WHATS_NEW             |    1 +
 lib/config/defaults.h |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index f8bb79e..b40abd9 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.02.87 -
 ===============================
+  Change DEFAULT_UDEV_SYNC to 1 so udev_sync is used even without any config.
   Add systemd unit file to provide lvm2 monitoring.
 
 Version 2.02.86 - 8th July 2011
diff --git a/lib/config/defaults.h b/lib/config/defaults.h
index afd8dc1..7793d32 100644
--- a/lib/config/defaults.h
+++ b/lib/config/defaults.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 #define DEFAULT_LABELSECTOR UINT64_C(1)
 #define DEFAULT_READ_AHEAD "auto"
 #define DEFAULT_UDEV_RULES 1
-#define DEFAULT_UDEV_SYNC 0
+#define DEFAULT_UDEV_SYNC 1
 #define DEFAULT_VERIFY_UDEV_OPERATIONS 0
 #define DEFAULT_ACTIVATION_CHECKS 0
 #define DEFAULT_EXTENT_SIZE 4096	/* In KB */