diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4a24bb5b7..1749177de 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ systemd (220-7) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     under other init systems, and systemd-sysctl also works there.
   * 80-networking.rules: Only call agents for add|remove, as they don't handle
     other events.
+  * Restore udev watches on block device changes. (Closes: #789060,
+    LP: #1466081)
 
  -- Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>  Fri, 12 Jun 2015 08:05:46 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/rules-restore-block-watch-after-CHANGE-events.patch b/debian/patches/rules-restore-block-watch-after-CHANGE-events.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5cc835d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/rules-restore-block-watch-after-CHANGE-events.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+From: Tom Gundersen <teg@jklm.no>
+Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 20:55:39 +0200
+Subject: rules: restore block watch after CHANGE events
+
+When processing an event, the watch is disabled, make sure it is restorted after
+a CHANGE event has been processed.
+---
+ rules/60-block.rules | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/rules/60-block.rules b/rules/60-block.rules
+index de41499..a69d648 100644
+--- a/rules/60-block.rules
++++ b/rules/60-block.rules
+@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="module", KERNEL=="block", ATTR{parameters/events_dfl_
+ ACTION=="change", SUBSYSTEM=="scsi", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="scsi_device", TEST=="block", ATTR{block/*/uevent}="change"
+ 
+ # watch metadata changes, caused by tools closing the device node which was opened for writing
+-ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="block", KERNEL!="loop*|nvme*|sd*|vd*", OPTIONS+="watch"
++ACTION!="remove", SUBSYSTEM=="block", KERNEL=="loop*|nvme*|sd*|vd*", OPTIONS+="watch"
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 74295a198..5b8e61fb8 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ path-util-Fix-path_is_mount_point-for-files.patch
 udev-input_id-refactor-device-detection.patch
 udev-input_id-use-direct-property-and-mt-axis-for-to.patch
 udev-input_id-use-ABS_MT_SLOT-1-to-exclude-non-touch.patch
+rules-restore-block-watch-after-CHANGE-events.patch
 
 ## Debian specific patches
 Add-back-support-for-Debian-specific-config-files.patch