diff --git a/daemon/blkid.c b/daemon/blkid.c
index a6197308d..108eee6f0 100644
--- a/daemon/blkid.c
+++ b/daemon/blkid.c
@@ -64,3 +64,15 @@ do_vfs_type (const char *device)
 {
   return get_blkid_tag (device, "TYPE");
 }
+
+char *
+do_vfs_label (const char *device)
+{
+  return get_blkid_tag (device, "LABEL");
+}
+
+char *
+do_vfs_uuid (const char *device)
+{
+  return get_blkid_tag (device, "UUID");
+}
diff --git a/src/MAX_PROC_NR b/src/MAX_PROC_NR
index 2197544d0..f1aaa9059 100644
--- a/src/MAX_PROC_NR
+++ b/src/MAX_PROC_NR
@@ -1 +1 @@
-252
+254
diff --git a/src/generator.ml b/src/generator.ml
index 58eaee452..85a867e04 100755
--- a/src/generator.ml
+++ b/src/generator.ml
@@ -4754,6 +4754,29 @@ Do not confuse this with the guestfish-specific
 C<alloc> and C<sparse> commands which create
 a file in the host and attach it as a device.");
 
+  ("vfs_label", (RString "label", [Device "device"]), 253, [],
+   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+       [["set_e2label"; "/dev/sda1"; "LTEST"];
+        ["vfs_label"; "/dev/sda1"]], "LTEST")],
+   "get the filesystem label",
+   "\
+This returns the filesystem label of the filesystem on
+C<device>.
+
+If the filesystem is unlabeled, this returns the empty string.");
+
+  ("vfs_uuid", (RString "uuid", [Device "device"]), 254, [],
+   (let uuid = uuidgen () in
+    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+       [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; uuid];
+        ["vfs_uuid"; "/dev/sda1"]], uuid)]),
+   "get the filesystem UUID",
+   "\
+This returns the filesystem UUID of the filesystem on
+C<device>.
+
+If the filesystem does not have a UUID, this returns the empty string.");
+
 ]
 
 let all_functions = non_daemon_functions @ daemon_functions