diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 22875d5fa4..97379002f3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ Version 2.39
 
 Major new features:
 
-  [Add new features here]
+* struct statvfs now has an f_type member, equal to the f_type statfs member;
+  on the Hurd this was always available under a reserved name,
+  and under Linux a spare has been allocated: it was always zero
+  in previous versions of glibc, and zero is not a valid result.
 
 Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
 
diff --git a/io/tst-statvfs.c b/io/tst-statvfs.c
index 227c62d7da..f3097ce1a8 100644
--- a/io/tst-statvfs.c
+++ b/io/tst-statvfs.c
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/statfs.h>
 #include <sys/statvfs.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
 
 
 /* This test cannot detect many errors.  But it will fail if the
@@ -11,17 +13,18 @@ do_test (int argc, char *argv[])
   for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i)
     {
       struct statvfs st;
-      if (statvfs (argv[i], &st) != 0)
-        printf ("%s: failed (%m)\n", argv[i]);
-      else
-        printf ("%s: free: %llu, mandatory: %s\n", argv[i],
-                (unsigned long long int) st.f_bfree,
+      struct statfs stf;
+      TEST_COMPARE (statvfs (argv[i], &st), 0);
+      TEST_COMPARE (statfs (argv[i], &stf), 0);
+      TEST_COMPARE (st.f_type, stf.f_type);
+      printf ("%s: free: %llu, mandatory: %s, tp=%x\n", argv[i],
+              (unsigned long long int) st.f_bfree,
 #ifdef ST_MANDLOCK
-                (st.f_flag & ST_MANDLOCK) ? "yes" : "no"
+              (st.f_flag & ST_MANDLOCK) ? "yes" : "no",
 #else
-                "no"
+              "no",
 #endif
-                );
+              st.f_type);
     }
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/statvfs.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/statvfs.h
index 8dfb5ce761..cf98460e00 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/statvfs.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/statvfs.h
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ struct statvfs
 #endif
     unsigned long int f_flag;
     unsigned long int f_namemax;
-    int __f_spare[6];
+    unsigned int f_type;
+    int __f_spare[5];
   };
 
 #ifdef __USE_LARGEFILE64
@@ -71,7 +72,8 @@ struct statvfs64
 #endif
     unsigned long int f_flag;
     unsigned long int f_namemax;
-    int __f_spare[6];
+    unsigned int f_type;
+    int __f_spare[5];
   };
 #endif
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/internal_statvfs.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/internal_statvfs.c
index 6a1b7b755f..112d3c241a 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/internal_statvfs.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/internal_statvfs.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ __internal_statvfs (struct statvfs *buf, const struct statfs *fsbuf)
   buf->__f_unused = 0;
 #endif
   buf->f_namemax = fsbuf->f_namelen;
+  buf->f_type = fsbuf->f_type;
   memset (buf->__f_spare, '\0', sizeof (buf->__f_spare));
 
   /* What remains to do is to fill the fields f_favail and f_flag.  */
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ __internal_statvfs64 (struct statvfs64 *buf, const struct statfs64 *fsbuf)
   buf->__f_unused = 0;
 #endif
   buf->f_namemax = fsbuf->f_namelen;
+  buf->f_type = fsbuf->f_type;
   memset (buf->__f_spare, '\0', sizeof (buf->__f_spare));
 
   /* What remains to do is to fill the fields f_favail and f_flag.  */