diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_devctl.c b/sys/kern/kern_devctl.c
index 414a2b74cbc7..2443e1b2b0ba 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_devctl.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_devctl.c
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ static struct filterops devctl_rfiltops = {
 static struct cdev *devctl_dev;
 static void devaddq(const char *type, const char *what, device_t dev);
 
+static struct devctlbridge {
+	send_event_f send_f;
+} devctl_notify_hook = { .send_f = NULL };
+
 static void
 devctl_init(void)
 {
@@ -435,6 +439,8 @@ devctl_notify(const char *system, const char *subsystem, const char *type,
 
 	if (system == NULL || subsystem == NULL || type == NULL)
 		return;
+	if (devctl_notify_hook.send_f != NULL)
+			devctl_notify_hook.send_f(system, subsystem, type, data);
 	dei = devctl_alloc_dei_sb(&sb);
 	if (dei == NULL)
 		return;
@@ -569,4 +575,14 @@ devctl_safe_quote_sb(struct sbuf *sb, const char *src)
 	}
 }
 
+void
+devctl_set_notify_hook(send_event_f *hook)
+{
+	devctl_notify_hook.send_f = hook;
+}
 
+void
+devctl_unset_notify_hook(void)
+{
+	devctl_notify_hook.send_f = NULL;
+}
diff --git a/sys/sys/devctl.h b/sys/sys/devctl.h
index b72cd28dfce8..049a1d7f32b9 100644
--- a/sys/sys/devctl.h
+++ b/sys/sys/devctl.h
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ void devctl_notify(const char *__system, const char *__subsystem,
     const char *__type, const char *__data);
 struct sbuf;
 void devctl_safe_quote_sb(struct sbuf *__sb, const char *__src);
+typedef void send_event_f(const char *system, const char *subsystem,
+    const char *type, const char *data);
+void devctl_set_notify_hook(send_event_f *hook);
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _SYS_DEVCTL_H_ */