diff --git a/sys/geom/part/g_part.c b/sys/geom/part/g_part.c
index f47ac08ffe3a..a7eebc69e37c 100644
--- a/sys/geom/part/g_part.c
+++ b/sys/geom/part/g_part.c
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ struct g_part_alias_list {
 	{ "ms-ldm-data", G_PART_ALIAS_MS_LDM_DATA },
 	{ "ms-ldm-metadata", G_PART_ALIAS_MS_LDM_METADATA },
 	{ "ms-reserved", G_PART_ALIAS_MS_RESERVED },
+	{ "ntfs", G_PART_ALIAS_MS_NTFS },
 	{ "netbsd-ccd", G_PART_ALIAS_NETBSD_CCD },
 	{ "netbsd-cgd", G_PART_ALIAS_NETBSD_CGD },
 	{ "netbsd-ffs", G_PART_ALIAS_NETBSD_FFS },
diff --git a/sys/geom/part/g_part.h b/sys/geom/part/g_part.h
index e146cba61162..63cb06925568 100644
--- a/sys/geom/part/g_part.h
+++ b/sys/geom/part/g_part.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ enum g_part_alias {
 	G_PART_ALIAS_MS_LDM_DATA,	/* A Microsoft LDM Data part. entry. */
 	G_PART_ALIAS_MS_LDM_METADATA,	/* A Microsoft LDM Metadata entry. */
 	G_PART_ALIAS_MS_RESERVED,	/* A Microsoft Reserved part. entry. */
+	G_PART_ALIAS_MS_NTFS,		/* A Microsoft NTFS partition entry */
 	G_PART_ALIAS_NETBSD_CCD,	/* A NetBSD CCD partition entry. */
 	G_PART_ALIAS_NETBSD_CGD,	/* A NetBSD CGD partition entry. */
 	G_PART_ALIAS_NETBSD_FFS,	/* A NetBSD FFS partition entry. */
diff --git a/sys/geom/part/g_part_mbr.c b/sys/geom/part/g_part_mbr.c
index 8b5ba2779a63..6cc6245ca744 100644
--- a/sys/geom/part/g_part_mbr.c
+++ b/sys/geom/part/g_part_mbr.c
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ mbr_parse_type(const char *type, u_char *dp_typ)
 		*dp_typ = DOSPTYP_386BSD;
 		return (0);
 	}
+	alias = g_part_alias_name(G_PART_ALIAS_MS_NTFS);
+	if (!strcasecmp(type, alias)) {
+		*dp_typ = DOSPTYP_NTFS;
+		return (0);
+	}
 	return (EINVAL);
 }
 
@@ -509,9 +514,14 @@ g_part_mbr_type(struct g_part_table *basetable, struct g_part_entry *baseentry,
 
 	entry = (struct g_part_mbr_entry *)baseentry;
 	type = entry->ent.dp_typ;
-	if (type == DOSPTYP_386BSD)
+	switch (type) {
+	case DOSPTYP_386BSD:
 		return (g_part_alias_name(G_PART_ALIAS_FREEBSD));
-	snprintf(buf, bufsz, "!%d", type);
+	case DOSPTYP_NTFS:
+		return (g_part_alias_name(G_PART_ALIAS_MS_NTFS));
+	default:
+		snprintf(buf, bufsz, "!%d", type);
+	}
 	return (buf);
 }
 
diff --git a/sys/sys/diskmbr.h b/sys/sys/diskmbr.h
index 932d4f4d148c..8ca742f7ba22 100644
--- a/sys/sys/diskmbr.h
+++ b/sys/sys/diskmbr.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #define	DOSPTYP_PMBR	0xee	/* GPT Protective MBR */
 #define	DOSPTYP_EXT	5	/* DOS extended partition */
 #define	DOSPTYP_EXTLBA	15	/* DOS extended partition */
+#define	DOSPTYP_NTFS	0x07	/* NTFS partition */
 
 struct dos_partition {
 	unsigned char	dp_flag;	/* bootstrap flags */