diff --git a/internal/weldr/api.go b/internal/weldr/api.go
index 2afca315a..70fadc53e 100644
--- a/internal/weldr/api.go
+++ b/internal/weldr/api.go
@@ -2485,9 +2485,21 @@ func (api *API) composeHandler(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request
 	}
 	seed := bigSeed.Int64()
 
+	// Get the partitioning mode
+	pm, err := bp.Customizations.GetPartitioningMode()
+	if err != nil {
+		errors := responseError{
+			ID:  "BlueprintsError",
+			Msg: err.Error(),
+		}
+		statusResponseError(writer, http.StatusBadRequest, errors)
+		return
+	}
+
 	options := distro.ImageOptions{
-		Size:   size,
-		OSTree: &cr.OSTree,
+		Size:             size,
+		OSTree:           &cr.OSTree,
+		PartitioningMode: pm,
 	}
 	options.Facts = &facts.ImageOptions{
 		APIType: facts.WELDR_APITYPE,
diff --git a/internal/weldr/api_test.go b/internal/weldr/api_test.go
index d489bebdb..9b83eb6ae 100644
--- a/internal/weldr/api_test.go
+++ b/internal/weldr/api_test.go
@@ -550,7 +550,8 @@ func TestBlueprintsCustomizationInfoToml(t *testing.T) {
 	"openscap": {
 	    "datastream": "/usr/share/xml/scap/ssg/content/ssg-rhel8-ds.xml",
 		"profile_id": "xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_profile_cis"
-	}
+	},
+	"partitioning_mode": "raw"
   }
 }`
 	resp := test.SendHTTP(api, true, "POST", "/api/v0/blueprints/new", testBlueprint)
@@ -644,6 +645,7 @@ func TestBlueprintsCustomizationInfoToml(t *testing.T) {
 				DataStream: "/usr/share/xml/scap/ssg/content/ssg-rhel8-ds.xml",
 				ProfileID:  "xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_profile_cis",
 			},
+			PartitioningMode: "raw",
 		},
 	}