diff --git a/64-btrfs-dm.rules b/64-btrfs-dm.rules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2e49f4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/64-btrfs-dm.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+SUBSYSTEM!="block", GOTO="btrfs_end"
+KERNEL!="dm-[0-9]*", GOTO="btrfs_end"
+ACTION!="add|change", GOTO="btrfs_end"
+ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}!="btrfs", GOTO="btrfs_end"
+
+# Once the device mapper symlink is created, tell btrfs about it
+# so we get the friendly name in /proc/mounts (and tools that read it)
+ENV{DM_NAME}=="?*", RUN{builtin}+="btrfs ready /dev/mapper/$env{DM_NAME}"
+
+LABEL="btrfs_end"
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 0a1aece7..dadfd409 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -84,11 +84,15 @@ libbtrfs_headers = send-stream.h send-utils.h send.h rbtree.h btrfs-list.h \
 	       extent_io.h ioctl.h ctree.h btrfsck.h version.h
 TESTS = fsck-tests.sh convert-tests.sh
 
+udev_rules = 64-btrfs-dm.rules
+
 prefix ?= @prefix@
 exec_prefix = @exec_prefix@
 bindir = @bindir@
 libdir ?= @libdir@
 incdir = @includedir@/btrfs
+udevdir = @UDEVDIR@
+udevruledir = ${udevdir}/rules.d
 
 ifeq ("$(origin V)", "command line")
   BUILD_VERBOSE = $(V)
@@ -390,6 +394,10 @@ install: $(libs) $(progs_install) $(INSTALLDIRS)
 	cp -a $(lib_links) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
 	$(INSTALL) -m755 -d $(DESTDIR)$(incdir)
 	$(INSTALL) -m644 $(headers) $(DESTDIR)$(incdir)
+ifneq ($(udevdir),)
+	$(INSTALL) -m755 -d $(DESTDIR)$(udevruledir)
+	$(INSTALL) -m644 $(udev_rules) $(DESTDIR)$(udevruledir)
+endif
 
 install-static: $(progs_static) $(INSTALLDIRS)
 	$(INSTALL) -m755 -d $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 797eb790..68a37012 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ PKG_STATIC(UUID_LIBS_STATIC, [uuid])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ZLIB, [zlib])
 PKG_STATIC(ZLIB_LIBS_STATIC, [zlib])
 
+PKG_CHECK_VAR([UDEVDIR], [udev], [udevdir])
+
 dnl lzo library does not provide pkg-config, let use classic way
 AC_CHECK_LIB([lzo2], [lzo_version], [
 	LZO2_LIBS="-llzo2"