diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 6e75bacb9c..9d359e3696 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2012 Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
@@ -1570,6 +1570,7 @@ from the module-init-tools project.")
 
 (define-public eudev
   ;; The post-systemd fork, maintained by Gentoo.
+  ;; TODO: Merge with 'eudev-with-blkid' below at an opportune time.
   (package
     (name "eudev")
     (version "3.1.5")
@@ -1596,6 +1597,18 @@ device nodes from /dev/, handles hotplug events and loads drivers at boot
 time.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
 
+(define-public eudev-with-blkid
+  ;; TODO: Merge with 'eudev' above at an opportune time.
+  (package
+    (inherit eudev)
+    (name "eudev-with-blkid")
+    (inputs
+     ;; When linked against libblkid, eudev can populate /dev/disk/by-label
+     ;; and similar; it also installs the '60-persistent-storage.rules' file,
+     ;; which contains the rules to do that.
+     `(("util-linux" ,util-linux)                 ;for blkid
+       ,@(package-inputs eudev)))))
+
 (define-public lvm2
   (package
     (name "lvm2")
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index dcd9956987..28ccfe0f37 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu system file-systems)          ; 'file-system', etc.
   #:use-module (gnu packages admin)
   #:use-module ((gnu packages linux)
-                #:select (eudev kbd e2fsprogs lvm2 fuse alsa-utils crda gpm))
+                #:select (eudev-with-blkid kbd e2fsprogs lvm2 fuse alsa-utils crda gpm))
   #:use-module ((gnu packages base)
                 #:select (canonical-package glibc))
   #:use-module (gnu packages package-management)
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ item of @var{packages}."
                               (udev udev)
                               (rules (append initial-rules rules)))))))))
 
-(define* (udev-service #:key (udev eudev) (rules '()))
+(define* (udev-service #:key (udev eudev-with-blkid) (rules '()))
   "Run @var{udev}, which populates the @file{/dev} directory dynamically.  Get
 extra rules from the packages listed in @var{rules}."
   (service udev-service-type
diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index 76a9f1ffa3..dea7d882a8 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ explicitly appear in OS."
 
          ;; Get 'insmod' & co. from kmod, not module-init-tools, since udev
          ;; already depends on it anyway.
-         kmod eudev
+         kmod eudev-with-blkid
 
          e2fsprogs kbd