3 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/ksparser.py b/scripts/lib/wic/ksparser.py
index d1e546b12d..667b2ff9c3 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/wic/ksparser.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/ksparser.py
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ class KickStart():
         part.add_argument('--rootfs-dir')
         part.add_argument('--type', default='primary',
                 choices = ('primary', 'logical'))
+        part.add_argument('--hidden', action='store_true')
 
         # --size and --fixed-size cannot be specified together; options
         # ----extra-space and --overhead-factor should also raise a parser
diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/partition.py b/scripts/lib/wic/partition.py
index 382afa44bc..bda4aef1b4 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/wic/partition.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/partition.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class Partition():
         self.updated_fstab_path = None
         self.has_fstab = False
         self.update_fstab_in_rootfs = False
+        self.hidden = args.hidden
 
         self.lineno = lineno
         self.source_file = ""
diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct.py b/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct.py
index 7315d8f073..55347f5480 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct.py
@@ -605,6 +605,13 @@ class PartitionedImage():
                                 (self.path, part.num, part.system_id),
                                 self.native_sysroot)
 
+            if part.hidden and self.ptable_format == "gpt":
+                logger.debug("Set hidden attribute for partition '%s' on disk '%s'",
+                             part.num, self.path)
+                exec_native_cmd("sfdisk --part-attrs %s %s RequiredPartition" % \
+                                (self.path, part.num),
+                                self.native_sysroot)
+
     def cleanup(self):
         pass