diff --git a/cmd/luks2crypt/main.go b/cmd/luks2crypt/main.go
index eeed13e..3fb5613 100644
--- a/cmd/luks2crypt/main.go
+++ b/cmd/luks2crypt/main.go
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 					Usage: "Luks Device to rotate password on. Ex. /dev/sda3"},
 				cli.StringFlag{Name: "currentpassword, p",
 					Usage: "Password to unlock and update device"},
+				cli.IntFlag{Name: "luksVersion, v",
+					Usage: "Luks version",
+					Value: 2},
 				cli.StringFlag{Name: "cryptserver, s",
 					Usage: "Crypt Server to escrow recovery key to. Ex. cryptserver.example.com"},
 				cli.StringFlag{Name: "cryptendpoint, e",
@@ -71,13 +74,19 @@ func optVersion(c *cli.Context) error {
 func optPostImaging(c *cli.Context) error {
 	cryptURL := "https://" + c.String("cryptserver")
 	opts := postimaging.Opts{
-		LuksDev:  c.String("luksdevice"),
-		CurPass:  c.String("currentpassword"),
-		Server:   cryptURL,
-		URI:      c.String("cryptendpoint"),
-		AuthUser: c.String("authuser"),
-		AuthPass: c.String("authpass"),
+		LuksDev:     c.String("luksdevice"),
+		CurPass:     c.String("currentpassword"),
+		Server:      cryptURL,
+		URI:         c.String("cryptendpoint"),
+		AuthUser:    c.String("authuser"),
+		AuthPass:    c.String("authpass"),
+		LuksVersion: c.Int("luksVersion"),
 	}
+
+	if opts.LuksVersion != 1 {
+		opts.LuksVersion = 2
+	}
+
 	if (opts.AuthUser != "") && (opts.AuthPass == "") {
 		fmt.Printf("Password: ")
 		password, err := terminal.ReadPassword(0)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8260835..4bca34a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ go 1.14
 require (
 	github.com/diskfs/go-diskfs v0.0.0-20190517155712-1190dcf1ff31
 	github.com/dselans/dmidecode v0.0.0-20180814053009-65c3f9d81910
-	github.com/gorilla/schema v1.1.0
+	github.com/gorilla/schema v1.2.0
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/sethvargo/go-diceware v0.2.0
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200604202706-70a84ac30bf9
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190616124812-15dcb6c0061f // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201203163018-be400aefbc4c
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201204225414-ed752295db88 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/urfave/cli.v1 v1.20.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8ecf602..a257eb6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ github.com/diskfs/go-diskfs v0.0.0-20190517155712-1190dcf1ff31 h1:k5UxaYj85BdnZn
 github.com/diskfs/go-diskfs v0.0.0-20190517155712-1190dcf1ff31/go.mod h1:/Law/HCWU7AOPxin1Tg4L9eUwlLjVUsuztx/s4X683E=
 github.com/dselans/dmidecode v0.0.0-20180814053009-65c3f9d81910 h1:w9T/rS5VP0SPXqYr7BpUeqf6ukp/GEWm6nXhziWzBY4=
 github.com/dselans/dmidecode v0.0.0-20180814053009-65c3f9d81910/go.mod h1:yGxJ4za56u74+F00gmg9RJoyXLzvrOrIat4b/Dgw9Lo=
-github.com/gorilla/schema v1.1.0 h1:CamqUDOFUBqzrvxuz2vEwo8+SUdwsluFh7IlzJh30LY=
-github.com/gorilla/schema v1.1.0/go.mod h1:kgLaKoK1FELgZqMAVxx/5cbj0kT+57qxUrAlIO2eleU=
+github.com/gorilla/schema v1.2.0 h1:YufUaxZYCKGFuAq3c96BOhjgd5nmXiOY9NGzF247Tsc=
+github.com/gorilla/schema v1.2.0/go.mod h1:kgLaKoK1FELgZqMAVxx/5cbj0kT+57qxUrAlIO2eleU=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 h1:L/CwN0zerZDmRFUapSPitk6f+Q3+0za1rQkzVuMiMFI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
@@ -14,13 +14,18 @@ github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:dA0hQrYB0VpLJoorglMZABFdXlWrHn1NEOzdh
 github.com/sethvargo/go-diceware v0.2.0 h1:3QzXGqUe0UR9y1XYSz1dxGS+fKtXOxRqqKjy+cG1yTI=
 github.com/sethvargo/go-diceware v0.2.0/go.mod h1:II+37A5sTGAtg3zd/JqyVQ8qqAjSm/2r2X6qkVZDjyg=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200604202706-70a84ac30bf9 h1:vEg9joUBmeBcK9iSJftGNf3coIG4HqZElCPehJsfAYM=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200604202706-70a84ac30bf9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201203163018-be400aefbc4c h1:9HhBz5L/UjnK9XLtiZhYAdue5BVKep3PMmS2LuPDt8k=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201203163018-be400aefbc4c/go.mod h1:jdWPYTVW3xRLrWPugEBEK3UY2ZEsg3UU495nc5E+M+I=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190616124812-15dcb6c0061f h1:25KHgbfyiSm6vwQLbM3zZIe1v9p/3ea4Rz+nnM5K/i4=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190616124812-15dcb6c0061f/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191026070338-33540a1f6037/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201204225414-ed752295db88 h1:KmZPnMocC93w341XZp26yTJg8Za7lhb2KhkYmixoeso=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201204225414-ed752295db88/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201117132131-f5c789dd3221 h1:/ZHdbVpdR/jk3g30/d4yUL0JU9kksj8+F/bnQUVLGDM=
+golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201117132131-f5c789dd3221/go.mod h1:Nr5EML6q2oocZ2LXRh80K7BxOlk5/8JxuGnuhpl+muw=
+golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1 h1:v+OssWQX+hTHEmOBgwxdZxK4zHq3yOs8F9J7mk0PY8E=
+golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 h1:qIbj1fsPNlZgppZ+VLlY7N33q108Sa+fhmuc+sWQYwY=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/internal/luks/luks.go b/internal/luks/luks.go
index 1350f47..e6866fb 100644
--- a/internal/luks/luks.go
+++ b/internal/luks/luks.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type Settings struct {
 	OldPass, NewPass, LuksDevice string
 	LuksSlot                     int
 	cDevice                      *C.struct_crypt_device
+	LuksVersion                  int
 }
 
