diff --git a/partition/gpt/partition.go b/partition/gpt/partition.go
index a454ec23..30f864c9 100644
--- a/partition/gpt/partition.go
+++ b/partition/gpt/partition.go
@@ -291,3 +291,8 @@ func (p *Partition) sectorSizes() (physical, logical int) {
 func (p *Partition) Equal(o *Partition) bool {
 	return p != nil && o != nil && *p == *o
 }
+
+// UUID returns the partitions UUID
+func (p *Partition) UUID() string {
+	return p.GUID
+}
diff --git a/partition/gpt/table.go b/partition/gpt/table.go
index f3632218..0487b619 100644
--- a/partition/gpt/table.go
+++ b/partition/gpt/table.go
@@ -588,6 +588,11 @@ func (t *Table) GetPartitions() []part.Partition {
 	return parts
 }
 
+// UUID returns the partition table UUID (disk UUID)
+func (t *Table) UUID() string {
+	return t.GUID
+}
+
 // Verify will attempt to evaluate the headers
 func (t *Table) Verify(f util.File, diskSize uint64) error {
 	// Determine the size of disk that GPT expects
diff --git a/partition/mbr/partition.go b/partition/mbr/partition.go
index 4afab694..a63428da 100644
--- a/partition/mbr/partition.go
+++ b/partition/mbr/partition.go
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ type Partition struct {
 	// we need this for calculations
 	logicalSectorSize  int
 	physicalSectorSize int
+	// partitionUUID is set when retrieving partitions from a Table
+	partitionUUID string
 }
 
 // PartitionEqualBytes compares if the bytes for 2 partitions are equal, ignoring CHS start and end
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ func PartitionEqualBytes(b1, b2 []byte) bool {
 		bytes.Equal(b1[12:16], b2[12:16])
 }
 
-// Equal compares if another partition is equal to this one, ignoring CHS start and end
+// Equal compares if another partition is equal to this one, ignoring the UUID and CHS start and end
 func (p *Partition) Equal(p2 *Partition) bool {
 	if p2 == nil {
 		return false
@@ -204,3 +206,9 @@ func (p *Partition) sectorSizes() (physical, logical int) {
 	}
 	return physical, logical
 }
+
+// UUID returns the partitions UUID. For MBR based partition tables this is the
+// partition table UUID with the partition number as a suffix.
+func (p *Partition) UUID() string {
+	return p.partitionUUID
+}
diff --git a/partition/mbr/table.go b/partition/mbr/table.go
index 6d0ed1d0..c64dab5f 100644
--- a/partition/mbr/table.go
+++ b/partition/mbr/table.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package mbr
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/diskfs/go-diskfs/partition/part"
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ type Table struct {
 	Partitions         []*Partition
 	LogicalSectorSize  int // logical size of a sector
 	PhysicalSectorSize int // physical size of the sector
-	initialized        bool
+	partitionTableUUID string
 }
 
 const (
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@ const (
 	partitionEntriesStart = 446
 	partitionEntriesCount = 4
 	signatureStart        = 510
+	// the partition table UUID is stored in 4 bytes in the MBR
+	partitionTableUUIDStart = 440
+	partitionTableUUIDEnd   = 444
 )
 
 // partitionEntrySize standard size of an MBR partition
@@ -54,20 +58,7 @@ func comparePartitionArray(p1, p2 []*Partition) bool {
 	return matches
 }
 
-// ensure that a blank table is initialized
-func (t *Table) initTable() {
-	// default settings
-	if t.LogicalSectorSize == 0 {
-		t.LogicalSectorSize = 512
-	}
-	if t.PhysicalSectorSize == 0 {
-		t.PhysicalSectorSize = 512
-	}
-
-	t.initialized = true
-}
-
-// Equal check if another table is equal to this one, ignoring CHS start and end for the partitions
+// Equal check if another table is equal to this one, ignoring the partition table UUID and CHS start and end for the partitions
 func (t *Table) Equal(t2 *Table) bool {
 	if t2 == nil {
 		return false
@@ -85,13 +76,14 @@ func tableFromBytes(b []byte) (*Table, error) {
 	if len(b) != mbrSize {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("data for partition was %d bytes instead of expected %d", len(b), mbrSize)
 	}
-	mbrSignature := b[signatureStart:]
 
 	// validate signature
+	mbrSignature := b[signatureStart:]
 	if !bytes.Equal(mbrSignature, getMbrSignature()) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid MBR Signature %v", mbrSignature)
 	}
 
