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" -q, --quiet               suppress extra info messages\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" -n, --no-act              do everything except write to device\n"), out);
 	fputs(_("     --no-reread           do not check whether the device is in use\n"), out);
@@ -1361,6 +1379,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		{ "help",    no_argument,       NULL, 'h' },
 		{ "force",   no_argument,       NULL, 'f' },
 		{ "label",   required_argument, NULL, 'X' },
+		{ "label-nested", required_argument, NULL, 'Y' },
 		{ "list",    no_argument,       NULL, 'l' },
 		{ "list-types", no_argument,	NULL, 'T' },
 		{ "no-act",  no_argument,       NULL, 'n' },
@@ -1393,7 +1412,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	textdomain(PACKAGE);
 	atexit(close_stdout);
 
-	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "aAbcdfghlLo:O:nN:qsTu:vVX:",
+	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "aAbcdfghlLo:O:nN:qsTu:vVX:Y:",
 					longopts, &longidx)) != -1) {
 		switch(c) {
 		case 'a':
@@ -1471,6 +1490,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'X':
 			sf->label = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 'Y':
+			sf->label_nested = optarg;
+			break;
 
 		case OPT_PARTUUID:
 			sf->act = ACT_PARTUUID;