 // Error holds error messages from this package
@@ -52,7 +53,11 @@ func (luksDevice *Settings) cryptInit() (*C.struct_crypt_device, error) {
 
 // load populates the libcryptsetup struct with device info from disk
 func (luksDevice *Settings) load() error {
-	cCryptType := C.CString(C.CRYPT_LUKS1)
+	cCryptType := C.CString(C.CRYPT_LUKS2)
+	if luksDevice.LuksVersion == 1 {
+		cCryptType = C.CString(C.CRYPT_LUKS1)
+	}
+
 	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cCryptType))
 
 	err := C.crypt_load(luksDevice.cDevice, cCryptType, nil)
@@ -141,7 +146,11 @@ func (luksDevice *Settings) format() (int, error) {
 		data_device:    nil,
 	}
 
-	cLuksType := C.CString(C.CRYPT_LUKS1)
+	cLuksType := C.CString(C.CRYPT_LUKS2)
+	if luksDevice.LuksVersion == 1 {
+		cLuksType = C.CString(C.CRYPT_LUKS1)
+	}
+
 	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cLuksType))
 
 	cLuksCipher := C.CString("aes")
@@ -207,10 +216,11 @@ func (luksDevice *Settings) freeCryptDev() {
 
 // formatSetPassword formats a device with luks and adds a passphrase to device
 // This is used by tests to create a virtual disk
-func formatSetPassword(pass string, luksDevice string) (bool, error) {
+func formatSetPassword(pass string, luksDevice string, luksVersion int) (bool, error) {
 	cryptInfo := &Settings{
-		NewPass:    pass,
-		LuksDevice: luksDevice,
+		NewPass:     pass,
+		LuksDevice:  luksDevice,
+		LuksVersion: luksVersion,
 	}
 
 	cCryptDev, err := cryptInfo.cryptInit()
@@ -233,9 +243,10 @@ func formatSetPassword(pass string, luksDevice string) (bool, error) {
 }
 
 // PassWorks tests if a luks password is correct
-func PassWorks(pass string, luksDevice string) (bool, error) {
+func PassWorks(pass string, luksDevice string, luksVersion int) (bool, error) {
 	cryptInfo := &Settings{
-		LuksDevice: luksDevice,
+		LuksDevice:  luksDevice,
+		LuksVersion: luksVersion,
 	}
 
 	cCryptDev, err := cryptInfo.cryptInit()
@@ -261,15 +272,12 @@ func PassWorks(pass string, luksDevice string) (bool, error) {
 }
 