+	ptUUID := readPartitionTableUUID(b)
 	parts := make([]*Partition, 0, partitionEntriesCount)
 	count := int(partitionEntriesCount)
 	for i := 0; i < count; i++ {
@@ -102,6 +94,7 @@ func tableFromBytes(b []byte) (*Table, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading partition entry %d: %v", i, err)
 		}
+		p.partitionUUID = formatPartitionUUID(ptUUID, i+1)
 		parts = append(parts, p)
 	}
 
@@ -109,11 +102,30 @@ func tableFromBytes(b []byte) (*Table, error) {
 		Partitions:         parts,
 		LogicalSectorSize:  logicalSectorSize,
 		PhysicalSectorSize: 512,
+		partitionTableUUID: ptUUID,
 	}
 
 	return table, nil
 }
 
+func readPartitionTableUUID(b []byte) string {
+	ptUUID := b[partitionTableUUIDStart:partitionTableUUIDEnd]
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(ptUUID))
+}
+
+// UUID returns the partition table UUID used to identify disks
+func (t *Table) UUID() string {
+	return t.partitionTableUUID
+}
+
+// formatPartitionUUID creates the partition UUID which is created by using the
+// partition table UUID and the partition index.
+// Format string taken from libblkid:
+// https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/blob/master/libblkid/src/partitions/partitions.c#L1387C42-L1387C52
+func formatPartitionUUID(ptUUID string, index int) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%.33s-%02x", ptUUID, index)
+}
+
 // Type report the type of table, always the string "mbr"
 func (t *Table) Type() string {
 	return "mbr"
diff --git a/partition/mbr/table_internal_test.go b/partition/mbr/table_internal_test.go
index b152ed7e..b9efb913 100644
--- a/partition/mbr/table_internal_test.go
+++ b/partition/mbr/table_internal_test.go
@@ -10,12 +10,15 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	mbrFile = "./testdata/mbr.img"
+	// retrieved via `blkid ./testdata/mbr.img`
+	testPartitionTableUUID = "10e9203d"
 )
 
 func GetValidTable() *Table {
 	table := &Table{
 		LogicalSectorSize:  512,
 		PhysicalSectorSize: 512,
+		partitionTableUUID: testPartitionTableUUID,
 	}
 	parts := []*Partition{
 		{
@@ -29,11 +32,12 @@ func GetValidTable() *Table {
 			EndCylinder:   0x00,
 			Start:         partitionStart,
 			Size:          partitionSize,
+			partitionUUID: formatPartitionUUID(testPartitionTableUUID, 1),
 		},
 	}
-	// add 127 Unused partitions to the table
+	// add 3 unused partitions to the table
 	for i := 1; i < 4; i++ {
-		parts = append(parts, &Partition{Type: Empty})
+		parts = append(parts, &Partition{Type: Empty, partitionUUID: formatPartitionUUID(testPartitionTableUUID, i+1)})
 	}
 	table.Partitions = parts
 	return table
@@ -89,5 +93,18 @@ func TestTableFromBytes(t *testing.T) {
 		if table == nil && expected != nil || !table.Equal(expected) {
 			t.Errorf("actual table was %v instead of expected %v", table, expected)
 		}
+		if table.partitionTableUUID != testPartitionTableUUID {
+			t.Errorf("expected partition table UUID %s, but found %s", testPartitionTableUUID, table.partitionTableUUID)
+		}
+		for i := range table.Partitions {
+			if table.Partitions[i].UUID() != expected.Partitions[i].UUID() {
+				t.Errorf(
+					"expected partition nr %d to have UUID %s, but found %s",
+					i+1,
+					expected.Partitions[i].UUID(),
+					table.Partitions[i].UUID(),
+				)
+			}
+		}
 	})
 }
diff --git a/partition/part/partition.go b/partition/part/partition.go
index 2a9a3dbe..f87ba9fa 100644
--- a/partition/part/partition.go
+++ b/partition/part/partition.go
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ type Partition interface {
 	GetStart() int64
 	ReadContents(util.File, io.Writer) (int64, error)
 	WriteContents(util.File, io.Reader) (uint64, error)
+	UUID() string
 }
diff --git a/partition/table.go b/partition/table.go
index 5e1e84b3..62f56503 100644
--- a/partition/table.go
+++ b/partition/table.go
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ type Table interface {
 	GetPartitions() []part.Partition
 	Repair(diskSize uint64) error
 	Verify(f util.File, diskSize uint64) error
+	UUID() string
 }