diff --git a/cmds-device.c b/cmds-device.c
index b6ecb3b..ef6bc60 100644
--- a/cmds-device.c
+++ b/cmds-device.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static int cmd_rm_dev(int argc, char **argv)
 }
 
 static const char * const cmd_scan_dev_usage[] = {
-	"btrfs device scan [<--all-devices>|<device> [<device>...]]",
+	"btrfs device scan [<--all-devices>|<--mapper>|<device> [<device>...]]",
 	"Scan devices for a btrfs filesystem",
 	NULL
 };
@@ -195,6 +195,12 @@ static int cmd_scan_dev(int argc, char **argv)
 
 		where = BTRFS_SCAN_DEV;
 		devstart += 1;
+	} else if( argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1],"--mapper")){
+		if (check_argc_max(argc, 2))
+			usage(cmd_scan_dev_usage);
+
+		where = BTRFS_SCAN_MAPPER;
+		devstart += 1;
 	}
 
 	if(argc<=devstart){
diff --git a/cmds-filesystem.c b/cmds-filesystem.c
index 0d76d58..9b7bcf1 100644
--- a/cmds-filesystem.c
+++ b/cmds-filesystem.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static void print_one_uuid(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices)
 }
 
 static const char * const cmd_show_usage[] = {
-	"btrfs filesystem show [--all-devices|<uuid>]",
+	"btrfs filesystem show [--all-devices|--mapper|<uuid>]",
 	"Show the structure of a filesystem",
 	"If no argument is given, structure of all present filesystems is shown.",
 	NULL
@@ -248,9 +248,12 @@ static int cmd_show(int argc, char **argv)
 	int where = BTRFS_SCAN_PROC;
 	int searchstart = 1;
 
-	if( argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1],"--all-devices")){
+	if (argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1],"--all-devices")) {
 		where = BTRFS_SCAN_DEV;
 		searchstart += 1;
+	} else if (argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1],"--mapper")) {
+		where = BTRFS_SCAN_MAPPER;
+		searchstart += 1;
 	}
 
 	if (check_argc_max(argc, searchstart + 1))
diff --git a/man/btrfs.8.in b/man/btrfs.8.in
index ae984f8..8988b16 100644
--- a/man/btrfs.8.in
+++ b/man/btrfs.8.in
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ btrfs \- control a btrfs filesystem
 .PP
 \fBbtrfs\fP \fBfilesystem label\fP\fI <dev> [newlabel]\fP
 .PP
-\fBbtrfs\fP \fBfilesystem show\fP\fI [--all-devices|<uuid>]\fP
+\fBbtrfs\fP \fBfilesystem show\fP\fI [--all-devices|--mapper|<uuid>]\fP
 .PP
 \fBbtrfs\fP \fBfilesystem balance\fP\fI <path> \fP
 .PP
-\fBbtrfs\fP \fBdevice scan\fP\fI [--all-devices|<device> [<device>...]]\fP
+\fBbtrfs\fP \fBdevice scan\fP\fI [--all-devices|--mapper|<device> [<device>...]]\fP
 .PP
 \fBbtrfs\fP \fBdevice stats\fP [-z] {\fI<path>\fP|\fI<device>\fP}
 .PP
@@ -282,10 +282,11 @@ NOTE: Currently there are the following limitations:
 - the filesystem should not have more than one device.
 .TP
 
-\fBfilesystem show\fR [--all-devices|<uuid>]\fR
+\fBfilesystem show\fR [--all-devices|--mapper|<uuid>]\fR
 Show the btrfs filesystem with some additional info. If no \fIUUID\fP
 is passed, \fBbtrfs\fR show info of all the btrfs filesystem.
 If \fB--all-devices\fP is passed, all the devices under /dev are scanned;
+If \fB--mapper\fP is passed, all the devices under /dev/mapper are scanned;
 otherwise the devices list is extracted from the /proc/partitions file.
 .TP
 
@@ -314,11 +315,12 @@ Add device(s) to the filesystem identified by \fI<path>\fR.
 Remove device(s) from a filesystem identified by \fI<path>\fR.
 .TP
 
-\fBdevice scan\fR \fI[--all-devices|<device> [<device>...]\fR
+\fBdevice scan\fR \fI[--all-devices|--mapper|<device> [<device>...]\fR
 If one or more devices are passed, these are scanned for a btrfs filesystem. 
 If no devices are passed, \fBbtrfs\fR scans all the block devices listed
 in the /proc/partitions file.
-Finally, if \fB--all-devices\fP is passed, all the devices under /dev are 
+If \fB--all-devices\fP is passed, all the devices under /dev are 
+Finally, if \fB--mapper\fP is passed, all the devices under /dev/mapper are 
 scanned.
 .TP
 
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index 6ac7c73..afec980 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -1825,6 +1825,9 @@ int scan_for_btrfs(int where, int update_kernel)
 	case BTRFS_SCAN_DEV:
 		ret = btrfs_scan_one_dir("/dev", update_kernel);
 		break;
+	case BTRFS_SCAN_MAPPER:
+		ret = btrfs_scan_one_dir("/dev/mapper", update_kernel);
+		break;
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/utils.h b/utils.h
index 78f3a65..733d13b 100644
--- a/utils.h
+++ b/utils.h
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@
 
 #define BTRFS_MKFS_SYSTEM_GROUP_SIZE (4 * 1024 * 1024)
 
-#define BTRFS_SCAN_PROC	1
-#define BTRFS_SCAN_DEV	2
+#define BTRFS_SCAN_PROC      1
+#define BTRFS_SCAN_DEV       2
+#define BTRFS_SCAN_MAPPER    3
 
 int make_btrfs(int fd, const char *device, const char *label,
 	       u64 blocks[6], u64 num_bytes, u32 nodesize,
