diff --git a/fs_mgr/libdm/dm.cpp b/fs_mgr/libdm/dm.cpp
index 7912688..78a9005 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libdm/dm.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libdm/dm.cpp
@@ -427,6 +427,20 @@
     return true;
 }
 
+// Accepts a device mapper device name (like system_a, vendor_b etc) and
+// returns its UUID.
+bool DeviceMapper::GetDmDeviceUUIDByName(const std::string& name, std::string* uuid) {
+    struct dm_ioctl io;
+    InitIo(&io, name);
+    if (ioctl(fd_, DM_DEV_STATUS, &io) < 0) {
+        PLOG(WARNING) << "DM_DEV_STATUS failed for " << name;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    *uuid = std::string(io.uuid);
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool DeviceMapper::GetDeviceNumber(const std::string& name, dev_t* dev) {
     struct dm_ioctl io;
     InitIo(&io, name);
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libdm/include/libdm/dm.h b/fs_mgr/libdm/include/libdm/dm.h
index abe9c4c..0b2553f 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libdm/include/libdm/dm.h
+++ b/fs_mgr/libdm/include/libdm/dm.h
@@ -172,6 +172,13 @@
     // could race with ueventd.
     bool GetDmDevicePathByName(const std::string& name, std::string* path);
 
+    // Returns the device mapper UUID for a given name.  If the device does not
+    // exist, false is returned, and the path parameter is not set.
+    //
+    // WaitForFile() should not be used in conjunction with this call, since it
+    // could race with ueventd.
+    bool GetDmDeviceUUIDByName(const std::string& name, std::string* path);
+
     // Returns a device's unique path as generated by ueventd. This will return
     // true as long as the device has been created, even if ueventd has not
     // processed it yet.
diff --git a/fs_mgr/tools/dmctl.cpp b/fs_mgr/tools/dmctl.cpp
index 7a3d9a9..1bfd9b2 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/tools/dmctl.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/tools/dmctl.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     std::cerr << "  delete <dm-name>" << std::endl;
     std::cerr << "  list <devices | targets> [-v]" << std::endl;
     std::cerr << "  getpath <dm-name>" << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << "  getuuid <dm-name>" << std::endl;
     std::cerr << "  info <dm-name>" << std::endl;
     std::cerr << "  status <dm-name>" << std::endl;
     std::cerr << "  resume <dm-name>" << std::endl;
@@ -391,6 +392,22 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int GetUUIDCmdHandler(int argc, char** argv) {
+    if (argc != 1) {
+        std::cerr << "Invalid arguments, see \'dmctl help\'" << std::endl;
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+    DeviceMapper& dm = DeviceMapper::Instance();
+    std::string uuid;
+    if (!dm.GetDmDeviceUUIDByName(argv[0], &uuid)) {
+        std::cerr << "Could not query uuid of device \"" << argv[0] << "\"." << std::endl;
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+    std::cout << uuid << std::endl;
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static int InfoCmdHandler(int argc, char** argv) {
     if (argc != 1) {
         std::cerr << "Invalid arguments, see \'dmctl help\'" << std::endl;
@@ -504,6 +521,7 @@
         {"list", DmListCmdHandler},
         {"help", HelpCmdHandler},
         {"getpath", GetPathCmdHandler},
+        {"getuuid", GetUUIDCmdHandler},
         {"info", InfoCmdHandler},
         {"table", TableCmdHandler},
         {"status", StatusCmdHandler},