diff --git a/legacy/eeze/src/bin/eeze_udev_test.c b/legacy/eeze/src/bin/eeze_udev_test.c
index 41e17a5720..5ba404412d 100644
--- a/legacy/eeze/src/bin/eeze_udev_test.c
+++ b/legacy/eeze/src/bin/eeze_udev_test.c
@@ -11,32 +11,32 @@ typedef struct kbdmouse
 
 static void
 /* event will always be a syspath starting with /sys */
-catch_events(const char *event, void *data, Eudev_Watch *watch)
+catch_events(const char *device, const char *event, void *data, Eudev_Watch *watch)
 {
    kbdmouse *akbdmouse = data;
    Eina_List *l;
    const char *name, *dev, *type;
    int new = 0;
 
-   /* the event that comes through will be prefixed by "/sys"
+   /* the device that comes through will be prefixed by "/sys"
     * but the saved name will not, so we check for the saved name
-    * inside the event name
+    * inside the device name
     */
    EINA_LIST_FOREACH(akbdmouse->kbds, l, name)
-     if (strstr(event, name)) goto end;
+     if (strstr(device, name)) goto end;
    EINA_LIST_FOREACH(akbdmouse->mice, l, name)
-     if (strstr(event, name)) goto end;
+     if (strstr(device, name)) goto end;
 
    /* check to see if the device was just plugged in */
-   if (e_udev_syspath_is_kbd(event) || e_udev_syspath_is_mouse(event))
+   if (e_udev_syspath_is_kbd(device) || e_udev_syspath_is_mouse(device))
    {
       new = 1;
       goto end;
    }
-   /* if we reach here, the event is neither a keyboard nor a mouse that we saw
+   /* if we reach here, the device is neither a keyboard nor a mouse that we saw
     * previously, so we print a moderately amusing message and bail
     */
-   printf("Sneaky sneaky!  But %s is not a keyboard or a mouse!!\n", event);
+   printf("Sneaky sneaky!  But %s is not a keyboard or a mouse!!\n", device);
    return;
 
 end:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ end:
     */
    if (new)
      {
-        dev = e_udev_syspath_get_devpath(event);
+        dev = e_udev_syspath_get_devpath(device);
         type = "plugged in";
      }
    else
diff --git a/legacy/eeze/src/lib/udev/E_Udev.h b/legacy/eeze/src/lib/udev/E_Udev.h
index 0c3ea23efd..cbf78c13e9 100644
--- a/legacy/eeze/src/lib/udev/E_Udev.h
+++ b/legacy/eeze/src/lib/udev/E_Udev.h
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ extern "C" {
    EAPI Eina_Bool       e_udev_syspath_is_kbd(const char *syspath);
    EAPI Eina_Bool       e_udev_syspath_is_touchpad(const char *syspath);
 
-   EAPI Eudev_Watch     *e_udev_watch_add(Eudev_Type type, void(*func)(const char *, void *, Eudev_Watch *), void *user_data);
+   EAPI Eudev_Watch     *e_udev_watch_add(Eudev_Type type, void(*func)(const char *, const char *, void *, Eudev_Watch *), void *user_data);
    EAPI void            *e_udev_watch_del(Eudev_Watch *watch);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/legacy/eeze/src/lib/udev/e_udev_watch.c b/legacy/eeze/src/lib/udev/e_udev_watch.c
index c0069b4781..d2a64dd29a 100644
--- a/legacy/eeze/src/lib/udev/e_udev_watch.c
+++ b/legacy/eeze/src/lib/udev/e_udev_watch.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ struct Eudev_Watch
 /* private */
 struct _store_data
 {
-   void(*func)(const char *, void *, Eudev_Watch *);
+   void(*func)(const char *, const char *, void *, Eudev_Watch *);
    void *data;
    struct udev_monitor *mon;
    Eudev_Type type;
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ _get_syspath_from_watch(void *data, Ecore_Fd_Handler *fd_handler)
    struct _store_data *store = data;
    struct udev_device *device;
    const char *ret, *test;
-   void(*func)(const char *, void *, Eudev_Watch *) = store->func;
+   void(*func)(const char *, const char *, void *, Eudev_Watch *) = store->func;
    void *sdata = store->data;
    Eudev_Watch *watch = store->watch;
    int cap = 0;
@@ -89,13 +89,25 @@ _get_syspath_from_watch(void *data, Ecore_Fd_Handler *fd_handler)
         default:
           break;
      }
-
+   test = eina_stringshare_add(udev_device_get_action(device));
+   if (!test)
+     {
+        udev_device_unref(device);
+        return 0;
+     }
    ret = eina_stringshare_add(udev_device_get_syspath(device));
-			if (!ret) return 0;
+			if (!ret)
+     {
+        udev_device_unref(device);
+        eina_stringshare_del(test);
+        return 0;
+     }
 
    udev_device_unref(device);
 
-   (*func)(ret, sdata, watch);
+   (*func)(ret, test, sdata, watch);
+   eina_stringshare_del(test);
+   eina_stringshare_del(ret);
 
    return 1;
 
@@ -108,7 +120,8 @@ error:
  *
  * @param subsystem The subsystem type. See @ref Subsystem_Types
  * @param device_type The device type. See @ref Device_Types
- * @param func The function to call when the watch receives data
+ * @param func The function to call when the watch receives data;
+ * must take (const char *device, const char *event_type, void *data, Eudev_Watch *watch)
  * @param user_data Data to pass to the callback function
  *
  * @return A watch struct for the watch type specified, or NULL on failure
@@ -116,7 +129,7 @@ error:
  * @ingroup udev
  */
 EAPI Eudev_Watch *
-e_udev_watch_add(Eudev_Type type, void(*func)(const char *, void *, Eudev_Watch *), void *user_data)
+e_udev_watch_add(Eudev_Type type, void(*func)(const char *, const char *, void *, Eudev_Watch *), void *user_data)
 {
    struct udev *udev;
    struct udev_monitor *mon;