---
 tools/lvcreate.c |   28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/tools/lvcreate.c
+++ b/tools/lvcreate.c
@@ -834,6 +834,28 @@ static int _read_activation_params(struc
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static int clvmd_daemon_is_running(void)
+{
+       int fd;
+       struct flock lock;
+
+       if((fd = open(CLVMD_PIDFILE, O_RDONLY)) < 0)
+               return 0;
+
+       lock.l_type = F_WRLCK;
+       lock.l_start = 0;
+       lock.l_whence = SEEK_SET;
+       lock.l_len = 0;
+       if (fcntl(fd, F_GETLK, &lock) < 0) {
+	       /* errors with fcntl */
+               close(fd);
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       close(fd);
+       return (lock.l_type == F_UNLCK) ? 0 : 1;
+}
+
 static int _lvcreate_params(struct lvcreate_params *lp,
 			    struct lvcreate_cmdline_params *lcp,
 			    struct cmd_context *cmd,
@@ -860,14 +882,16 @@ static int _lvcreate_params(struct lvcre
 
 	/* Set default segtype - remember, '-m 0' implies stripe. */
 	if (arg_count(cmd, mirrors_ARG) &&
-	    arg_uint_value(cmd, mirrors_ARG, 0))
+	    arg_uint_value(cmd, mirrors_ARG, 0)) {
 		if (arg_uint_value(cmd, arg_count(cmd, stripes_long_ARG) ?
 				   stripes_long_ARG : stripes_ARG, 1) > 1) {
 			segtype_str = find_config_tree_str(cmd, global_raid10_segtype_default_CFG, NULL);;
 		} else {
 			segtype_str = find_config_tree_str(cmd, global_mirror_segtype_default_CFG, NULL);
 		}
-	else if (arg_count(cmd, thin_ARG) || arg_count(cmd, thinpool_ARG))
+		if(clvmd_daemon_is_running())
+			segtype_str = "mirror";
+	} else if (arg_count(cmd, thin_ARG) || arg_count(cmd, thinpool_ARG))
 		segtype_str = "thin";
 	else if (arg_count(cmd, cache_ARG) || arg_count(cmd, cachepool_ARG))
 		segtype_str = "cache";