diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 9ab0709c68..84277ddc13 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ MODULES =					\
   gnu/packages/oggvorbis.scm			\
   gnu/packages/openldap.scm			\
   gnu/packages/openssl.scm			\
+  gnu/packages/parted.scm			\
   gnu/packages/patchelf.scm			\
   gnu/packages/pcre.scm				\
   gnu/packages/pdf.scm				\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/parted.scm b/gnu/packages/parted.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b99c52e457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/parted.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2013 Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu packages parted)
+  #:use-module (guix licenses)
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages check)
+  #:use-module ((gnu packages gettext)
+                #:renamer (symbol-prefix-proc 'guix:))
+  #:use-module (gnu packages linux)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages readline))
+
+(define-public parted
+  (package
+    (name "parted")
+    (version "3.1")
+    (source
+     (origin
+      (method url-fetch)
+      (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/parted/parted-"
+                          version ".tar.xz"))
+      (sha256
+       (base32
+        "05fa4m1bky9d13hqv91jlnngzlyn7y4rnnyq6d86w0dg3vww372y"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments `(#:configure-flags '("--disable-device-mapper")
+                 #:phases (alist-cons-before
+                           'configure 'fix-mkswap
+                           (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
+                             (let ((util-linux (assoc-ref inputs
+                                                          "util-linux")))
+                               (substitute*
+                                   "tests/t9050-partition-table-types.sh"
+                                 (("mkswap")
+                                  (string-append util-linux "/sbin/mkswap")))))
+                           %standard-phases)))
+    (inputs
+     ;; XXX: add 'lvm2'.
+     `(("check" ,check)
+       ("gettext" ,guix:gettext)
+       ("readline" ,readline)
+       ("util-linux" ,util-linux)))
+    (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/")
+    (synopsis
+     "GNU Parted, a tool to manipulate partitions")
+    (description
+     "GNU Parted is an industrial-strength package for creating, destroying,
+resizing, checking and copying partitions, and the file systems on them.  This
+is useful for creating space for new operating systems, reorganising disk
+usage, copying data on hard disks and disk imaging.
+
+It contains a library, libparted, and a command-line frontend, parted, which
+also serves as a sample implementation and script backend.")
+    (license gpl3+)))
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