diff --git a/cdrom.c b/cdrom.c
index 5e118ea..9864b73 100644
--- a/cdrom.c
+++ b/cdrom.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "probing.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "mount.h"
+#include "automatic.h"
 
 #include "cdrom.h"
 #include "init.h"
@@ -88,6 +89,26 @@ done:
 	return rc;
 }
 
+/* test_that_cd_with_file_uid() returns 0 on success, using in automatic mode */
+static int test_that_cd_with_file_uid(const char * dev_name, const char * dev_model)
+{
+	const char *uid_file = get_auto_value("fuid");
+	char *uid_file_path = get_uid_file_path(NULL, uid_file);
+	int rc;
+
+	if (uid_file_path != NULL && access(uid_file_path, R_OK)) {
+		log_message("skip device /dev/%s %s without uid file %s", dev_name, dev_model, uid_file);
+		rc = -1;
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+	rc = test_that_cd(1);
+
+done:
+	if (uid_file_path != NULL)
+		free(uid_file_path);
+	return rc;
+}
 
 static enum return_type try_with_device(char * dev_name, char * dev_model);
 
@@ -186,7 +207,7 @@ int try_automatic(char ** medias, char ** medias_models)
 
 		wait_message("Trying to access media in drive %s", *model);
 		if (mount_that_cd_device(*ptr) != -1) {
-			if (!test_that_cd(1)) {
+			if (!test_that_cd_with_file_uid(*ptr, *model)) {
 				remove_wait_message();
 				return i;
 			}
@@ -271,7 +292,7 @@ enum return_type cdrom_prepare(void)
 				log_message("mount device /dev/%s %s failed", medias[i], medias_models[i]);
 			}
 			if (automatic_result != RETURN_OK)
-				return automatic_result;
+				break;
 		}
 
 		ptr = medias;
diff --git a/tools.c b/tools.c
index c8e7f7b..bbe6289 100644
--- a/tools.c
+++ b/tools.c
@@ -414,6 +414,19 @@ char * get_ramdisk_path(const char *mount_path)
     return strdup(img_name);
 }
 
+char * get_uid_file_path(const char *mount_path, const char *uid_file)
+{
+	char file_name[500];
+
+	/* return NULL for empty file uid */
+	if (!uid_file || uid_file[0] == '\0')
+		return NULL;
+	/* FIXME */
+	strcpy(file_name, mount_path ? mount_path : IMAGE_LOCATION "/");
+	strcat(file_name, uid_file);
+	return strdup(file_name);
+}
+
 /* This function is used to protect against stage2 (aka ramdisk) spoofing */
 enum return_type verify_ramdisk_digest(const char *filename, const char *sha256_hash)
 {
diff --git a/tools.h b/tools.h
index f54919f..19b095d 100644
--- a/tools.h
+++ b/tools.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ char ** list_directory(char * direct);
 int string_array_length(char ** a);
 int do_losetup(char * device, char * target);
 char * get_ramdisk_path(const char *);
+char * get_uid_file_path(const char *, const char *);
 enum return_type verify_ramdisk_digest(const char *filename, const char *sha256_hash);
 int splash_verbose();
 int update_splash(char * state);