diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/Kconfig b/lib/efi_loader/Kconfig
index 156b391..a135d2f 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/Kconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 	depends on !EFI_STUB || !X86 || X86_64 || EFI_STUB_32BIT
 	default y if !ARM || SYS_CPU = armv7 || SYS_CPU = armv8
 	select LIB_UUID
+	select PARTITION_UUIDS
 	select HAVE_BLOCK_DEVICE
 	select REGEX
 	imply CFB_CONSOLE_ANSI
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_device_path.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_device_path.c
index 76c2f82..9c3ac71 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_device_path.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_device_path.c
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  * (C) Copyright 2017 Rob Clark
  */
 
+#define LOG_CATEGORY LOGC_EFI
+
 #include <common.h>
 #include <blk.h>
 #include <dm.h>
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <efi_loader.h>
 #include <part.h>
 #include <sandboxblockdev.h>
+#include <uuid.h>
 #include <asm-generic/unaligned.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h> /* U16_MAX */
 
@@ -851,8 +854,11 @@
 			break;
 		case SIG_TYPE_GUID:
 			hddp->signature_type = 2;
-			memcpy(hddp->partition_signature, &desc->guid_sig,
-			       sizeof(hddp->partition_signature));
+			if (uuid_str_to_bin(info.uuid,
+					    hddp->partition_signature, 1))
+				log_warning(
+					"Partition no. %d: invalid guid: %s\n",
+					part, info.uuid);
 			break;
 		}