diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index 4e551d1b8..68c74974c 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Version 2.02.51 - 
 ================================
-  Added configure --enable-udev_rules --enable-udev_sync --with-udev-prefix.
+  Added configure --enable-udev_rules --enable-udev_sync.
+  Added configure --with-udev-prefix --with-udevdir.
   Added udev dir to hold udev rules.
   Add --dataalignmentoffset to pvcreate to shift start of aligned data area.
   Fix _mda_setup() to not check first mda's size before pe_align rounding.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8f7ee4897..72dd94109 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -821,6 +821,7 @@ with_staticdir
 with_usrlibdir
 with_usrsbindir
 with_udev_prefix
+with_udevdir
 with_dmeventd_pidfile
 with_dmeventd_path
 with_interface
@@ -1514,6 +1515,7 @@ Optional Packages:
   --with-usrlibdir=DIR
   --with-usrsbindir=DIR
   --with-udev-prefix=UPREFIX      Install udev rule files in UPREFIX [EPREFIX]
+  --with-udevdir=DIR      udev rules in DIR [UPREFIX/lib/udev/rules.d]
   --with-dmeventd-pidfile=PATH    dmeventd pidfile [/var/run/dmeventd.pid]
   --with-dmeventd-path=PATH       dmeventd path [EPREFIX/sbin/dmeventd]
   --with-interface=IFACE  Choose kernel interface (ioctl) [ioctl]
@@ -11052,7 +11054,14 @@ else
 fi
 
 
-udevdir='${udev_prefix}/lib/udev/rules.d'
+
+# Check whether --with-udevdir was given.
+if test "${with_udevdir+set}" = set; then
+  withval=$with_udevdir;  udevdir="$withval"
+else
+   udevdir='${udev_prefix}/lib/udev/rules.d'
+fi
+
 
 ################################################################################
 if test x$READLINE = xyes; then
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 2541e661c..2855c2eba 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -688,7 +688,10 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(udev_prefix,
             [ udev_prefix="$withval"],
             [ udev_prefix='${exec_prefix}' ])
 
-udevdir='${udev_prefix}/lib/udev/rules.d'
+AC_ARG_WITH(udevdir,
+	    [  --with-udevdir=DIR      udev rules in DIR [[UPREFIX/lib/udev/rules.d]]],
+	    [ udevdir="$withval"],
+	    [ udevdir='${udev_prefix}/lib/udev/rules.d' ])
 
 ################################################################################
 dnl -- Ensure additional headers required