diff --git a/udev_device.c b/udev_device.c
index b0577964..93de76f2 100644
--- a/udev_device.c
+++ b/udev_device.c
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <limits.h>
+#include <spawn.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <linux/input.h>
 
 #include "udev.h"
@@ -52,6 +54,10 @@
 #define INPUT_PROP_CNT 0x20
 #endif
 
+#ifndef RULES_HELPER_NAME
+#define RULES_HELPER_NAME "libudev-zero-rules-helper"
+#endif
+
 struct udev_device {
     struct udev_list_entry properties;
     struct udev_list_entry sysattrs;
@@ -349,19 +355,10 @@ static char *read_symlink(const char *syspath, const char *name)
     return strdup(strrchr(link, '/') + 1);
 }
 
-static int set_properties_from_uevent(struct udev_device *udev_device, const char *syspath)
+static void set_properties_from_file(struct udev_device *udev_device, FILE *file)
 {
-    char line[LINE_MAX], path[PATH_MAX + sizeof("/uevent")], devnode[PATH_MAX];
-    FILE *file;
+    char line[LINE_MAX], devnode[PATH_MAX];
     char *pos;
-
-    snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/uevent", syspath);
-    file = fopen(path, "r");
-
-    if (!file) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-
     while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), file)) {
         line[strlen(line) - 1] = '\0';
 
@@ -374,7 +371,21 @@ static int set_properties_from_uevent(struct udev_device *udev_device, const cha
             udev_list_entry_add(&udev_device->properties, line, pos + 1, 0);
         }
     }
+}
+
+static int set_properties_from_uevent(struct udev_device *udev_device, const char *syspath)
+{
+    char path[PATH_MAX + sizeof("/uevent")];
+    FILE *file;
+
+    snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/uevent", syspath);
+    file = fopen(path, "r");
+
+    if (!file) {
+        return -1;
+    }
 
+    set_properties_from_file(udev_device, file);
     fclose(file);
     return 0;
 }
@@ -540,6 +551,76 @@ static void set_properties_from_props(struct udev_device *udev_device)
     udev_list_entry_add(&udev_device->properties, "ID_PATH", id, 0);
 }
 
+static int set_properties_from_helper(struct udev_device *udev_device)
+{
+    size_t size = 0;
+    size_t count = 0;
+    struct udev_list_entry *entry;
+    for (entry = udev_device_get_properties_list_entry(udev_device);
+         entry;
+         entry = udev_list_entry_get_next(entry)) {
+
+        const char *name = entry->name;
+        const char *value = entry->value?entry->value:"";
+        // '{name}={value}\0'
+        size += strlen(name) + 1 + strlen(value) + 1;
+        count += 1;
+    }
+
+    char **envp = malloc((count + 1) * sizeof(char *));
+    char *env = malloc(size);
+    char *ptr = env;
+    unsigned i = 0;
+    for (entry = udev_device_get_properties_list_entry(udev_device);
+         entry;
+         entry = udev_list_entry_get_next(entry)) {
+        const char *name = entry->name;
+        const char *value = entry->value?entry->value:"";
+        // '{name}={value}\0'
+        size_t max_size = strlen(name) + 1 + strlen(value) + 1;
+        snprintf(ptr, max_size, "%s=%s", name, value);
+        envp[i] = ptr;
+        ptr += max_size;
+        i++;
+    }
+    envp[count] = NULL;
+
+    int out_pipe[2];
+    posix_spawn_file_actions_t actions;
+    pipe(out_pipe);
+
+    posix_spawn_file_actions_init(&actions);
+    posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose(&actions, out_pipe[0]);
+    posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2(&actions, out_pipe[1], 1);
+    posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose(&actions, out_pipe[1]);
+
+    pid_t pid;
+
+    const char *argv[] = { RULES_HELPER_NAME, NULL };
+
+    if (posix_spawnp(&pid, argv[0], &actions, NULL, argv, envp)) {
+        perror("Could not launch properties helper");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    free(envp);
+    free(env);
+    close(out_pipe[1]);
+
+    FILE *file = fdopen(out_pipe[0], "r");
+
+    if (!file) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    set_properties_from_file(udev_device, file);
+
+    int status;
+    waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+    close(out_pipe[0]);
+    return 0;
+}
+
 struct udev_device *udev_device_new_from_syspath(struct udev *udev, const char *syspath)
 {
     char *subsystem, *driver, *sysname;
@@ -593,6 +674,7 @@ struct udev_device *udev_device_new_from_syspath(struct udev *udev, const char *
 
     set_properties_from_evdev(udev_device);
     set_properties_from_props(udev_device);
+    set_properties_from_helper(udev_device);
 
     free(driver);
     free(subsystem);
@@ -712,6 +794,7 @@ struct udev_device *udev_device_new_from_uevent(struct udev *udev, char *buf, si
 
     set_properties_from_props(udev_device);
     set_properties_from_evdev(udev_device);
+    set_properties_from_helper(udev_device);
     return udev_device;
 }