diff --git a/lib/device/dev-ext-udev-constants.h b/lib/device/dev-ext-udev-constants.h
index 5b9a09627..168f8f1e8 100644
--- a/lib/device/dev-ext-udev-constants.h
+++ b/lib/device/dev-ext-udev-constants.h
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
 #define DEV_EXT_UDEV_DEVTYPE			"DEVTYPE"
 #define DEV_EXT_UDEV_DEVTYPE_DISK		"disk"
 
+/* the list of symlinks associated with device node */
+#define DEV_EXT_UDEV_DEVLINKS			"DEVLINKS"
+
 /*
  * DEV_EXT_UDEV_MPATH_DEVICE_PATH is set by multipath in udev db
  * with value either 0 or 1. The same functionality as
diff --git a/lib/device/dev-type.c b/lib/device/dev-type.c
index f1828f41b..32471aab7 100644
--- a/lib/device/dev-type.c
+++ b/lib/device/dev-type.c
@@ -1024,8 +1024,13 @@ int udev_dev_is_mpath_component(struct device *dev)
 			return 0;
 		}
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBUDEV_UDEV_DEVICE_GET_IS_INITIALIZED
 		if ((initialized = udev_device_get_is_initialized(udev_device)))
 			break;
+#else
+		if ((initialized = (udev_device_get_property_value(udev_device, DEV_EXT_UDEV_DEVLINKS) != NULL)))
+			break;
+#endif
 
 		log_debug("Device %s not initialized in udev database (%u/%u, %u microseconds).", dev_name(dev),
 			   i + 1, UDEV_DEV_IS_MPATH_COMPONENT_ITERATION_COUNT,