diff --git a/src/libcalamares/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libcalamares/CMakeLists.txt
index 156ab2cc6..608768a97 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libcalamares/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -128,7 +128,12 @@ if ( KPMcore_FOUND )
     find_package( Qt5 REQUIRED DBus )  # Needed for KPMCore
     find_package( KF5 REQUIRED I18n WidgetsAddons )  # Needed for KPMCore
 
-    if( KPMcore_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "4.0" )
+    if( KPMcore_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "4.2" )
+        add_definitions(
+            -DWITH_KPMCORE42API
+            -DWITH_KPMCORE4API
+        ) # kpmcore 4.2 with new API
+    elseif( KPMcore_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "4.0" )
         add_definitions( -DWITH_KPMCORE4API ) # kpmcore 4 with new API
     elseif( KPMcore_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "3.3.70" )
         message( FATAL_ERROR "KPMCore beta versions ${KPMcore_VERSION} not supported" )
diff --git a/src/modules/fsresizer/CMakeLists.txt b/src/modules/fsresizer/CMakeLists.txt
index 1f4260518..6808f1bea 100644
--- a/src/modules/fsresizer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/modules/fsresizer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ set( _partition_defs "" )
 if ( KPMcore_FOUND AND Qt5DBus_FOUND AND KF5CoreAddons_FOUND AND KF5Config_FOUND )
     include_directories( ${KPMCORE_INCLUDE_DIR} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/modules/partition )
 
-    if( KPMcore_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "4.0" )
+    if( KPMcore_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "4.2" )
+        list( APPEND _partition_defs WITH_KPMCORE42API WITH_KPMCORE4API ) # kpmcore 4.2 with new API
+    elseif( KPMcore_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "4.0" )
         list( APPEND _partition_defs WITH_KPMCORE4API ) # kpmcore 4 with new API
     elseif( KPMcore_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "3.3.70" )
         message( FATAL_ERROR "KPMCore beta versions ${KPMcore_VERSION} are not supported" )
diff --git a/src/modules/partition/CMakeLists.txt b/src/modules/partition/CMakeLists.txt
index 2ac926346..2f9474a29 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/modules/partition/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ if ( KPMcore_FOUND AND Qt5DBus_FOUND AND KF5CoreAddons_FOUND AND KF5Config_FOUND
     if ( KPMcore_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "3.90")
         list( APPEND _partition_defs WITH_KPMCORE4API) # kpmcore 4 with new API
     endif()
+    if( KPMcore_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "4.2" )
+        list( APPEND _partition_defs WITH_KPMCORE42API) # kpmcore 4.2 with new API
+    endif()
 
     include_directories( ${KPMCORE_INCLUDE_DIR} )
     include_directories( ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/src/libcalamaresui )
diff --git a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp
index 5d4d8f3cd..c3839f5ce 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp
@@ -882,6 +882,7 @@ PartitionCoreModule::initLayout( const QVariantList& config )
         }
 
         if ( !m_partLayout->addEntry( CalamaresUtils::getString( pentry, "name" ),
+                                      CalamaresUtils::getString( pentry, "type" ),
                                       CalamaresUtils::getString( pentry, "mountPoint" ),
                                       CalamaresUtils::getString( pentry, "filesystem" ),
                                       sizeString,
diff --git a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.cpp b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.cpp
index 23332f3f5..d67811ca2 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.cpp
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ PartitionLayout::addEntry( const QString& mountPoint, const QString& size, const
 
 bool
 PartitionLayout::addEntry( const QString& label,
+                           const QString& type,
                            const QString& mountPoint,
                            const QString& fs,
                            const QString& size,
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ PartitionLayout::addEntry( const QString& label,
     }
 
     entry.partLabel = label;
+    entry.partType = type;
     entry.partMountPoint = mountPoint;
     PartUtils::findFS( fs, &entry.partFileSystem );
     if ( entry.partFileSystem == FileSystem::Unknown )
@@ -239,6 +241,14 @@ PartitionLayout::execute( Device* dev,
         {
             currentPartition->fileSystem().setLabel( part.partLabel );
         }
+        if ( !part.partType.isEmpty() )
+        {
+#if defined( WITH_KPMCORE42API )
+            currentPartition->setType( part.partType );
+#else
+            cWarning() << "Ignoring type; requires KPMcore >= 4.2.0.";
+#endif
+        }
         // Some buggy (legacy) BIOSes test if the bootflag of at least one partition is set.
         // Otherwise they ignore the device in boot-order, so add it here.
         partList.append( currentPartition );
diff --git a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.h b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.h
index 50bb1ba43..538eb3a3b 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.h
+++ b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public:
     struct PartitionEntry
     {
         QString partLabel;
+        QString partType;
         QString partMountPoint;
         FileSystem::Type partFileSystem = FileSystem::Unknown;
         CalamaresUtils::Partition::PartitionSize partSize;
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ public:
                    const QString& min = QString(),
                    const QString& max = QString() );
     bool addEntry( const QString& label,
+                   const QString& type,
                    const QString& mountPoint,
                    const QString& fs,
                    const QString& size,
diff --git a/src/modules/partition/partition.conf b/src/modules/partition/partition.conf
index 6fbb44cb4..d366ad4f0 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/partition.conf
+++ b/src/modules/partition/partition.conf
@@ -96,12 +96,14 @@ defaultFileSystemType:  "ext4"
 #
 # partitionLayout:
 #     - name: "rootfs"
+#       type: "4f68bce3-e8cd-4db1-96e7-fbcaf984b709"
 #       filesystem: "ext4"
 #       mountPoint: "/"
 #       size: 20%
 #       minSize: 500M
 #       maxSize: 10G
 #     - name: "home"
+#       type = "933ac7e1-2eb4-4f13-b844-0e14e2aef915"
 #       filesystem: "ext4"
 #       mountPoint: "/home"
 #       size: 3G
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ defaultFileSystemType:  "ext4"
 #
 # There can be any number of partitions, each entry having the following attributes:
 #   - name: partition label
+#   - type: partition type (optional parameter; gpt only; requires KPMCore >= 4.2.0)
 #   - filesystem: filesystem type
 #   - mountPoint: partition mount point
 #   - size: partition size in bytes (append 'K', 'M' or 'G' for KiB, MiB or GiB)