diff --git a/blivet/tasks/fsmkfs.py b/blivet/tasks/fsmkfs.py
index 062d54777..e9daa9ea3 100644
--- a/blivet/tasks/fsmkfs.py
+++ b/blivet/tasks/fsmkfs.py
@@ -272,11 +272,18 @@ def do_task(self, options=None, label=False, set_uuid=False, nodiscard=False):
                                     " is unacceptable for this filesystem."
                                     % (self.fs.label, self.fs.type))
 
+        if self.fs.create_options:
+            create_options = shlex.split(self.fs.create_options)
+        else:
+            create_options = []
+        if options:
+            create_options += options
+
         try:
             bd_options = BlockDev.FSMkfsOptions(label=self.fs.label if label else None,
                                                 uuid=self.fs.uuid if set_uuid else None,
                                                 no_discard=self.fs._mkfs_nodiscard if nodiscard else False)
-            BlockDev.fs.mkfs(self.fs.device, self.fstype, bd_options, extra=options or [])
+            BlockDev.fs.mkfs(self.fs.device, self.fstype, bd_options, extra={k: '' for k in create_options})
         except BlockDev.FSError as e:
             raise FSError(str(e))
 
diff --git a/tests/storage_tests/formats_test/fs_test.py b/tests/storage_tests/formats_test/fs_test.py
index 7c9ec58b3..e566670d5 100644
--- a/tests/storage_tests/formats_test/fs_test.py
+++ b/tests/storage_tests/formats_test/fs_test.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from blivet.formats import get_format
 from blivet.devices import PartitionDevice, DiskDevice
 from blivet.flags import flags
+from blivet.util import capture_output
 
 from .loopbackedtestcase import LoopBackedTestCase
 
@@ -67,6 +68,25 @@ def test_online_resize(self):
 
             an_fs.unmount()
 
+    def test_create_options(self):
+        label = "root-test-label"
+        uuid = "c1b9d5a2-f162-11cf-9ece-0020afc76f16"
+
+        an_fs = self._fs_class()
+        if not an_fs.formattable:
+            self.skipTest("can not create filesystem %s" % an_fs.name)
+        an_fs.device = self.loop_devices[0]
+
+        # custom fs create options -- -L <label> and -U <uuid> for mke2fs
+        an_fs.create_options = "-L %s -U %s" % (label, uuid)
+        an_fs.create()
+
+        sys_label = an_fs.read_label()
+        self.assertEqual(sys_label, label)
+
+        out = capture_output(["blkid", "-sUUID", "-ovalue", self.loop_devices[0]])
+        self.assertEqual(out.strip(), uuid)
+
 
 class FATFSTestCase(fstesting.FSAsRoot):
     _fs_class = fs.FATFS