diff --git a/lib/libdevmapper.c b/lib/libdevmapper.c
index 84811a98..d62e7e27 100644
--- a/lib/libdevmapper.c
+++ b/lib/libdevmapper.c
@@ -165,9 +165,12 @@ static void _dm_set_verity_compat(const char *dm_version, unsigned verity_maj,
 	 * ignore_corruption, restart_on corruption is available since 1.2 (kernel 4.1)
 	 * ignore_zero_blocks since 1.3 (kernel 4.5)
 	 * (but some dm-verity targets 1.2 don't support it)
+	 * FEC is added in 1.3 as well.
 	 */
-	if (_dm_satisfies_version(1, 3, verity_maj, verity_min))
+	if (_dm_satisfies_version(1, 3, verity_maj, verity_min)) {
 		_dm_crypt_flags |= DM_VERITY_ON_CORRUPTION_SUPPORTED;
+		_dm_crypt_flags |= DM_VERITY_FEC_SUPPORTED;
+	}
 
 	log_dbg("Detected dm-verity version %i.%i.%i.",
 		verity_maj, verity_min, verity_patch);
@@ -743,6 +746,10 @@ int dm_create_device(struct crypt_device *cd, const char *name,
 	    !(dm_flags() & DM_VERITY_ON_CORRUPTION_SUPPORTED))
 		log_err(cd, _("Requested dm-verity data corruption handling options are not supported.\n"));
 
+	if (r == -EINVAL && dmd->target == DM_VERITY && dmd->u.verity.fec_device &&
+	    !(dm_flags() & DM_VERITY_FEC_SUPPORTED))
+		log_err(cd, _("Requested dm-verity FEC options are not supported.\n"));
+
 	crypt_safe_free(table_params);
 	dm_exit_context();
 	return r;
diff --git a/lib/utils_dm.h b/lib/utils_dm.h
index a0250788..f150e2f3 100644
--- a/lib/utils_dm.h
+++ b/lib/utils_dm.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct device;
 #define DM_SAME_CPU_CRYPT_SUPPORTED (1 << 7) /* same_cpu_crypt */
 #define DM_SUBMIT_FROM_CRYPT_CPUS_SUPPORTED (1 << 8) /* submit_from_crypt_cpus */
 #define DM_VERITY_ON_CORRUPTION_SUPPORTED (1 << 9) /* ignore/restart_on_corruption, ignore_zero_block */
+#define DM_VERITY_FEC_SUPPORTED (1 << 10) /* Forward Error Correction (FEC) */
 
 uint32_t dm_flags(void);