diff --git a/namedev.c b/namedev.c
index a9142374f4..7305676d42 100644
--- a/namedev.c
+++ b/namedev.c
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ static void apply_format(struct udevice *udev, char *string, size_t maxsize,
 	int i;
 	char c;
 	char *spos;
+	char *rest;
 	int slen;
 	struct sysfs_attribute *tmpattr;
 
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ static void apply_format(struct udevice *udev, char *string, size_t maxsize,
 			/* get part part of the result string */
 			i = 0;
 			if (attr != NULL)
-				i = atoi(attr);
+				i = strtoul(attr, &rest, 10);
 			if (i > 0) {
 				foreach_strpart(udev->program_result, " \n\r", spos, slen) {
 					i--;
@@ -255,7 +256,10 @@ static void apply_format(struct udevice *udev, char *string, size_t maxsize,
 					dbg("requested part of result string not found");
 					break;
 				}
-				strfieldcpymax(temp2, spos, slen+1);
+				if (rest[0] == '+')
+					strfieldcpy(temp2, spos);
+				else
+					strfieldcpymax(temp2, spos, slen+1);
 				strfieldcatmax(string, temp2, maxsize);
 				dbg("substitute part of result string '%s'", temp2);
 			} else {
diff --git a/test/udev-test.pl b/test/udev-test.pl
index dadec568ba..7db92691d3 100644
--- a/test/udev-test.pl
+++ b/test/udev-test.pl
@@ -304,6 +304,15 @@ EOF
 		expected => "link1" ,
 		conf     => <<EOF
 BUS="scsi", PROGRAM="/bin/echo -n node link1 link2", RESULT="node *", NAME="%c{1}", SYMLINK="%c{2} %c{3}"
+EOF
+	},
+	{
+		desc     => "program result substitution (numbered part of+)",
+		subsys   => "block",
+		devpath  => "block/sda/sda3",
+		expected => "link3" ,
+		conf     => <<EOF
+BUS="scsi", PROGRAM="/bin/echo -n node link1 link2 link3 link4", RESULT="node *", NAME="%c{1}", SYMLINK="%c{2+}"
 EOF
 	},
 	{
diff --git a/udev.8 b/udev.8
index d5d9549113..b367d39813 100644
--- a/udev.8
+++ b/udev.8
@@ -253,7 +253,10 @@ field for the obvious reason.)
 .br
 A single part of the string, separated by a space character
 may be selected by specifying the part number as a attribute:
-.BI %c{ part }
+.BI %c{ N }
+If the number is followed by the + char this part plus
+all remaining parts of the result string are substituted:
+.BI %c{ N+ }
 .TP
 .BI %s{ filename }
 The content of a sysfs attribute.