diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 876ea8d0..84767881 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2011-05-03  Milan Broz  <mbroz@redhat.com>
+	* Do not ignore size argument for create command (1.2.0).
+
 2011-04-18  Milan Broz  <mbroz@redhat.com>
 	* Fix error paths in blockwise code and lseek_write call.
 	* Add Nettle crypto backend support.
diff --git a/lib/setup.c b/lib/setup.c
index 8cdcdf67..6d4b554c 100644
--- a/lib/setup.c
+++ b/lib/setup.c
@@ -399,6 +399,10 @@ static int create_device_helper(struct crypt_device *cd,
 
 	r = dm_create_device(name, cd->device, dm_cipher ?: cipher, cd->type, uuid, size, skip, offset,
 			     key_size, processed_key, read_only, reload);
+
+	if (isPLAIN(cd->type) && !uuid)
+		(void)dm_query_device(name, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+				      NULL, NULL, NULL, &cd->plain_uuid);
 out:
 	free(dm_cipher);
 	crypt_safe_free(processed_key);
@@ -1406,6 +1410,8 @@ int crypt_resize(struct crypt_device *cd, const char *name, uint64_t new_size)
 	if (!cd->type || !crypt_get_uuid(cd))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	log_dbg("Resizing device %s to %" PRIu64 " sectors.", name, new_size);
+
 	r = dm_query_device(name, &device, &size, &skip, &offset,
 			    &cipher, &key_size, &key, &read_only, NULL, &uuid);
 	if (r < 0) {
@@ -1429,8 +1435,6 @@ int crypt_resize(struct crypt_device *cd, const char *name, uint64_t new_size)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	log_dbg("Resizing device %s to %" PRIu64 " sectors.", name, new_size);
-
 	r = dm_create_device(name, device, cipher, cd->type,
 			     crypt_get_uuid(cd), new_size, skip, offset,
 			     key_size, key, read_only, 1);
diff --git a/man/cryptsetup.8 b/man/cryptsetup.8
index 3fd512ee..d9a96939 100644
--- a/man/cryptsetup.8
+++ b/man/cryptsetup.8
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ For basic (plain) dm-crypt mappings, there are four operations.
 creates a mapping with <name> backed by device <device>.
 
 \fB<options>\fR can be [\-\-hash, \-\-cipher, \-\-verify-passphrase,
-\-\-key-file, \-\-key-size, \-\-offset, \-\-skip, \-\-readonly]
+\-\-key-file, \-\-key-size, \-\-offset, \-\-skip, \-\-size, \-\-readonly]
 .PP
 \fIremove\fR <name>
 .IP
diff --git a/src/cryptsetup.c b/src/cryptsetup.c
index b2377e01..ff38c723 100644
--- a/src/cryptsetup.c
+++ b/src/cryptsetup.c
@@ -279,6 +279,14 @@ static int action_create(int arg __attribute__((unused)))
 			CRYPT_ANY_SLOT, password, passwordLen,
 			opt_readonly ?  CRYPT_ACTIVATE_READONLY : 0);
 	}
+
+	/* FIXME: workaround, new api missing format parameter for size.
+	 * Properly fix it after bumping library version,
+	 * add start_offset and size into "PLAIN" format specifiers.
+	 */
+	if (r >= 0 && opt_size)
+		r = crypt_resize(cd, action_argv[0], opt_size);
+
 out:
 	crypt_free(cd);
 	crypt_safe_free(password);
diff --git a/tests/compat-test b/tests/compat-test
index 7d02d999..43bb6397 100755
--- a/tests/compat-test
+++ b/tests/compat-test
@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@ echo "key0" | $CRYPTSETUP create $DEV_NAME --hash sha1 $LOOPDEV || fail
 $CRYPTSETUP -q remove  $DEV_NAME || fail
 echo "key0" | $CRYPTSETUP -q create $DEV_NAME --hash sha1 $LOOPDEV || fail
 $CRYPTSETUP -q remove  $DEV_NAME || fail
+echo "key0" | $CRYPTSETUP -q create $DEV_NAME --hash sha1 --size 100 $LOOPDEV || fail
+$CRYPTSETUP -q status  $DEV_NAME | grep "size:" | grep -q "100 sectors" || fail
+$CRYPTSETUP -q remove  $DEV_NAME || fail
 # verify is ignored on non-tty input
 echo "key0" | $CRYPTSETUP create $DEV_NAME $LOOPDEV --hash sha1 --verify-passphrase || fail
 $CRYPTSETUP -q remove  $DEV_NAME || fail