diff --git a/man/udev.conf.xml b/man/udev.conf.xml
index 29c9743d1d6..7b7cae16b20 100644
--- a/man/udev.conf.xml
+++ b/man/udev.conf.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
     <variablelist>
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><varname>udev_log</varname></term>
+        <term><varname>udev_log=</varname></term>
 
         <listitem>
           <para>The log level. Valid values are the numerical
@@ -51,6 +51,42 @@
           <option>debug</option>.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><varname>children_max=</varname></term>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>An integer. The maximum number of events executed in parallel.</para>
+
+          <para>This is the same as the <option>--children-max=</option> option.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><varname>exec_delay=</varname></term>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>An integer. Delay the execution of <varname>RUN</varname>
+          instructions by the given number of seconds. This option
+          might be useful when debugging system crashes during
+          coldplug caused by loading non-working kernel
+          modules.</para>
+
+          <para>This is the same as the <option>--exec-delay=</option> option.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><varname>event_timeout=</varname></term>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>An integer. The number of seconds to wait for events to finish. After
+          this time, the event will be terminated. The default is 180 seconds.</para>
+
+          <para>This is the same as the <option>--event-timeout=</option> option.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
     </variablelist>
 
     <para>
diff --git a/src/shared/udev-util.c b/src/shared/udev-util.c
index a603867b16e..057aabcd542 100644
--- a/src/shared/udev-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/udev-util.c
@@ -6,36 +6,68 @@
 #include "alloc-util.h"
 #include "fileio.h"
 #include "log.h"
+#include "parse-util.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "udev-util.h"
+#include "udev.h"
 
-int udev_parse_config(void) {
-        _cleanup_free_ char *val = NULL;
-        const char *log;
-        size_t n;
+int udev_parse_config_full(
+                unsigned *ret_children_max,
+                usec_t *ret_exec_delay_usec,
+                usec_t *ret_event_timeout_usec) {
+
+        _cleanup_free_ char *log_val = NULL, *children_max = NULL, *exec_delay = NULL, *event_timeout = NULL;
         int r;
 
-        r = parse_env_file(NULL, "/etc/udev/udev.conf", NEWLINE, "udev_log", &val, NULL);
-        if (r == -ENOENT || !val)
+        r = parse_env_file(NULL, "/etc/udev/udev.conf", NEWLINE,
+                           "udev_log", &log_val,
+                           "children_max", &children_max,
+                           "exec_delay", &exec_delay,
+                           "event_timeout", &event_timeout,
+                           NULL);
+        if (r == -ENOENT)
                 return 0;
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        /* unquote */
-        n = strlen(val);
-        if (n >= 2 &&
-            ((val[0] == '"' && val[n-1] == '"') ||
-             (val[0] == '\'' && val[n-1] == '\''))) {
-                val[n - 1] = '\0';
-                log = val + 1;
-        } else
-                log = val;
+        if (log_val) {
+                const char *log;
+                size_t n;
 
-        /* we set the udev log level here explicitly, this is supposed
-         * to regulate the code in libudev/ and udev/. */
-        r = log_set_max_level_from_string_realm(LOG_REALM_UDEV, log);
-        if (r < 0)
-                log_debug_errno(r, "/etc/udev/udev.conf: failed to set udev log level '%s', ignoring: %m", log);
+                /* unquote */
+                n = strlen(log_val);
+                if (n >= 2 &&
+                    ((log_val[0] == '"' && log_val[n-1] == '"') ||
+                     (log_val[0] == '\'' && log_val[n-1] == '\''))) {
+                        log_val[n - 1] = '\0';
+                        log = log_val + 1;
+                } else
+                        log = log_val;
+
+                /* we set the udev log level here explicitly, this is supposed
+                 * to regulate the code in libudev/ and udev/. */
+                r = log_set_max_level_from_string_realm(LOG_REALM_UDEV, log);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        log_debug_errno(r, "/etc/udev/udev.conf: failed to set udev log level '%s', ignoring: %m", log);
+        }
+
+        if (ret_children_max && children_max) {
+                r = safe_atou(children_max, ret_children_max);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        log_notice_errno(r, "/etc/udev/udev.conf: failed to set parse children_max=%s, ignoring: %m", children_max);
+        }
+
+        if (ret_exec_delay_usec && exec_delay) {
+                r = parse_sec(exec_delay, ret_exec_delay_usec);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        log_notice_errno(r, "/etc/udev/udev.conf: failed to set parse exec_delay=%s, ignoring: %m", exec_delay);
+        }
+
+        if (ret_event_timeout_usec && event_timeout) {
+                r = parse_sec(event_timeout, ret_event_timeout_usec);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        log_notice_errno(r, "/etc/udev/udev.conf: failed to set parse event_timeout=%s, ignoring: %m", event_timeout);
+        }
 
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/shared/udev-util.h b/src/shared/udev-util.h
index 0df2cf9eb19..efbcd82976f 100644
--- a/src/shared/udev-util.h
+++ b/src/shared/udev-util.h
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
 #pragma once
 
-int udev_parse_config(void);
+#include "time-util.h"
+
+int udev_parse_config_full(
+                unsigned *ret_children_max,
+                usec_t *ret_exec_delay_usec,
+                usec_t *ret_event_timeout_usec);
+
+static inline int udev_parse_config(void) {
+        return udev_parse_config_full(NULL, NULL, NULL);
+}
diff --git a/src/udev/udev.conf b/src/udev/udev.conf
index 0d812d4a656..3395a8b7ea6 100644
--- a/src/udev/udev.conf
+++ b/src/udev/udev.conf
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@
 # udevd is also started in the initrd.  When this file is modified you might
 # also want to rebuild the initrd, so that it will include the modified configuration.
 
-#udev_log="info"
+#udev_log=info
+#children_max=
+#exec_delay=
+#event_timeout=180
diff --git a/src/udev/udevd.c b/src/udev/udevd.c
index c77ca57d933..9b316c80db1 100644
--- a/src/udev/udevd.c
+++ b/src/udev/udevd.c
@@ -1703,7 +1703,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         int r;
 
         log_set_target(LOG_TARGET_AUTO);
-        udev_parse_config();
+        udev_parse_config_full(&arg_children_max, &arg_exec_delay_usec, &arg_event_timeout_usec);
         log_parse_environment();
         log_open();