diff --git a/daemon/md.c b/daemon/md.c
index 257bd0f..82ddb82 100644
--- a/daemon/md.c
+++ b/daemon/md.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "daemon.h"
 #include "actions.h"
 #include "optgroups.h"
+#include "c-ctype.h"
 
 int
 optgroup_mdadm_available (void)
@@ -230,3 +231,82 @@ error:
   if (r != NULL) free_strings (r);
   return NULL;
 }
+
+char **
+do_mdadm_detail(const char *md)
+{
+  int r;
+
+  char *out = NULL, *err = NULL;
+  char **lines = NULL;
+
+  char **ret = NULL;
+  int size = 0, alloc = 0;
+
+  const char *mdadm[] = { "mdadm", "-DY", md, NULL };
+  r = commandv(&out, &err, mdadm);
+  if (r == -1) {
+    reply_with_error("%s", err);
+    goto error;
+  }
+
+  /* Split the command output into lines */
+  lines = split_lines(out);
+  if (lines == NULL) {
+    reply_with_perror("malloc");
+    goto error;
+  }
+
+  /* Parse the output of mdadm -DY:
+   * MD_LEVEL=raid1
+   * MD_DEVICES=2
+   * MD_METADATA=1.0
+   * MD_UUID=cfa81b59:b6cfbd53:3f02085b:58f4a2e1
+   * MD_NAME=localhost.localdomain:0
+   */
+  for (char **i = lines; *i != NULL; i++) {
+    char *line = *i;
+
+    /* Skip blank lines (shouldn't happen) */
+    if (line[0] == '\0') continue;
+
+    /* Split the line in 2 at the equals sign */
+    char *eq = strchr(line, '=');
+    if (eq) {
+      *eq = '\0'; eq++;
+
+      /* Remove the MD_ prefix from the key and translate the remainder to lower
+       * case */
+      if (STRPREFIX(line, "MD_")) {
+        line += 3;
+        for (char *j = line; *j != '\0'; j++) {
+          *j = c_tolower(*j);
+        }
+      }
+
+      /* Add the key/value pair to the output */
+      if (add_string(&ret, &size, &alloc, line) == -1 ||
+          add_string(&ret, &size, &alloc, eq) == -1) goto error;
+    } else {
+      /* Ignore lines with no equals sign (shouldn't happen). Log to stderr so
+       * it will show up in LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG. */
+      fprintf(stderr, "mdadm-detail: unexpected output ignored: %s", line);
+    }
+  }
+
+  free(out);
+  free(err);
+  free(lines); /* We freed the contained strings when we freed out */
+
+  if (add_string(&ret, &size, &alloc, NULL) == -1) return NULL;
+
+  return ret;
+
+error:
+  free(out);
+  free(err);
+  if (lines) free(lines);
+  if (ret) free_strings(ret);
+
+  return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/generator/generator_actions.ml b/generator/generator_actions.ml
index a4658a0..925640f 100644
--- a/generator/generator_actions.ml
+++ b/generator/generator_actions.ml
@@ -6496,6 +6496,37 @@ If not set, this defaults to C<raid1>.
    "\
 List all Linux md devices.");
 
+  ("mdadm_detail", (RHashtable "info", [Device "md"], []), 301,  [Optional "mdadm"],
+   [],
+   "obtain metadata for an MD device",
+   "\
+This command exposes the output of 'mdadm -DY <md>'. The following fields are
+usually present in the returned hash. Other fields may also be present.
+
+=over
+
+=item C<level>
+
+The raid level of the MD device.
+
+=item C<devices>
+
+The number of underlying devices in the MD device.
+
+=item C<metadata>
+
+The metadata version used.
+
+=item C<uuid>
+
+The UUID of the MD device.
+
+=item C<name>
+
+The name of the MD device.
+
+=back");
+
 ]
 
 let all_functions = non_daemon_functions @ daemon_functions
diff --git a/regressions/test-mdadm.sh b/regressions/test-mdadm.sh
index 3ad4f22..8119561 100755
--- a/regressions/test-mdadm.sh
+++ b/regressions/test-mdadm.sh
@@ -92,4 +92,62 @@ write /r5t3/baz "testing"
 
 EOF
 
-rm -f md-test1.img md-test2.img md-test3.img md-test4.img
+eval `../fish/guestfish --listen`
+../fish/guestfish --remote add-ro md-test1.img
+../fish/guestfish --remote add-ro md-test2.img
+../fish/guestfish --remote add-ro md-test3.img
+../fish/guestfish --remote add-ro md-test4.img
+../fish/guestfish --remote run
+
+for md in `../fish/guestfish --remote list-md-devices`; do
+  ../fish/guestfish --remote mdadm-detail "${md}" > mdadm-detail.out
+
+  sed 's/:\s*/=/' mdadm-detail.out > mdadm-detail.out.sh
+  . mdadm-detail.out.sh
+  rm -f mdadm-detail.out.sh
+
+  error=0
+  case "$name" in
+    *:r1t1)
+      [ "$level" == "raid1" ] || error=1
+      [ "$devices" == "2" ] || error=1
+      ;;
+
+    *:r1t2)
+      [ "$level" == "raid1" ] || error=1
+      [ "$devices" == "2" ] || error=1
+      ;;
+
+    *:r5t1)
+      [ "$level" == "raid5" ] || error=1
+      [ "$devices" == "4" ] || error=1
+      ;;
+
+    *:r5t2)
+      [ "$level" == "raid5" ] || error=1
+      [ "$devices" == "3" ] || error=1
+      ;;
+
+    *:r5t3)
+      [ "$level" == "raid5" ] || error=1
+      [ "$devices" == "2" ] || error=1
+      ;;
+
+    *)
+      error=1
+  esac
+
+  [[ "$uuid" =~ ([0-9a-f]{8}:){3}[0-9a-f]{8} ]] || error=1
+  [ ! -z "$metadata" ] || error=1
+
+  if [ "$error" == "1" ]; then
+    echo "$0: Unexpected output from mdadm-detail for device $md"
+    cat mdadm-detail.out
+    ../fish/guestfish --remote exit
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
+
+../fish/guestfish --remote exit
+
+rm -f mdadm-detail.out md-test1.img md-test2.img md-test3.img md-test4.img
diff --git a/src/MAX_PROC_NR b/src/MAX_PROC_NR
index 697cb3a..d8fc48a 100644
--- a/src/MAX_PROC_NR
+++ b/src/MAX_PROC_NR
@@ -1 +1 @@
-300
+301
