diff --git a/udevinfo.8 b/udevinfo.8
index 599a0033f87..bbcc3d8f490 100644
--- a/udevinfo.8
+++ b/udevinfo.8
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ Print the version information.
 .B \-r
 Print the
 .B udev_root
-directory. When used in conjunction with a query for the node name, the
+directory. When used in conjunction with a query for the node name or the
+symlink names, the
 .B udev_root
-will be prepended.
+will be prepended to query result.
 .TP
 .BI \-q " query_type"
 Query the database for specified value of a created device node or network
diff --git a/udevinfo.c b/udevinfo.c
index 8fab86ca8c9..290a09e880a 100644
--- a/udevinfo.c
+++ b/udevinfo.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static int process_options(void)
 	int root = 0;
 	int attributes = 0;
 	enum query_type query = NONE;
-	char result[NAME_SIZE] = "";
+	char result[1024] = "";
 	char path[NAME_SIZE] = "";
 	char name[NAME_SIZE] = "";
 	char temp[NAME_SIZE];
@@ -401,7 +401,20 @@ print:
 			break;
 
 		case SYMLINK:
-			strfieldcpy(result, udev.symlink);
+			if (root) {
+				int slen;
+				char *spos;
+				char slink[NAME_SIZE];
+
+				pos = result;
+				foreach_strpart(udev.symlink, " \n\r", spos, slen) {
+					strncpy(slink, spos, slen);
+					slink[slen] = '\0';
+					pos += sprintf(pos, "%s/%s ", udev_root, slink);
+				}
+			} else {
+				strfieldcpy(result, udev.symlink);
+			}
 			break;
 
 		case PATH: