diff --git a/types/default.nix b/types/default.nix
index 96c7dfa..bdfb94f 100644
--- a/types/default.nix
+++ b/types/default.nix
@@ -55,12 +55,14 @@ rec {
     deviceNumbering = dev: index:
       if match "/dev/[vs]d.+" dev != null then
         dev + toString index  # /dev/{s,v}da style
-      else if match "/dev/disk/.+" dev != null then
-        "${dev}-part${toString index}" # /dev/disk/by-id/xxx style
+      else if match "/dev/(disk|zvol)/.+" dev != null then
+        "${dev}-part${toString index}" # /dev/disk/by-id/xxx style, also used by zfs's zvolumes
       else if match "/dev/(nvme|md/|mmcblk).+" dev != null then
         "${dev}p${toString index}" # /dev/nvme0n1p1 style
       else
-        abort "${dev} seems not to be a supported disk format";
+        abort ''
+          ${dev} seems not to be a supported disk format. Please add this to disko in https://github.com/nix-community/disko/blob/master/types/default.nix
+        '';
 
     /* A nix option type representing a json datastructure, vendored from nixpkgs to avoid dependency on pkgs */
     jsonType =