diff --git a/udev.c b/udev.c
index 4096b8b348..2a6e1efc99 100644
--- a/udev.c
+++ b/udev.c
@@ -123,8 +123,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[])
 		struct name_entry *name_loop;
 
 		dbg("executing run list");
-		list_for_each_entry(name_loop, &udev.run_list, node)
-			execute_program(name_loop->name, udev.subsystem, NULL, 0, NULL);
+		list_for_each_entry(name_loop, &udev.run_list, node) {
+			if (strncmp(name_loop->name, "socket:", strlen("socket:")) == 0)
+				pass_env_to_socket(&name_loop->name[strlen("socket:")], devpath, action);
+			else
+				execute_program(name_loop->name, udev.subsystem, NULL, 0, NULL);
+		}
 	}
 
 	udev_cleanup_device(&udev);
diff --git a/udev_utils.c b/udev_utils.c
index 2524baf592..fd4cd13e5d 100644
--- a/udev_utils.c
+++ b/udev_utils.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
@@ -372,6 +374,38 @@ int add_matching_files(struct list_head *name_list, const char *dirname, const c
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int pass_env_to_socket(const char *sockname, const char *devpath, const char *action)
+{
+	int sock;
+	struct sockaddr_un saddr;
+	socklen_t addrlen;
+	char buf[2048];
+	size_t bufpos = 0;
+	int i;
+	int retval;
+
+	dbg("pass environment to socket '%s'", sockname);
+	sock = socket(AF_LOCAL, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+	memset(&saddr, 0x00, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un));
+	saddr.sun_family = AF_LOCAL;
+	/* only abstract namespace is supported */
+	strcpy(&saddr.sun_path[1], sockname);
+	addrlen = offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path) + strlen(saddr.sun_path+1) + 1;
+
+	bufpos = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf)-1, "%s@%s", action, devpath);
+	bufpos++;
+	for (i = 0; environ[i] != NULL && bufpos < sizeof(buf); i++) {
+		bufpos += strlcpy(&buf[bufpos], environ[i], sizeof(buf) - bufpos-1);
+		bufpos++;
+	}
+
+	retval = sendto(sock, &buf, bufpos, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&saddr, addrlen);
+	if (retval != -1)
+		retval = 0;
+
+	return retval;
+}
+
 int execute_program(const char *command, const char *subsystem,
 		    char *result, size_t ressize, size_t *reslen)
 {
diff --git a/udev_utils.h b/udev_utils.h
index 5f4152df82..5b223855b6 100644
--- a/udev_utils.h
+++ b/udev_utils.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ extern void replace_untrusted_chars(char *string);
 extern int name_list_add(struct list_head *name_list, const char *name, int sort);
 extern int name_list_key_add(struct list_head *name_list, const char *key, const char *value);
 extern int add_matching_files(struct list_head *name_list, const char *dirname, const char *suffix);
+extern int pass_env_to_socket(const char *name, const char *devpath, const char *action);
 extern int execute_program(const char *command, const char *subsystem,
 			   char *result, size_t ressize, size_t *reslen);
 
diff --git a/udevsend.c b/udevsend.c
index 94ab6ff625..0ba1b58a4b 100644
--- a/udevsend.c
+++ b/udevsend.c
@@ -19,17 +19,17 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>
-#include <time.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stddef.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 #include <linux/stddef.h>
 
 #include "udev.h"
diff --git a/udevstart.c b/udevstart.c
index 0bcbc39737..5f3ba711f0 100644
--- a/udevstart.c
+++ b/udevstart.c
@@ -160,8 +160,12 @@ run:
 		struct name_entry *name_loop;
 
 		dbg("executing run list");
-		list_for_each_entry(name_loop, &udev.run_list, node)
-			execute_program(name_loop->name, udev.subsystem, NULL, 0, NULL);
+		list_for_each_entry(name_loop, &udev.run_list, node) {
+			if (strncmp(name_loop->name, "socket:", strlen("socket:")) == 0)
+				pass_env_to_socket(&name_loop->name[strlen("socket:")], devpath, "add");
+			else
+				execute_program(name_loop->name, udev.subsystem, NULL, 0, NULL);
+		}
 	}
 exit:
 	sysfs_close_class_device(class_dev);