diff --git a/man/crypttab.xml b/man/crypttab.xml
index 4b8d4aa3d6..17976f3704 100644
--- a/man/crypttab.xml
+++ b/man/crypttab.xml
@@ -326,6 +326,17 @@
         option implies <option>tcrypt</option>.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>tcrypt-veracrypt</option></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Check for a VeraCrypt volume.  VeraCrypt is a fork of
+        TrueCrypt that is mostly compatible, but uses different, stronger key
+        derivation algorithms that cannot be detected without this flag.
+        Enabling this option could substantially slow down unlocking, because
+        VeraCrypt's key derivation takes much longer than TrueCrypt's.  This
+        option implies <option>tcrypt</option>.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
         <term><option>timeout=</option></term>
 
diff --git a/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c b/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c
index 9927621ea0..ff5a3f36fb 100644
--- a/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c
+++ b/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ static bool arg_verify = false;
 static bool arg_discards = false;
 static bool arg_tcrypt_hidden = false;
 static bool arg_tcrypt_system = false;
+static bool arg_tcrypt_veracrypt = false;
 static char **arg_tcrypt_keyfiles = NULL;
 static uint64_t arg_offset = 0;
 static uint64_t arg_skip = 0;
@@ -179,6 +180,14 @@ static int parse_one_option(const char *option) {
         } else if (streq(option, "tcrypt-system")) {
                 arg_type = CRYPT_TCRYPT;
                 arg_tcrypt_system = true;
+        } else if (streq(option, "tcrypt-veracrypt")) {
+#ifdef CRYPT_TCRYPT_VERA_MODES
+                arg_type = CRYPT_TCRYPT;
+                arg_tcrypt_veracrypt = true;
+#else
+                log_error("This version of cryptsetup does not support tcrypt-veracrypt; refusing.");
+                return -EINVAL;
+#endif
         } else if (STR_IN_SET(option, "plain", "swap", "tmp"))
                 arg_type = CRYPT_PLAIN;
         else if (startswith(option, "timeout=")) {
@@ -441,6 +450,11 @@ static int attach_tcrypt(
         if (arg_tcrypt_system)
                 params.flags |= CRYPT_TCRYPT_SYSTEM_HEADER;
 
+#ifdef CRYPT_TCRYPT_VERA_MODES
+        if (arg_tcrypt_veracrypt)
+                params.flags |= CRYPT_TCRYPT_VERA_MODES;
+#endif
+
         if (key_file) {
                 r = read_one_line_file(key_file, &passphrase);
                 if (r < 0) {