diff --git a/src/core/lvmdevice.cpp b/src/core/lvmdevice.cpp
index 814870e..5346845 100644
--- a/src/core/lvmdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/core/lvmdevice.cpp
@@ -354,11 +354,12 @@ bool LvmDevice::movePV(Report& report, LvmDevice& dev, const QString& pvPath, co
     return (cmd.run(-1) && cmd.exitCode() == 0);
 }
 
-bool LvmDevice::createVG(Report& report, const QString vgname, const QStringList pvlist)
+bool LvmDevice::createVG(Report& report, const QString vgname, const QStringList pvlist, const qint32 peSize)
 {
     //TODO: check that all the pv in pvlist is lvm2_pv
     QStringList args = QStringList();
-    args << QStringLiteral("vgcreate") << vgname;
+    args << QStringLiteral("vgcreate") << QStringLiteral("--physicalextentsize") << QString::number(peSize);
+    args << vgname;
     foreach (QString pvnode, pvlist) {
         args << pvnode.trimmed();
     }
diff --git a/src/core/lvmdevice.h b/src/core/lvmdevice.h
index 56cd6c3..ac80038 100644
--- a/src/core/lvmdevice.h
+++ b/src/core/lvmdevice.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public:
     static bool movePV(Report& report, LvmDevice& dev, const QString& pvPath, const QStringList& destinations = QStringList());
 
     static bool removeVG(Report& report, LvmDevice& dev);
-    static bool createVG(Report& report, const QString vgname, const QStringList pvlist);
+    static bool createVG(Report& report, const QString vgname, const QStringList pvlist, const qint32 peSize = 4); // peSize in megabytes
 
 protected:
     void initPartitions();
diff --git a/src/jobs/createvolumegroupjob.cpp b/src/jobs/createvolumegroupjob.cpp
index 5045073..da1d28e 100644
--- a/src/jobs/createvolumegroupjob.cpp
+++ b/src/jobs/createvolumegroupjob.cpp
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@
     @param vgname
     @parem pvList
 */
-CreateVolumeGroupJob::CreateVolumeGroupJob(const QString& vgname, const QStringList& pvlist) :
+CreateVolumeGroupJob::CreateVolumeGroupJob(const QString& vgname, const QStringList& pvlist, const qint32 pesize) :
     Job(),
     m_vgName(vgname),
-    m_pvList(pvlist)
+    m_pvList(pvlist),
+    m_PESize(pesize)
 {
 }
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ bool CreateVolumeGroupJob::run(Report& parent)
 
     Report* report = jobStarted(parent);
 
-    rval = LvmDevice::createVG(*report, vgName(), pvList());
+    rval = LvmDevice::createVG(*report, vgName(), pvList(), peSize());
 
     jobFinished(*report, rval);
 
diff --git a/src/jobs/createvolumegroupjob.h b/src/jobs/createvolumegroupjob.h
index c290ce7..76a2f2c 100644
--- a/src/jobs/createvolumegroupjob.h
+++ b/src/jobs/createvolumegroupjob.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class QString;
 class CreateVolumeGroupJob : public Job
 {
 public:
-    CreateVolumeGroupJob(const QString& vgname, const QStringList& pvlist);
+    CreateVolumeGroupJob(const QString& vgname, const QStringList& pvlist, const qint32 pesize);
 
 public:
     bool run(Report& parent) override;
@@ -50,9 +50,14 @@ protected:
         return m_pvList;
     }
 
+    qint32 peSize() {
+        return m_PESize;
+    }
+
 private:
     QString m_vgName;
     QStringList m_pvList;
+    qint32 m_PESize;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/ops/createvolumegroupoperation.cpp b/src/ops/createvolumegroupoperation.cpp
index ad6711f..26f1209 100644
--- a/src/ops/createvolumegroupoperation.cpp
+++ b/src/ops/createvolumegroupoperation.cpp
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
     @param d the Device to create the new PartitionTable on
     @param t the type for the new PartitionTable
 */
-CreateVolumeGroupOperation::CreateVolumeGroupOperation(const QString& vgname, const QStringList& pvlist) :
+CreateVolumeGroupOperation::CreateVolumeGroupOperation(const QString& vgname, const QStringList& pvlist, const qint32 pesize) :
     Operation(),
-    m_CreateVolumeGroupJob(new CreateVolumeGroupJob(vgname, pvlist))
+    m_CreateVolumeGroupJob(new CreateVolumeGroupJob(vgname, pvlist, pesize))
 {
     addJob(createVolumeGroupJob());
 }
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ QString CreateVolumeGroupOperation::description() const
 
 bool CreateVolumeGroupOperation::targets(const Partition& part) const
 {
+    Q_UNUSED(part)
     return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ops/createvolumegroupoperation.h b/src/ops/createvolumegroupoperation.h
index c5bf8cd..73f1a1e 100644
--- a/src/ops/createvolumegroupoperation.h
+++ b/src/ops/createvolumegroupoperation.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class LIBKPMCORE_EXPORT CreateVolumeGroupOperation : public Operation
     friend class OperationStack;
 
 public:
-    CreateVolumeGroupOperation(const QString& vgname, const QStringList& pvlist);
+    CreateVolumeGroupOperation(const QString& vgname, const QStringList& pvlist, const qint32 pesize = 4);
 
 public:
     QString iconName() const override {