diff --git a/boards/nordic/nrf52840_dongle_opensk/src/main.rs b/boards/nordic/nrf52840_dongle_opensk/src/main.rs
index 051943867..e38898c3b 100644
--- a/boards/nordic/nrf52840_dongle_opensk/src/main.rs
+++ b/boards/nordic/nrf52840_dongle_opensk/src/main.rs
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ static mut PROCESSES: [Option<&'static dyn kernel::procs::ProcessType>; NUM_PROC
 static mut STORAGE_LOCATIONS: [kernel::StorageLocation; 1] = [kernel::StorageLocation {
     address: 0xC0000,
     size: 0x40000,
+    storage_type: kernel::StorageType::STORE,
 }];
 
 // Static reference to chip for panic dumps
diff --git a/boards/nordic/nrf52840_mdk_dfu/src/main.rs b/boards/nordic/nrf52840_mdk_dfu/src/main.rs
index daaeaedc7..c4b0afee9 100644
--- a/boards/nordic/nrf52840_mdk_dfu/src/main.rs
+++ b/boards/nordic/nrf52840_mdk_dfu/src/main.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ static mut PROCESSES: [Option<&'static dyn kernel::procs::ProcessType>; NUM_PROC
 static mut STORAGE_LOCATIONS: [kernel::StorageLocation; 1] = [kernel::StorageLocation {
     address: 0xC0000,
     size: 0x40000,
+    storage_type: kernel::StorageType::STORE,
 }];
 
 // Static reference to chip for panic dumps
diff --git a/boards/nordic/nrf52840dk_opensk/src/main.rs b/boards/nordic/nrf52840dk_opensk/src/main.rs
index 7898562dd..2443cae8a 100644
--- a/boards/nordic/nrf52840dk_opensk/src/main.rs
+++ b/boards/nordic/nrf52840dk_opensk/src/main.rs
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ static mut PROCESSES: [Option<&'static dyn kernel::procs::ProcessType>; NUM_PROC
 static mut STORAGE_LOCATIONS: [kernel::StorageLocation; 1] = [kernel::StorageLocation {
     address: 0xC0000,
     size: 0x40000,
+    storage_type: kernel::StorageType::STORE,
 }];
 
 static mut CHIP: Option<&'static nrf52840::chip::Chip> = None;
diff --git a/kernel/src/lib.rs b/kernel/src/lib.rs
index 428d90c29..2109a207e 100644
--- a/kernel/src/lib.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/lib.rs
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ pub use crate::sched::cooperative::{CoopProcessNode, CooperativeSched};
 pub use crate::sched::mlfq::{MLFQProcessNode, MLFQSched};
 pub use crate::sched::priority::PrioritySched;
 pub use crate::sched::round_robin::{RoundRobinProcessNode, RoundRobinSched};
-pub use crate::sched::{Kernel, Scheduler, StorageLocation};
+pub use crate::sched::{Kernel, Scheduler, StorageLocation, StorageType};
 
 // Export only select items from the process module. To remove the name conflict
 // this cannot be called `process`, so we use a shortened version. These
diff --git a/kernel/src/memop.rs b/kernel/src/memop.rs
index 5465c95f4..e596648f7 100644
--- a/kernel/src/memop.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/memop.rs
@@ -127,6 +127,14 @@ pub(crate) fn memop(process: &dyn ProcessType, op_type: usize, r1: usize) -> Ret
             }
         }
 
+        // Op Type 15: The type of the storage location indexed by r1.
+        15 => {
+            match process.get_storage_location(r1) {
+                None => ReturnCode::FAIL,
+                Some(x) => ReturnCode::SuccessWithValue { value: x.storage_type as usize }
+            }
+        }
+
         _ => ReturnCode::ENOSUPPORT,
     }
 }
diff --git a/kernel/src/sched.rs b/kernel/src/sched.rs
index f109960d3..9eaf98585 100644
--- a/kernel/src/sched.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/sched.rs
@@ -118,10 +118,19 @@ pub enum SchedulingDecision {
     TrySleep,
 }
 
+/// Represents the type of a storage slice.
+#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
+pub enum StorageType {
+    STORE = 1,
+    PARTITION = 2,
+    METADATA = 3,
+}
+
 /// Represents a storage location in flash.
 pub struct StorageLocation {
     pub address: usize,
     pub size: usize,
+    pub storage_type: StorageType,
 }
 
 /// Main object for the kernel. Each board will need to create one.