diff --git a/fs/partitions/msdos.c b/fs/partitions/msdos.c
index 8f12587..4f8df71 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/msdos.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/msdos.c
@@ -58,6 +58,31 @@
 	return (p[0] == MSDOS_LABEL_MAGIC1 && p[1] == MSDOS_LABEL_MAGIC2);
 }
 
+/* Value is EBCDIC 'IBMA' */
+#define AIX_LABEL_MAGIC1	0xC9
+#define AIX_LABEL_MAGIC2	0xC2
+#define AIX_LABEL_MAGIC3	0xD4
+#define AIX_LABEL_MAGIC4	0xC1
+static int aix_magic_present(unsigned char *p, struct block_device *bdev)
+{
+	Sector sect;
+	unsigned char *d;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (p[0] != AIX_LABEL_MAGIC1 &&
+		p[1] != AIX_LABEL_MAGIC2 &&
+		p[2] != AIX_LABEL_MAGIC3 &&
+		p[3] != AIX_LABEL_MAGIC4)
+		return 0;
+	d = read_dev_sector(bdev, 7, &sect);
+	if (d) {
+		if (d[0] == '_' && d[1] == 'L' && d[2] == 'V' && d[3] == 'M')
+			ret = 1;
+		put_dev_sector(sect);
+	};
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * Create devices for each logical partition in an extended partition.
  * The logical partitions form a linked list, with each entry being
@@ -393,6 +418,12 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (aix_magic_present(data, bdev)) {
+		put_dev_sector(sect);
+		printk( " [AIX]");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Now that the 55aa signature is present, this is probably
 	 * either the boot sector of a FAT filesystem or a DOS-type