diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/logical_volume/lvm.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/logical_volume/lvm.rb
index 61a6f047..2d15ee66 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/logical_volume/lvm.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/logical_volume/lvm.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
              :blkid      => 'blkid',
              :dmsetup    => 'dmsetup',
              :lvconvert  => 'lvconvert',
-             :lvdisplay  => 'lvdisplay'
+             :lvdisplay  => 'lvdisplay',
+             :vgs        => 'vgs',
+             :pvs        => 'pvs'
 
     optional_commands :xfs_growfs => 'xfs_growfs',
                       :resize4fs  => 'resize4fs'
@@ -137,6 +139,85 @@ def exists?
         lvs(@resource[:volume_group]) =~ lvs_pattern
     end
 
+    def extents
+        lvm_size_units = { "K" => 1, "M" => 1024, "G" => 1024**2, "T" => 1024**3, "P" => 1024**4, "E" => 1024**5 }
+        
+        if @resource[:extents] =~ /^(\d+)((%)?(vg))?$/i
+            extents_size = $1.to_f
+            extents_full_type = $2.downcase unless $2.nil?
+        end
+
+        raw_vgs = vgs('--noheading', '-o','name,vg_extent_count,seg_size,vg_extent_size', path)
+
+        # Calculate the total extents of the Volume Group and the total used extents of the Logical Volume.
+        vgs_size = Hash.new
+        total_vgs_extents = 0
+        raw_vgs.split("\n").each do |lvs|
+            
+            if lvs =~ /\s+(\w+)\s+(\d+)\s+(\d+(\.\d+)?)([KMGTPE])\s+(\d+(\.\d+)?)([KMGTPE])/i
+                vg_name = $1
+                vg_extents_count = $2.to_i
+
+                lv_size = $3.to_f
+                lv_unit = $5.upcase
+                
+                ex_size = $6.to_f
+                ex_unit = $8.upcase
+                
+                # Number of extents in use by LV
+                lv_extents_count = (lv_size / ex_size) * (lvm_size_units[lv_unit] / lvm_size_units[ex_unit])
+
+            end
+            total_vgs_extents += vg_extents_count unless vgs_size.keys.include?(vg_name)
+            vgs_size[vg_name] ||= 0
+            vgs_size[vg_name] += lv_extents_count
+        end
+
+        total_used_lvs_extents = vgs_size.values.inject(:+)
+        # End calculation
+
+        if !extents_full_type.nil? and extents_full_type.eql? '%vg'
+            current_perc = ((total_used_lvs_extents / total_vgs_extents) * 100).round(0).to_s
+            current_value = current_perc + extents_full_type
+            
+            return current_value
+        end
+
+        return total_used_lvs_extents.to_s
+    end
+
+    def extents=(new_extents)
+
+        current_extents = extents()
+
+        if current_extents =~ /^(\d+(\.\d+)?)(%vg)?$/i
+            current_extents_value = $1.to_f
+            current_extents_type = $3.upcase unless $3.nil?
+        end
+        
+        if new_extents =~ /^(\d+(%vg)?)?$/i
+            new_extents_value = $1.to_i
+            new_extents_type = $2.upcase unless $2.nil?
+            
+            new_extent_size = new_extents_value.to_s
+            new_extent_size += new_extents_type unless new_extents_type.nil?
+        end
+
+        # If types does not match, do not resize
+        unless current_extents_type.eql? new_extents_type
+            fail("Cannot resize with different types (current: #{current_extents_type} vs new: #{new_extents_type}")
+        end
+
+        # Reduce in size is not possible
+        if new_extents_value.to_f < current_extents_value
+            fail("Decreasing the size requires manual intervention (#{new_extents_value} < #{current_extents_value})")
+        end
+           
+        lvextend('--extents', new_extent_size, path)
+    
+        resizefs(path, new_extent_size)
+    end
+
     def size
         if @resource[:size] =~ /^\d+\.?\d{0,2}([KMGTPE])/i
             unit = $1.downcase
@@ -201,18 +282,7 @@ def size=(new_size)
 
             lvextend( '-L', new_size, path) || fail( "Cannot extend to size #{new_size} because lvextend failed." )
 
