diff --git a/ChangeLog.raid b/ChangeLog.raid
index 989f0bc09..c546a7632 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.raid
+++ b/ChangeLog.raid
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+2010-07-18  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
+
+	* disk/raid.c (insert_array): Use md/%s to name mdadm 1.x devices,
+	removing the homehost if present.
+	* kern/emu/getroot.c (get_mdadm_name) [__linux__]: New function.
+	(grub_util_get_grub_dev): Use md/%s to name mdadm 1.x devices,
+	removing the homehost if present.
+	(grub_util_get_grub_dev) [__linux__]: Get the array name from mdadm
+	if possible.
+	* util/i386/pc/grub-setup.c (main): Handle md/* devices.
+
 2009-12-15  Peter Henn  <peter.henn@web.de>
 
 	* disk/mdraid_linux.c (grub_mdraid_detect): Fix calculation of 1.x
diff --git a/disk/raid.c b/disk/raid.c
index 87e713f30..1dc361e8e 100644
--- a/disk/raid.c
+++ b/disk/raid.c
@@ -563,7 +563,14 @@ insert_array (grub_disk_t disk, struct grub_raid_array *new_array,
       if (! array->name)
 	array->name = grub_xasprintf ("md%d", array->number);
       else
-	array->name = grub_xasprintf ("%s", array->name);
+	{
+	  /* Strip off the homehost if present.  */
+	  char *colon = grub_strchr (array->name, ':');
+	  char *new_name = grub_xasprintf ("md/%s",
+					   colon ? colon + 1 : array->name);
+	  grub_free (array->name);
+	  array->name = new_name;
+	}
 
       grub_dprintf ("raid", "Found array %s (%s)\n", array->name,
                     scanner_name);
diff --git a/kern/emu/getroot.c b/kern/emu/getroot.c
index 5b0849a98..2d7469c9d 100644
--- a/kern/emu/getroot.c
+++ b/kern/emu/getroot.c
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __linux__
+# include <sys/types.h>
+# include <sys/wait.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <grub/mm.h>
 #include <grub/misc.h>
 #include <grub/emu/misc.h>
@@ -516,10 +521,89 @@ grub_util_get_dev_abstraction (const char *os_dev __attribute__((unused)))
   return GRUB_DEV_ABSTRACTION_NONE;
 }
 
+#ifdef __linux__
+static char *
+get_mdadm_name (const char *os_dev)
+{
+  int mdadm_pipe[2];
+  pid_t mdadm_pid;
+  char *name = NULL;
+
+  if (pipe (mdadm_pipe) < 0)
+    {
+      grub_util_warn ("Unable to create pipe for mdadm: %s", strerror (errno));
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+  mdadm_pid = fork ();
+  if (mdadm_pid < 0)
+    grub_util_warn ("Unable to fork mdadm: %s", strerror (errno));
+  else if (mdadm_pid == 0)
+    {
+      /* Child.  */
+      char *argv[5];
+
+      close (mdadm_pipe[0]);
+      dup2 (mdadm_pipe[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
+      close (mdadm_pipe[1]);
+
+      /* execvp has inconvenient types, hence the casts.  None of these
+         strings will actually be modified.  */
+      argv[0] = (char *) "mdadm";
+      argv[1] = (char *) "--detail";
+      argv[2] = (char *) "--export";
+      argv[3] = (char *) os_dev;
+      argv[4] = NULL;
+      execvp ("mdadm", argv);
+      exit (127);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      /* Parent.  Read mdadm's output.  */
+      FILE *mdadm;
+      char *buf = NULL;
+      size_t len = 0;
+
+      close (mdadm_pipe[1]);
+      mdadm = fdopen (mdadm_pipe[0], "r");
+      if (! mdadm)
+	{
+	  grub_util_warn ("Unable to open stream from mdadm: %s",
+			  strerror (errno));
+	  goto out;
+	}
+
+      while (getline (&buf, &len, mdadm) > 0)
+	{
+	  if (strncmp (buf, "MD_NAME=", sizeof ("MD_NAME=") - 1) == 0)
+	    {
+	      char *name_start, *colon;
+	      size_t name_len;
+
+	      free (name);
+	      name_start = buf + sizeof ("MD_NAME=") - 1;
+	      /* Strip off the homehost if present.  */
+	      colon = strchr (name_start, ':');
+	      name = strdup (colon ? colon + 1 : name_start);
+	      name_len = strlen (name);
+	      if (name[name_len - 1] == '\n')
+		name[name_len - 1] = '\0';
+	    }
+	}
+
+out:
+      close (mdadm_pipe[0]);
+      waitpid (mdadm_pid, NULL, 0);
+    }
+
+  return name;
+}
+#endif /* __linux__ */
+
 char *
 grub_util_get_grub_dev (const char *os_dev)
 {
-  char *grub_dev;
+  char *grub_dev = NULL;
 
   switch (grub_util_get_dev_abstraction (os_dev))
     {
@@ -611,12 +695,25 @@ grub_util_get_grub_dev (const char *os_dev)
 	  if (q)
 	    *q = ',';
 
-	  asprintf (&grub_dev, "%s", p);
+	  asprintf (&grub_dev, "md/%s", p);
 	  free (p);
 	}
       else
 	grub_util_error ("unknown kind of RAID device `%s'", os_dev);
 
+#ifdef __linux__
+      {
+	char *mdadm_name = get_mdadm_name (os_dev);
+
+	if (mdadm_name)
+	  {
+	    free (grub_dev);
+	    asprintf (&grub_dev, "md/%s", mdadm_name);
+	    free (mdadm_name);
+	  }
+      }
+#endif /* __linux__ */
+
       break;
 
     default:  /* GRUB_DEV_ABSTRACTION_NONE */
diff --git a/util/i386/pc/grub-setup.c b/util/i386/pc/grub-setup.c
index 8b2f52bb4..524572fad 100644
--- a/util/i386/pc/grub-setup.c
+++ b/util/i386/pc/grub-setup.c
@@ -812,14 +812,14 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
     must_embed = 1;
 
   if (root_dev[0] == 'm' && root_dev[1] == 'd'
-      && root_dev[2] >= '0' && root_dev[2] <= '9')
+      && ((root_dev[2] >= '0' && root_dev[2] <= '9') || root_dev[2] == '/'))
     {
       /* FIXME: we can avoid this on RAID1.  */
       must_embed = 1;
     }
 
   if (dest_dev[0] == 'm' && dest_dev[1] == 'd'
-      && dest_dev[2] >= '0' && dest_dev[2] <= '9')
+      && ((dest_dev[2] >= '0' && dest_dev[2] <= '9') || dest_dev[2] == '/'))
     {
       char **devicelist;
       int i;