diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/dvbsddevice/Makefile b/PLUGINS/src/dvbsddevice/Makefile
index aa89feb..f286ead 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/dvbsddevice/Makefile
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/dvbsddevice/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ VERSION = $(shell grep 'static const char \*VERSION *=' $(PLUGIN).c | awk '{ pri
 
 CXX      ?= g++
 CXXFLAGS ?= -g -O3 -Wall -Woverloaded-virtual -Wno-parentheses
+LDFLAGS  += -ludev
 
 ### The directory environment:
 
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ i18n: $(I18Nmsgs) $(I18Npot)
 ### Targets:
 
 libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so: $(OBJS)
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared $(OBJS) -o $@
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
 	@cp --remove-destination $@ $(LIBDIR)/$@.$(APIVERSION)
 
 dist: $(I18Npo) clean
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/dvbsddevice/dvbsdffdevice.c b/PLUGINS/src/dvbsddevice/dvbsdffdevice.c
index 8671b1e..1f95ddf 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/dvbsddevice/dvbsdffdevice.c
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/dvbsddevice/dvbsdffdevice.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "dvbsdffdevice.h"
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <limits.h>
+#include <libudev.h>
 #include <linux/videodev2.h>
 #include <linux/dvb/audio.h>
 #include <linux/dvb/dmx.h>
@@ -756,6 +757,58 @@ int cDvbSdFfDevice::PlayTsAudio(const uchar *Data, int Length)
 
 // --- cDvbSdFfDeviceProbe ---------------------------------------------------
 
+static uint32_t GetSubsystemId(const char *DevName)
+{
+  uint32_t subsystemId = 0;
+  struct stat statbuf;
+  char type;
+  struct udev *udev = NULL;
+  struct udev_device *device = NULL;
+  struct udev_device *parent = NULL;
+  const char *subsystem_vendor = NULL;
+  const char *subsystem_device = NULL;
+
+  if (DevName == NULL)
+     return 0;
+
+  if (stat(DevName, &statbuf) < 0)
+     return 0;
+
+  if (S_ISBLK(statbuf.st_mode))
+     type = 'b';
+  else if (S_ISCHR(statbuf.st_mode))
+     type = 'c';
+  else
+     return 0;
+
+  udev = udev_new();
+  if (!udev)
+     return 0;
+
+  device = udev_device_new_from_devnum(udev, type, statbuf.st_rdev);
+  if (device == NULL)
+     goto unref;
+
+  parent = udev_device_get_parent(device);
+  if (parent == NULL)
+     goto unref;
+
+  subsystem_vendor = udev_device_get_property_value(device, "subsystem_vendor");
+  if (subsystem_vendor)
+     subsystemId = strtoul(subsystem_vendor, NULL, 0) << 16;
+
+  subsystem_device = udev_device_get_property_value(device, "subsystem_device");
+  if (subsystem_device)
+     subsystemId |= strtoul(subsystem_device, NULL, 0);
+
+unref:
+  // parent device mustn't be unref'd
+  if (device)
+     udev_device_unref(device);
+  udev_unref(udev);
+  return subsystemId;
+}
+
 bool cDvbSdFfDeviceProbe::Probe(int Adapter, int Frontend)
 {
   static uint32_t SubsystemIds[] = {
@@ -772,22 +825,7 @@ bool cDvbSdFfDeviceProbe::Probe(int Adapter, int Frontend)
     0x13C21002, // Technotrend/Hauppauge WinTV DVB-S rev1.3 SE
     0x00000000
     };
-  cString FileName;
-  cReadLine ReadLine;
-  FILE *f = NULL;
-  uint32_t SubsystemId = 0;
-  FileName = cString::sprintf("/sys/class/dvb/dvb%d.frontend%d/device/subsystem_vendor", Adapter, Frontend);
-  if ((f = fopen(FileName, "r")) != NULL) {
-     if (char *s = ReadLine.Read(f))
-        SubsystemId = strtoul(s, NULL, 0) << 16;
-     fclose(f);
-     }
-  FileName = cString::sprintf("/sys/class/dvb/dvb%d.frontend%d/device/subsystem_device", Adapter, Frontend);
-  if ((f = fopen(FileName, "r")) != NULL) {
-     if (char *s = ReadLine.Read(f))
-        SubsystemId |= strtoul(s, NULL, 0);
-     fclose(f);
-     }
+  uint32_t SubsystemId = GetSubsystemId(*cString::sprintf("/dev/dvb/adapter%d/frontend%d", Adapter, Frontend));
   for (uint32_t *sid = SubsystemIds; *sid; sid++) {
       if (*sid == SubsystemId) {
          dsyslog("creating cDvbSdFfDevice");