diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 0bddab41897..2defd7117b3 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+udev 056
+========
+Possible use of a system-wide klibc:
+  make USE_KLIB=true KLCC=/usr/bin/klcc all
+will link against an external klibc and our own version will be ignored.
+
 udev 055
 ========
 We support an unlimited count of symlinks now.
diff --git a/udevd.c b/udevd.c
index 2cd3622ce01..6e27c8a0d14 100644
--- a/udevd.c
+++ b/udevd.c
@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ static void msg_queue_insert(struct hotplug_msg *msg)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/* don't delay messages with timeout set */
+	if (msg->timeout) {
+		dbg("move seq %llu with timeout %u to exec queue", msg->seqnum, msg->timeout);
+		list_add(&msg->node, &exec_list);
+		run_exec_q = 1;
+		return;
+	}
+
 	/* sort message by sequence number into list */
 	list_for_each_entry_reverse(loop_msg, &msg_list, node) {
 		if (loop_msg->seqnum < msg->seqnum)
@@ -293,6 +301,10 @@ static struct hotplug_msg *running_with_devpath(struct hotplug_msg *msg)
 	if (msg->devpath == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 
+	/* skip any events with a timeout set */
+	if (msg->timeout)
+		return NULL;
+
 	list_for_each_entry(loop_msg, &running_list, node) {
 		if (loop_msg->devpath == NULL)
 			continue;
@@ -490,6 +502,9 @@ static struct hotplug_msg *get_udevsend_msg(void)
 
 		if (strncmp(key, "PHYSDEVPATH=", 12) == 0)
 			msg->physdevpath = &key[12];
+
+		if (strncmp(key, "TIMEOUT=", 8) == 0)
+			msg->timeout = strtoull(&key[8], NULL, 10);
 	}
 	msg->envp[i++] = "UDEVD_EVENT=1";
 	msg->envp[i] = NULL;
diff --git a/udevd.h b/udevd.h
index 64e1d6ad121..b3e998b04c3 100644
--- a/udevd.h
+++ b/udevd.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ struct hotplug_msg {
 	char *subsystem;
 	unsigned long long seqnum;
 	char *physdevpath;
+	unsigned int timeout;
 	char *envp[HOTPLUG_NUM_ENVP+1];
 	char envbuf[];
 };