diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/default.nix
index 739b47bf91d..ee6165bfc9a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, udev, utillinux, coreutils }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, udev, utillinux, coreutils, enable_dmeventd ? false }:
 
 let
   version = "2.02.110";
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   configureFlags =
-    "--disable-readline --enable-udev_rules --enable-udev_sync --enable-pkgconfig --enable-applib --enable-dmeventd --enable-cmdlib";
+    "--disable-readline --enable-udev_rules --enable-udev_sync --enable-pkgconfig --enable-applib --enable-cmdlib"
+      + (stdenv.lib.optionalString enable_dmeventd " --enable-dmeventd")
+      ;
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig udev ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d0b12a1e24f..cfc93a8cf45 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7259,7 +7259,9 @@ let
     inherit (xlibs) xproto;
   };
 
-  dmraid = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/dmraid { };
+  dmraid = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/dmraid {
+    devicemapper = devicemapper.override {enable_dmeventd = true;};
+  };
 
   drbd = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/drbd { };