diff --git a/include/Utils.h b/include/Utils.h
index 0f10902c..93402ae8 100644
--- a/include/Utils.h
+++ b/include/Utils.h
@@ -153,6 +153,11 @@ public:
 				    Glib::ustring & output,
 				    Glib::ustring & error,
 				    bool use_C_locale = false ) ;
+	static int execute_command( const Glib::ustring & command,
+	                            const char * input,
+	                            Glib::ustring & output,
+	                            Glib::ustring & error,
+				    bool use_C_locale = false );
 	static int get_failure_status( Glib::SpawnError & e );
 	static int decode_wait_status( int wait_status );
 	static Glib::ustring regexp_label( const Glib::ustring & text
diff --git a/src/Utils.cc b/src/Utils.cc
index a955f6a5..b0d26cd9 100644
--- a/src/Utils.cc
+++ b/src/Utils.cc
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 namespace GParted
 {
@@ -515,7 +517,7 @@ double Utils::sector_to_unit( Sector sectors, Byte_Value sector_size, SIZE_UNIT
 int Utils::execute_command( const Glib::ustring & command )
 {
 	Glib::ustring dummy ;
-	return execute_command( command, dummy, dummy ) ;
+	return execute_command( command, NULL, dummy, dummy );
 }
 
 class CommandStatus
@@ -579,8 +581,18 @@ int Utils::execute_command( const Glib::ustring & command,
 			    Glib::ustring & output,
 			    Glib::ustring & error,
 			    bool use_C_locale )
+{
+	return execute_command( command, NULL, output, error, use_C_locale );
+}
+
+int Utils::execute_command( const Glib::ustring & command,
+                            const char * input,
+                            Glib::ustring & output,
+                            Glib::ustring & error,
+                            bool use_C_locale )
 {
 	Glib::Pid pid;
+	int in = -1;
 	// set up pipes for capture
 	int out, err;
 	CommandStatus status;
@@ -595,7 +607,7 @@ int Utils::execute_command( const Glib::ustring & command,
 			Glib::SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD | Glib::SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH,
 			use_C_locale ? sigc::ptr_fun( set_locale ) : sigc::slot< void >(),
 			&pid,
-			0,
+			( input != NULL ) ? &in : 0,
 			&out,
 			&err );
 	} catch (Glib::SpawnError &e) {
@@ -616,6 +628,17 @@ int Utils::execute_command( const Glib::ustring & command,
 	outputcapture.connect_signal();
 	errorcapture.connect_signal();
 
+	if ( input != NULL && in != -1 )
+	{
+		// Write small amount of input to pipe to the child process.  Linux will
+		// always accept up 4096 bytes without blocking.  See pipe(7).
+		size_t len = strlen( input );
+		ssize_t written = write( in, input, len );
+		if ( written == -1 || (size_t)written < len )
+			std::cerr << "Write to child failed: " << Glib::strerror( errno ) << std::endl;
+		close( in );
+	}
+
 	if( status.foreground)
 		Gtk::Main::run();
 	else {