--- /dev/null
+diff -x '*~' -Naur hotplug2-201/action.c hotplug2-201.patched/action.c
+--- hotplug2-201/action.c 2010-04-01 04:48:10.000000000 +0300
++++ hotplug2-201.patched/action.c 2010-04-01 04:53:49.000000000 +0300
+@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
+ * Returns: Newly allocated string in "key=value" form
+ *
+ */
+-static char* alloc_env(const char *key, const char *value) {
++char* alloc_env(const char *key, const char *value) {
+ size_t keylen, vallen;
+ char *combined;
+
+diff -x '*~' -Naur hotplug2-201/action.h hotplug2-201.patched/action.h
+--- hotplug2-201/action.h 2009-12-09 20:44:14.000000000 +0200
++++ hotplug2-201.patched/action.h 2010-04-01 04:54:14.000000000 +0300
+@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@
+ #include "settings.h"
+
+ void action_perform(struct settings_t *, struct uevent_t *);
++char* alloc_env(const char *, const char *);
+ #endif /* ifndef ACTION_H */
+
+diff -x '*~' -Naur hotplug2-201/workers/worker_fork.c hotplug2-201.patched/workers/worker_fork.c
+--- hotplug2-201/workers/worker_fork.c 2010-04-01 04:52:26.000000000 +0300
++++ hotplug2-201.patched/workers/worker_fork.c 2010-04-01 04:51:49.000000000 +0300
+@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@
+
+
+ static int worker_fork_process(void *in_ctx, struct uevent_t *uevent) {
++ char **env;
+ int i;
+ struct worker_fork_child_t *child;
+ struct worker_fork_ctx_t *ctx = in_ctx;
+@@ -406,6 +407,12 @@
+ * No child process is currently available.
+ */
+ if (child == NULL) {
++ env = xmalloc(sizeof(char *) * uevent->env_vars_c);
++ for (i = 0; i < uevent->env_vars_c; i++) {
++ env[i] = alloc_env(uevent->env_vars[i].key, uevent->env_vars[i].value);
++ putenv(env[i]);
++ }
++
+ /*
+ * Are the matching rules trivial enough that we
+ * can execute them in the main process?
+@@ -421,6 +428,12 @@
+ */
+ if (ctx->children_count < ctx->max_children)
+ child = worker_fork_spawn(ctx);
++
++ for (i = 0; i < uevent->env_vars_c; i++) {
++ unsetenv(uevent->env_vars[i].key);
++ free(env[i]);
++ }
++ free(env);
+ }
+
+ /*