diff --git a/internal/osbuild2/lvm2_create_stage.go b/internal/osbuild2/lvm2_create_stage.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f328c3349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/osbuild2/lvm2_create_stage.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package osbuild2
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+)
+
+const lvmVolNameRegex = "^[a-zA-Z0-9+_.][a-zA-Z0-9+_.-]*$"
+
+// Create LVM2 physical volumes, volume groups, and logical volumes
+
+type LVM2CreateStageOptions struct {
+	Volumes []LogicalVolume `json:"volumes"`
+}
+
+func (LVM2CreateStageOptions) isStageOptions() {}
+
+func (o LVM2CreateStageOptions) validate() error {
+	if len(o.Volumes) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("at least one volume is required")
+	}
+
+	nameRegex := regexp.MustCompile(lvmVolNameRegex)
+	for _, volume := range o.Volumes {
+		fmt.Printf("testing volume %q\n", volume.Name)
+		if !nameRegex.MatchString(volume.Name) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("volume name %q doesn't conform to schema (%s)", volume.Name, nameRegex.String())
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("volume.Name %q is ok\n", volume.Name)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+type LogicalVolume struct {
+	Name string `json:"name"`
+
+	Size string `json:"size"`
+}
+
+func NewLVM2CreateStage(options *LVM2CreateStageOptions, device *Device) *Stage {
+	if err := options.validate(); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	return &Stage{
+		Type:    "org.osbuild.lvm2.create",
+		Options: options,
+		Devices: Devices{"device": *device},
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/osbuild2/lvm2_create_stage_test.go b/internal/osbuild2/lvm2_create_stage_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ede0f3c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/osbuild2/lvm2_create_stage_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package osbuild2
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestNewLVM2CreateStageValidation(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+
+	okOptions := LVM2CreateStageOptions{
+		Volumes: []LogicalVolume{
+			{
+				Name: "a_volume_name",
+				Size: "",
+			},
+			{
+				Name: "good-volume.name",
+				Size: "10G",
+			},
+			{
+				Name: "99-luft+volumes",
+				Size: "10737418240",
+			},
+			{
+				Name: "++",
+				Size: "1337",
+			},
+			{
+				Name: "_",
+				Size: "0",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	assert.NoError(okOptions.validate())
+
+	badVolumes := []LogicalVolume{
+		{
+			Name: "!bad-bad-volume-name",
+			Size: "1337",
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "even worse",
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "-",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, vol := range badVolumes {
+		options := LVM2CreateStageOptions{
+			Volumes: []LogicalVolume{vol},
+		}
+		assert.Error(options.validate(), vol.Name)
+	}
+
+	empty := LVM2CreateStageOptions{}
+	assert.Error(empty.validate())
+}
diff --git a/internal/osbuild2/lvm2_lv_device.go b/internal/osbuild2/lvm2_lv_device.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ebddd17bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/osbuild2/lvm2_lv_device.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package osbuild2
+
+// Provide access to LVM2 Logical Volume (LV)
+
+type LVM2LVDeviceOptions struct {
+	// Logical volume to activate
+	Volume string `json:"volume"`
+}
+
+func (LVM2LVDeviceOptions) isDeviceOptions() {}
+
+func NewLVM2LVDevice(options *LoopbackDeviceOptions) *Device {
+	return &Device{
+		Type:    "org.osbuild.lvm2.lv",
+		Options: options,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/osbuild2/lvm2_lv_device_test.go b/internal/osbuild2/lvm2_lv_device_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0a454639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/osbuild2/lvm2_lv_device_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package osbuild2
diff --git a/internal/osbuild2/lvm2_metadata_stage.go b/internal/osbuild2/lvm2_metadata_stage.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b43fd8f9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/osbuild2/lvm2_metadata_stage.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package osbuild2
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+// Set LVM2 Volume Group metadata
+
+type LVM2MetadataStageOptions struct {
+	CreationHost string `json:"creation_host,omitempty"`
+
+	// Creation time (uint64 represented as string)
+	CreationTime string `json:"creation_time,omitempty"`
+
+	Description string `json:"description,omitempty"`
+
+	VGName string `json:"vg_name"`
+}
+
+func (LVM2MetadataStageOptions) isStageOptions() {}
+
+func (o LVM2MetadataStageOptions) validate() error {
+	nameRegex := regexp.MustCompile(lvmVolNameRegex)
+	if !nameRegex.MatchString(o.VGName) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("volume group name %q doesn't conform to schema (%s)", o.VGName, nameRegex.String())
+	}
+
+	if _, err := strconv.ParseUint(o.CreationTime, 10, 64); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid volume creation time: %s", o.CreationTime)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func NewLVM2MetadataStage(options *LVM2MetadataStageOptions, device *Device) *Stage {
+	if err := options.validate(); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	return &Stage{
+		Type:    "org.osbuild.lvm2.metadata",
+		Options: options,
+		Devices: Devices{"device": *device},
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/osbuild2/lvm2_metadata_stage_test.go b/internal/osbuild2/lvm2_metadata_stage_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f83e55699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/osbuild2/lvm2_metadata_stage_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package osbuild2
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestNewLVM2MetadataStageValidation(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+
+	okOptions := []LVM2MetadataStageOptions{
+		{
+			VGName:       "a_volume_name",
+			CreationTime: "0",
+		},
+		{
+			VGName:       "good-volume.name",
+			CreationTime: "1629282647",
+		},
+		{
+			VGName:       "99-luft+volumes",
+			CreationTime: "2147483648",
+		},
+		{
+			VGName:       "++",
+			CreationTime: "42",
+		},
+		{
+			VGName:       "_",
+			CreationTime: "4294967297",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, o := range okOptions {
+		assert.NoError(o.validate(), o)
+	}
+
+	badOptions := []LVM2MetadataStageOptions{
+		{
+			VGName:       "ok-name-bad-time",
+			CreationTime: "-10",
+		},
+		{
+			VGName:       "!bad-name",
+			CreationTime: "1629282647",
+		},
+		{
+			VGName:       "worse.time",
+			CreationTime: "TIME",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, o := range badOptions {
+		assert.Error(o.validate(), o)
+	}
+}