diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/volume_group/lvm.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/volume_group/lvm.rb
index 44ac190f..e51d3792 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/volume_group/lvm.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/volume_group/lvm.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def self.get_logical_volume_properties(volume_groups_line)
   end
 
   def create
-    vgcreate(@resource[:name], *@resource.should(:physical_volumes))
+    vgcreate(@resource[:name], *@resource.should(:physical_volumes), '-s', @resource[:extents_size])
   end
 
   def destroy
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/volume_group.rb b/lib/puppet/type/volume_group.rb
index b98de0f1..bd25405a 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/volume_group.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/volume_group.rb
@@ -64,4 +64,12 @@ def insync?(is)
     aliasvalue(:no, :false)
     defaultto :false
   end
+
+  newparam(:extents_size) do
+    desc 'The physical extents size. Defaults to 4(M).'
+    validate do |value|
+      raise ArgumentError, "#{value} is not a valid extents size" unless %r{^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?}i.match?(value)
+    end
+    defaultto 4
+  end
 end