diff --git a/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules b/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules
index de084282072..03f0a619dc4 100644
--- a/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules
+++ b/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ ENV{DEVTYPE}=="partition", ENV{ID_PATH_ATA_COMPAT}=="?*", SYMLINK+="disk/by-path
 KERNEL=="vd*[!0-9]", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-*", SYMLINK+="disk/by-path/virtio-$env{ID_PATH}"
 KERNEL=="vd*[0-9]", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-*", SYMLINK+="disk/by-path/virtio-$env{ID_PATH}-part%n"
 
+# allow admin to disable probing the filesystem for slow devices like floppy disk drives
+ENV{UDEV_DISABLE_PERSISTENT_STORAGE_BLKID_FLAG}=="1", GOTO="persistent_storage_blkid_probe_end"
+
 # probe filesystem metadata of optical drives which have a media inserted
 KERNEL=="sr*", ENV{DISK_EJECT_REQUEST}!="?*", ENV{ID_CDROM_MEDIA_TRACK_COUNT_DATA}=="?*", ENV{ID_CDROM_MEDIA_SESSION_LAST_OFFSET}=="?*", \
   IMPORT{builtin}="blkid --hint=session_offset=$env{ID_CDROM_MEDIA_SESSION_LAST_OFFSET}"
@@ -109,6 +112,8 @@ KERNEL=="sr*", ENV{DISK_EJECT_REQUEST}!="?*", ENV{ID_CDROM_MEDIA_TRACK_COUNT_DAT
 # probe filesystem metadata of disks
 KERNEL!="sr*|mmcblk[0-9]boot[0-9]", IMPORT{builtin}="blkid"
 
+LABEL="persistent_storage_blkid_probe_end"
+
 # by-label/by-uuid links (filesystem metadata)
 ENV{ID_FS_USAGE}=="filesystem|other|crypto", ENV{ID_FS_UUID_ENC}=="?*", SYMLINK+="disk/by-uuid/$env{ID_FS_UUID_ENC}"
 ENV{ID_FS_USAGE}=="filesystem|other|crypto", ENV{ID_FS_LABEL_ENC}=="?*", SYMLINK+="disk/by-label/$env{ID_FS_LABEL_ENC}"