diff --git a/grub-core/osdep/hurd/getroot.c b/grub-core/osdep/hurd/getroot.c
index 69af72206..af31f2c47 100644
--- a/grub-core/osdep/hurd/getroot.c
+++ b/grub-core/osdep/hurd/getroot.c
@@ -109,6 +109,16 @@ grub_util_find_hurd_root_device (const char *path)
     grub_util_error (_("translator `%s' for path `%s' is given only options, "
                        "cannot find device part"), argz, path);
 
+  int part = -1;
+  if (strncmp (name, "part:", sizeof ("part:") - 1) == 0)
+    {
+      char *next = strchr (name + sizeof ("part:") - 1, ':');
+      if (next)
+        {
+          part = atoi (name + sizeof ("part:") - 1);
+          name = next + 1;
+        }
+    }
   if (strncmp (name, "device:", sizeof ("device:") - 1) == 0)
     {
       char *dev_name = name + sizeof ("device:") - 1;
@@ -127,10 +137,10 @@ grub_util_find_hurd_root_device (const char *path)
             dev_name = next_name + 1;
         }
 
-      size = sizeof ("/dev/") - 1 + strlen (dev_name) + 1;
-      ret = xmalloc (size);
-      next = stpncpy (ret, "/dev/", size);
-      stpncpy (next, dev_name, size - (next - ret));
+      if (part >= 0)
+        ret = xasprintf("/dev/%ss%u", dev_name, part);
+      else
+        ret = xasprintf("/dev/%s", dev_name);
     }
   else if (!strncmp (name, "file:", sizeof ("file:") - 1))
     ret = strdup (name + sizeof ("file:") - 1);
diff --git a/util/grub.d/10_hurd.in b/util/grub.d/10_hurd.in
index 2ab3a97e6..2fafa4e59 100644
--- a/util/grub.d/10_hurd.in
+++ b/util/grub.d/10_hurd.in
@@ -128,9 +128,11 @@ EOF
   else
       opts=
   fi
+  device=device:${GRUB_DEVICE#/dev/}
+  device=$(echo "$device" | sed -e 's/^device:\(.*[0-9]\+\)s\([0-9]\+\)$/part:\2:device:\1'/)
   sed "s/^/$submenu_indentation/" << EOF
 	echo		'$(echo "$message" | grub_quote)'
-	multiboot	${kernel} root=device:${GRUB_DEVICE#/dev/} $opts ${GRUB_CMDLINE_GNUMACH}
+	multiboot	${kernel} root=$device $opts ${GRUB_CMDLINE_GNUMACH}
 EOF
 
   if [ x$type != xrecovery ] ; then