 // SetRecoveryPassword changes the luks passphrase on the device
-func SetRecoveryPassword(
-	oldPass string,
-	newPass string,
-	luksDevice string,
-) error {
+func SetRecoveryPassword(oldPass string, newPass string, luksDevice string, luksVersion int) error {
 	cryptInfo := &Settings{
-		OldPass:    oldPass,
-		NewPass:    newPass,
-		LuksDevice: luksDevice,
+		OldPass:     oldPass,
+		NewPass:     newPass,
+		LuksDevice:  luksDevice,
+		LuksVersion: luksVersion,
 	}
 
 	cCryptDev, err := cryptInfo.cryptInit()
diff --git a/internal/luks/luks_test.go b/internal/luks/luks_test.go
index 3fb2860..4889001 100644
--- a/internal/luks/luks_test.go
+++ b/internal/luks/luks_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 type testDisk struct {
 	path, pass, newPass string
 	size                int64
+	luksVersion         int
 }
 
 // createTempDir allocates a temporary directory in the system $TMPDIR
@@ -36,8 +37,9 @@ func createTempDir(t *testing.T, dir string, prefix string) string {
 // create allocates and formats a disk to run tests against
 func (d testDisk) create(t *testing.T) {
 	luksDev := &Settings{
-		NewPass:    d.pass,
-		LuksDevice: d.path,
+		NewPass:     d.pass,
+		LuksDevice:  d.path,
+		LuksVersion: d.luksVersion,
 	}
 
 	disk, err := diskfs.Create(d.path, d.size, diskfs.Raw)
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ func (d testDisk) create(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("error partitioning test filesystem %v", err)
 	}
 
-	_, err = formatSetPassword(luksDev.NewPass, luksDev.LuksDevice)
+	_, err = formatSetPassword(luksDev.NewPass, luksDev.LuksDevice, luksDev.LuksVersion)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("error creating test luks device: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -66,13 +68,14 @@ func TestPassWorks(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
 
 	expected := testDisk{
-		path: path.Clean(dir + "/luksdisk.img"),
-		size: int64(10 * 1024 * 1024), // 10MB
-		pass: "testPassw0rd!",
+		path:        path.Clean(dir + "/luksdisk.img"),
+		size:        int64(10 * 1024 * 1024), // 10MB
+		pass:        "testPassw0rd!",
+		luksVersion: 1,
 	}
 	expected.create(t)
 
-	_, err := PassWorks(expected.pass, expected.path)
+	_, err := PassWorks(expected.pass, expected.path, expected.luksVersion)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("error checking if '%v' is the password for '%v'. Got %v",
 			expected.pass,
@@ -87,14 +90,15 @@ func TestSetRecoveryPassword(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
 
 	expected := testDisk{
-		path:    path.Clean(dir + "/luksdisk.img"),
-		size:    int64(10 * 1024 * 1024), // 10MB
-		pass:    "testPassw0rd!",
-		newPass: "Th!sIsTh3NewPassw0d*",
+		path:        path.Clean(dir + "/luksdisk.img"),
+		size:        int64(10 * 1024 * 1024), // 10MB
+		pass:        "testPassw0rd!",
+		newPass:     "Th!sIsTh3NewPassw0d*",
+		luksVersion: 1,
 	}
 	expected.create(t)
 
-	err := SetRecoveryPassword(expected.pass, expected.newPass, expected.path)
+	err := SetRecoveryPassword(expected.pass, expected.newPass, expected.path, expected.luksVersion)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("error changing password from '%v' to '%v' on '%v'. Got %v",
 			expected.pass,
diff --git a/pkg/postimaging/postimaging.go b/pkg/postimaging/postimaging.go
index 275043b..f1a07f2 100644
--- a/pkg/postimaging/postimaging.go
+++ b/pkg/postimaging/postimaging.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 
 // Opts is used to store the options needed for postimaging functions
 type Opts struct {
+	LuksVersion                                       int
 	LuksDev, CurPass, Server, URI, AuthUser, AuthPass string
 }
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ func Run(opts Opts) error {
 	log.Println("generated new random password")
 
 	// test if the current password works before performing destructive actions
-	passWorks, err := luks.PassWorks(opts.CurPass, opts.LuksDev)
+	passWorks, err := luks.PassWorks(opts.CurPass, opts.LuksDev, opts.LuksVersion)
 	if err != nil || passWorks == false {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ func Run(opts Opts) error {
 
 	// change luks admin password to new password
 	err = luks.SetRecoveryPassword(opts.CurPass, cryptServerData.Pass,
-		opts.LuksDev)
+		opts.LuksDev, opts.LuksVersion)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}