diff --git a/src/system.js b/src/system.js
index 25bffbde6..921862dc8 100644
--- a/src/system.js
+++ b/src/system.js
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ async function getLogs(unit, options) {
 }
 
 async function getBlockDevices() {
-    const result = await shell.exec('getBlockDevices', 'lsblk --paths --json --list --fs', {});
+    const result = await shell.exec('getBlockDevices', 'lsblk --paths --json --list --fs --output +rota', {});
     const info = safe.JSON.parse(result);
     if (!info) throw new BoxError(BoxError.INTERNAL_ERROR, `failed to parse lsblk: ${safe.error.message}`);
 
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ async function getBlockDevices() {
             size: d.fsavail || 0,
             type: d.fstype,
             uuid: d.uuid,
+            rota: d.rota, // false (ssd) true (hdd)
             mountpoint: d.mountpoints ? d.mountpoints.pop() : d.mountpoint // we only support one mountpoint here old lsblk only exposed one via .mountpoint
         };
     });