-            unless @resource[:resize_fs] == :false or @resource[:resize_fs] == false or @resource[:resize_fs] == 'false'
-              blkid_type = blkid(path)
-              if command(:resize4fs) and blkid_type =~ /\bTYPE=\"(ext4)\"/
-                resize4fs( path) || fail( "Cannot resize file system to size #{new_size} because resize2fs failed." )
-              elsif blkid_type =~ /\bTYPE=\"(ext[34])\"/
-                resize2fs( path) || fail( "Cannot resize file system to size #{new_size} because resize2fs failed." )
-              elsif blkid_type =~ /\bTYPE=\"(xfs)\"/
-                xfs_growfs( path) || fail( "Cannot resize filesystem to size #{new_size} because xfs_growfs failed." )
-              elsif blkid_type =~ /\bTYPE=\"(swap)\"/
-                swapoff( path) && mkswap( path) && swapon( path) || fail( "Cannot resize swap to size #{new_size} because mkswap failed." )
-              end
-            end
+            resizefs(path, new_size)
 
         end
     end
@@ -305,4 +375,19 @@ def vgpath
         "/dev/#{@resource[:volume_group]}"
     end
 
+    def resizefs(path, new_size)
+        unless @resource[:resize_fs] == :false or @resource[:resize_fs] == false or @resource[:resize_fs] == 'false'
+            blkid_type = blkid(path)
+            if command(:resize4fs) and blkid_type =~ /\bTYPE=\"(ext4)\"/
+                resize4fs( path) || fail( "Cannot resize file system to size #{new_size} because resize2fs failed." )
+            elsif blkid_type =~ /\bTYPE=\"(ext[34])\"/
+                resize2fs( path) || fail( "Cannot resize file system to size #{new_size} because resize2fs failed." )
+            elsif blkid_type =~ /\bTYPE=\"(xfs)\"/
+                xfs_growfs( path) || fail( "Cannot resize filesystem to size #{new_size} because xfs_growfs failed." )
+            elsif blkid_type =~ /\bTYPE=\"(swap)\"/
+                swapoff( path) && mkswap( path) && swapon( path) || fail( "Cannot resize swap to size #{new_size} because mkswap failed." )
+            end
+        end
+    end
+
 end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/logical_volume.rb b/lib/puppet/type/logical_volume.rb
index 4a736f1d..8bbc3257 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/logical_volume.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/logical_volume.rb
@@ -58,13 +58,47 @@ def insync?(is)
     end
   end
 
-  newparam(:extents) do
-    desc "The number of logical extents to allocate for the new logical volume. Set to undef to use all available space"
+  newparam(:resize_extents) do
+    desc "Do resize when setting extents"
+    validate do |value|
+      unless [:true, true, "true", :false, false, "false"].include?(value)
+        raise ArgumentError , "resize_extents must be either be true or false"
+      end
+    end
+    defaultto false
+  end
+
+  newproperty(:extents) do
+    desc "The number of logical extents to allocate for the logical volume."
     validate do |value|
       unless value =~ /^\d+(%(?:vg|pvs|free|origin)?)?$/i
         raise ArgumentError , "#{value} is not a valid logical volume extent"
       end
     end
+    def insync?(is)
+      unless [:true, true, "true"].include?(@resource[:resize_extents])
+        return true
+      end
+
+      if is =~ /^(\d+(\.\d+)?)(%)?(vg)?$/i
+        current_value = $1.to_f
+        current_percent = !$3.nil?
+        current_type = $4.downcase unless $4.nil?
+      end
+
+      if should =~ /^(\d+)(%)?(vg|pvs|free|origin)?$/i
+        new_value = $1.to_f
+        new_percent = !$2.nil?
+        new_type = $3.downcase unless $3.nil?
+        if not new_type.nil? and ['origin', 'pvs', 'free'].include?(new_type)
+          warn("Warning: #{new_type} is not supported as extents resize, currently set to #{should} and resize_extents set to #{@resource[:resize_extents]}")
+          return true
+        end
+      end
+
+      new_value <= current_value
+
+    end
   end
 
   newparam(:persistent) do
diff --git a/manifests/logical_volume.pp b/manifests/logical_volume.pp
index d38ce4ec..f4488014 100644
--- a/manifests/logical_volume.pp
+++ b/manifests/logical_volume.pp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
   $no_sync           = undef,
   $region_size       = undef,
   $alloc             = undef,
+  $resize_extents    = undef,
 ) {
 
   validate_bool($mountpath_require)
@@ -95,7 +96,8 @@
     mirrorlog        => $mirrorlog,
     no_sync          => $no_sync,
     region_size      => $region_size,
-    alloc            => $alloc
+    alloc            => $alloc,
+    resize_extents   => $resize_extents,
   }
 
   if $createfs {