diff --git a/skel/share/lib/pool.sh b/skel/share/lib/pool.sh
index 1c326e60abb..101875d4046 100644
--- a/skel/share/lib/pool.sh
+++ b/skel/share/lib/pool.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ getSizeOfPool() # in $1 = pool path
     local size
 
     size=$(getPoolSetting "$path" "set max diskspace" max)
+
     if [ -z "$size" ]; then
         size=$(getProperty pool.size "$domain" "$cell")
     fi
@@ -38,6 +39,13 @@ getSizeOfPool() # in $1 = pool path
         "")
             echo "-"
             ;;
+	*%)
+	    total=$(getTotalSpace  "$path")
+	    percent=$(echo "${size}" | tr -d "%")
+	    size=$((${total}*${percent}/100))
+	    stringToGiB "${size}G" size
+	    echo "${size}G"
+	    ;;
         *)
             stringToGiB "$size" size
             echo "${size}G"
diff --git a/skel/share/lib/utils.sh b/skel/share/lib/utils.sh
index 294e7df8852..0e1a511417a 100644
--- a/skel/share/lib/utils.sh
+++ b/skel/share/lib/utils.sh
@@ -305,6 +305,12 @@ getFreeSpace() # in $1 = path
     [ -d "$1" ] && ( df -k "${1}" | awk 'NR == 2 { if (NF < 4) { getline; x = $3 } else { x = $4 }; printf "%d", x / (1024 * 1024)}' )
 }
 
+# Extracts the amount of free space in GiB.
+getTotalSpace() # in $1 = path
+{
+    [ -d "$1" ] && ( df -k "${1}" | awk 'NR == 2 { if (NF < 4) { getline; x = $1 } else { x = $2 }; printf "%d", x / (1024 * 1024)}' )
+}
+
 # Reads configuration file into shell variables. The shell variable
 # names can optionally be prefixed. Returns 1 if file does not exist.
 readconf() # in $1 = file in $2 = prefix