Index: uspace/app/mkfat/mkfat.c
===================================================================
--- uspace/app/mkfat/mkfat.c	(revision a927398ac7059e9b138a3643d667cd325769e13e)
+++ uspace/app/mkfat/mkfat.c	(revision 58fa3e668549d763497f0c6b6a9059794bb2ff4a)
@@ -500,5 +500,8 @@
 
 		(void) fat_label_encode(&bs->label, bs_label);
-		memcpy(bs->type, "FAT   ", 8);
+		if (cfg->fat_type == FAT12)
+			memcpy(bs->type, "FAT12   ", 8);
+		else
+			memcpy(bs->type, "FAT16   ", 8);
 	}
 }