diff --git a/DISTLIST b/DISTLIST
index 398bb172d..b6a723213 100644
--- a/DISTLIST
+++ b/DISTLIST
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ include/grub/file.h
 include/grub/font.h
 include/grub/fs.h
 include/grub/fshelp.h
+include/grub/gpt_partition.h
 include/grub/gzio.h
 include/grub/hexdump.h
 include/grub/hfs.h
diff --git a/include/grub/gpt_partition.h b/include/grub/gpt_partition.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0244530f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/grub/gpt_partition.h
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ *  GRUB  --  GRand Unified Bootloader
+ *  Copyright (C) 2002,2005,2006,2007,2008  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ *
+ *  GRUB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  GRUB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with GRUB.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef GRUB_GPT_PARTITION_HEADER
+#define GRUB_GPT_PARTITION_HEADER	1
+
+#include <grub/types.h>
+
+struct grub_gpt_part_type
+{
+  grub_uint32_t data1;
+  grub_uint16_t data2;
+  grub_uint16_t data3;
+  grub_uint8_t data4[8];
+} __attribute__ ((aligned(8)));
+typedef struct grub_gpt_part_type grub_gpt_part_type_t;
+
+#define GRUB_GPT_PARTITION_TYPE_EMPTY \
+  { 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, \
+    { 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0 } \
+  }
+
+#define GRUB_GPT_PARTITION_TYPE_BIOS_BOOT \
+  { grub_cpu_to_le32 (0x21686148), grub_cpu_to_le16 (0x6449), grub_cpu_to_le16 (0x6e6f), \
+    { 0x74, 0x4e, 0x65, 0x65, 0x64, 0x45, 0x46, 0x49 } \
+  }
+
+struct grub_gpt_header
+{
+  grub_uint8_t magic[8];
+  grub_uint32_t version;
+  grub_uint32_t headersize;
+  grub_uint32_t crc32;
+  grub_uint32_t unused1;
+  grub_uint64_t primary;
+  grub_uint64_t backup;
+  grub_uint64_t start;
+  grub_uint64_t end;
+  grub_uint8_t guid[16];
+  grub_uint64_t partitions;
+  grub_uint32_t maxpart;
+  grub_uint32_t partentry_size;
+  grub_uint32_t partentry_crc32;
+} __attribute__ ((packed));
+
+struct grub_gpt_partentry
+{
+  grub_gpt_part_type_t type;
+  grub_uint8_t guid[16];
+  grub_uint64_t start;
+  grub_uint64_t end;
+  grub_uint8_t attrib;
+  char name[72];
+} __attribute__ ((packed));
+
+#endif /* ! GRUB_GPT_PARTITION_HEADER */