diff --git a/internal/disk/customizations.go b/internal/disk/customizations.go
index ab7d456e3..825c2f933 100644
--- a/internal/disk/customizations.go
+++ b/internal/disk/customizations.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package disk
 
 import (
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"io"
 	"math/rand"
 
@@ -97,3 +98,11 @@ func newRandomUUIDFromReader(r io.Reader) (uuid.UUID, error) {
 	id[8] = (id[8] & 0x3f) | 0x80 // Variant is 10
 	return id, nil
 }
+
+// NewRandomVolIDFromReader creates a random 32 bit hex string to use as a
+// volume ID for FAT filesystems
+func NewRandomVolIDFromReader(r io.Reader) (string, error) {
+	volid := make([]byte, 4)
+	_, err := r.Read(volid)
+	return hex.EncodeToString(volid), err
+}