diff --git a/kernel/src/lib.rs b/kernel/src/lib.rs
index 807170195..a13413791 100644
--- a/kernel/src/lib.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/lib.rs
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ 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 031159500..0cbfea929 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.