diff -upk.orig lilo-22.7.1.orig/bsect.c lilo-22.7.1/bsect.c
--- lilo-22.7.1.orig/bsect.c	2006-12-29 13:35:37 +0000
+++ lilo-22.7.1/bsect.c	2006-12-29 13:37:25 +0000
@@ -1061,6 +1061,9 @@ if (image) { /* long section specific to
 	    if (stat("/",&st) < 0) pdie("stat /");
 	    sprintf(strchr(options,0),"root=%x ",(unsigned int) st.st_dev);
 	}
+	else if (strlen(root)>5 && !strncmp(root,"UUID=",5)) {
+	    sprintf(strchr(options,0),"root=%s ", root);
+	}
 	else if (strlen(root)>6 && !strncmp(root,"LABEL=",6)) {
 	    sprintf(strchr(options,0),"root=%s ", root);
 	}
diff -upk.orig lilo-22.7.1.orig/manPages/lilo.conf.5 lilo-22.7.1/manPages/lilo.conf.5
--- lilo-22.7.1.orig/manPages/lilo.conf.5	2006-12-29 13:35:38 +0000
+++ lilo-22.7.1/manPages/lilo.conf.5	2006-12-29 13:37:25 +0000
@@ -732,13 +732,16 @@ the kernel Makefile, and can later be ch
 .sp
 (22.6) The root filesystem may also be specified by a
 .B LABEL=
-directive, as in '/etc/fstab'.  In this case, the argument to
+or (since 22.7.1)
+.B UUID=
+directives, as in '/etc/fstab'.  In this case, the argument to
 .I root=
 must be enclosed in quotation marks, to avoid a syntax error on the second
 equal sign; viz., 
 .sp
 .nf
      root="LABEL=MyDisk"
+     root="UUID=deadbeef-dead-c0de-cafe-f00dbadc0ded"
 .fi
 .sp
 Note:  The command line