diff --git a/package/yast2-storage-ng.changes b/package/yast2-storage-ng.changes
index 885aa81c38..6a3ee556d8 100644
--- a/package/yast2-storage-ng.changes
+++ b/package/yast2-storage-ng.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan  9 15:36:15 UTC 2018 - lslezak@suse.cz
+
+- Added Mountable#persistent? (needed for bsc#1073696)
+- 4.0.68
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jan  8 22:16:30 UTC 2018 - ancor@suse.com
 
diff --git a/package/yast2-storage-ng.spec b/package/yast2-storage-ng.spec
index 829711fba4..c742f2313b 100644
--- a/package/yast2-storage-ng.spec
+++ b/package/yast2-storage-ng.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #
 
 Name:		yast2-storage-ng
-Version:        4.0.67
+Version:        4.0.68
 Release:	0
 BuildArch:	noarch
 
diff --git a/src/lib/y2storage/mountable.rb b/src/lib/y2storage/mountable.rb
index c442fcd757..7531950d86 100644
--- a/src/lib/y2storage/mountable.rb
+++ b/src/lib/y2storage/mountable.rb
@@ -88,6 +88,16 @@ def mountpoint=(path)
 
     alias_method :mount_point=, :mountpoint=
 
+    # Is the mount persistent?
+    #
+    # @return [Boolean] true if the mount point is saved to /etc/fstab
+    #   (and will be mounted at boot again), false otherwise
+    def persistent?
+      # TODO: this implementation needs to be adapted after adding the Y2Storage
+      # wrapper for Storage::MountPoint
+      to_storage_value.has_mount_point && to_storage_value.mount_point.in_etc_fstab?
+    end
+
     # Sets the options to use in /etc/fstab for a newly created filesystem.
     #
     # @param new_options [Array<String>]
diff --git a/test/y2storage/filesystems/blk_filesystem_test.rb b/test/y2storage/filesystems/blk_filesystem_test.rb
index 5f680b7f21..14023ad1ba 100644
--- a/test/y2storage/filesystems/blk_filesystem_test.rb
+++ b/test/y2storage/filesystems/blk_filesystem_test.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,24 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe "#persistent?" do
+    context "for not mounted filesystem" do
+      let(:dev_name) { "/dev/sdb3" }
+
+      it "returns false" do
+        expect(filesystem.persistent?).to eq false
+      end
+
+      context "after adding a mount point" do
+        before { filesystem.mount_point = "/mnt/test" }
+
+        it "returns true" do
+          expect(filesystem.persistent?).to eq true
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "#in_network?" do
     let(:disk) { Y2Storage::BlkDevice.find_by_name(fake_devicegraph, "/dev/sda") }