diff --git a/include/lib/dasd_base.h b/include/lib/dasd_base.h
index e94610bc..b12e1f9c 100644
--- a/include/lib/dasd_base.h
+++ b/include/lib/dasd_base.h
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ typedef struct format_data_t {
 #define DASD_FMT_INT_INVAL	4	/* invalidate tracks */
 #define DASD_FMT_INT_COMPAT	8	/* use OS/390 compatible disk layout */
 #define DASD_FMT_INT_FMT_NOR0	16	/* remove permission to write record zero */
+#define DASD_FMT_INT_ESE_FULL	32	/* release space for entire volume */
 
 /*
  * struct format_check_t
@@ -210,6 +211,8 @@ struct hd_geometry {
 #define BIODASDINFO2   _IOR(DASD_IOCTL_LETTER, 3, dasd_information2_t)
 /* #define BIODASDFORMAT  _IOW(IOCTL_LETTER,0,format_data_t) , deprecated */
 #define BIODASDFMT     _IOW(DASD_IOCTL_LETTER, 1, format_data_t)
+/* Release Allocated Space */
+#define BIODASDRAS     _IOW(DASD_IOCTL_LETTER, 3, format_data_t)
 /* Check device format according to format_data_t */
 #define BIODASDCHECKFMT _IOWR(DASD_IOCTL_LETTER, 2, format_check_t)
 
@@ -233,6 +236,7 @@ int dasd_check_format(const char *device, format_check_t *p);
 int dasd_format_disk(int fd, format_data_t *p);
 int dasd_disk_disable(const char *device, int *fd);
 int dasd_disk_enable(int fd);
+int dasd_release_space(const char *device, format_data_t *r);
 int dasd_get_blocksize(const char *device, unsigned int *blksize);
 int dasd_get_blocksize_in_bytes(const char *device, unsigned long long *blksize);
 int dasd_get_geo(const char *device, struct hd_geometry *geo);
diff --git a/libdasd/dasd_ioctl.c b/libdasd/dasd_ioctl.c
index bf97ce5b..22e6d219 100644
--- a/libdasd/dasd_ioctl.c
+++ b/libdasd/dasd_ioctl.c
@@ -228,6 +228,26 @@ int dasd_check_format(const char *device, format_check_t *p)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Release Allocated Space
+ *
+ * @param[in] fd		device node's file descriptor
+ * @param[in] r			format options
+ *
+ * @retval 0		in case of success
+ * @retval errno	in case of failure
+ */
+int dasd_release_space(const char *device, format_data_t *r)
+{
+	int fd;
+
+	fd = dasd_open_device(device, O_RDONLY);
+	RUN_IOCTL(fd, BIODASDRAS, r);
+	dasd_close_device(fd);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Reread partition table
  *