diff --git a/super-ddf.c b/super-ddf.c
index 8bba70a..f73a63f 100644
--- a/super-ddf.c
+++ b/super-ddf.c
@@ -1581,6 +1581,7 @@ static void brief_examine_subarrays_ddf(struct supertype *st, int verbose)
 			continue;
 		memcpy(vcl.conf.guid, ve->guid, DDF_GUID_LEN);
 		ddf->currentconf =&vcl;
+		vcl.vcnum = i;
 		uuid_from_super_ddf(st, info.uuid);
 		fname_from_uuid(st, &info, nbuf1, ':');
 		printf("ARRAY container=%s member=%d UUID=%s\n",
@@ -1673,6 +1674,52 @@ static void detail_super_ddf(struct supertype *st, char *homehost)
 	 */
 }
 
+static const char *vendors_with_variable_volume_UUID[] = {
+	"LSI      ",
+};
+
+static int volume_id_is_reliable(const struct ddf_super *ddf)
+{
+	int n = sizeof(vendors_with_variable_volume_UUID) /
+		sizeof(vendors_with_variable_volume_UUID[0]);
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+		if (!memcmp(ddf->controller.guid,
+			vendors_with_variable_volume_UUID[i], 8))
+		return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static void uuid_of_ddf_subarray(const struct ddf_super *ddf,
+				 unsigned int vcnum, int uuid[4])
+{
+	char buf[DDF_GUID_LEN+18], sha[20], *p;
+	struct sha1_ctx ctx;
+	if (volume_id_is_reliable(ddf)) {
+		uuid_from_ddf_guid(ddf->virt->entries[vcnum].guid, uuid);
+		return;
+	}
+	/*
+	 * Some fake RAID BIOSes (in particular, LSI ones) change the
+	 * VD GUID at every boot. These GUIDs are not suitable for
+	 * identifying an array. Luckily the header GUID appears to
+	 * remain constant.
+	 * We construct a pseudo-UUID from the header GUID and those
+	 * properties of the subarray that we expect to remain constant.
+	 */
+	memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+	p = buf;
+	memcpy(p, ddf->anchor.guid, DDF_GUID_LEN);
+	p += DDF_GUID_LEN;
+	memcpy(p, ddf->virt->entries[vcnum].name, 16);
+	p += 16;
+	*((__u16 *) p) = vcnum;
+	sha1_init_ctx(&ctx);
+	sha1_process_bytes(buf, sizeof(buf), &ctx);
+	sha1_finish_ctx(&ctx, sha);
+	memcpy(uuid, sha, 4*4);
+}
+
 static void brief_detail_super_ddf(struct supertype *st)
 {
 	struct mdinfo info;
@@ -1684,7 +1731,7 @@ static void brief_detail_super_ddf(struct supertype *st)
 	else if (vcnum == DDF_NOTFOUND)
 		return;
 	else
-		uuid_from_ddf_guid(ddf->virt->entries[vcnum].guid, info.uuid);
+		uuid_of_ddf_subarray(ddf, vcnum, info.uuid);
 	fname_from_uuid(st, &info, nbuf,':');
 	printf(" UUID=%s", nbuf + 5);
 }
@@ -1827,13 +1874,11 @@ static void uuid_from_super_ddf(struct supertype *st, int uuid[4])
 	 */
 	struct ddf_super *ddf = st->sb;
 	struct vcl *vcl = ddf->currentconf;
-	char *guid;
 
 	if (vcl)
-		guid = vcl->conf.guid;
+		uuid_of_ddf_subarray(ddf, vcl->vcnum, uuid);
 	else
-		guid = ddf->anchor.guid;
-	uuid_from_ddf_guid(guid, uuid);
+		uuid_from_ddf_guid(ddf->anchor.guid, uuid);
 }
 
 static void getinfo_super_ddf_bvd(struct supertype *st, struct mdinfo *info, char *map);