diff --git a/src/api/udev/JoystickUdev.cpp b/src/api/udev/JoystickUdev.cpp
index c4df957b..3a026cdd 100644
--- a/src/api/udev/JoystickUdev.cpp
+++ b/src/api/udev/JoystickUdev.cpp
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@
 #include "log/Log.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <cstdio>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <libudev.h>
 #include <limits.h>
+#include <linux/input.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -278,15 +280,18 @@ bool CJoystickUdev::GetProperties()
   }
   SetName(name);
 
-  // Don't worry about unref'ing the parent
-  struct udev_device* parent = udev_device_get_parent_with_subsystem_devtype(m_dev, "usb", "usb_device");
-
-  const char* buf;
-  if ((buf = udev_device_get_sysattr_value(parent, "idVendor")) != nullptr)
-    SetVendorID(strtol(buf, NULL, 16));
+  unsigned short id[4] = {};
+  char val[16] = {};
+  if (ioctl(m_fd, EVIOCGID, id) == 0)
+  {
+    std::sprintf(val, "%x", id[ID_VENDOR]);
+    SetVendorID(strtol(val, NULL, 16));
+    dsyslog("[udev] Joystick information vendorid=%s for %s", val, m_path.c_str());
 
-  if ((buf = udev_device_get_sysattr_value(parent, "idProduct")) != nullptr)
-    SetProductID(strtol(buf, NULL, 16));
+    std::sprintf(val, "%x", id[ID_PRODUCT]);
+    SetProductID(strtol(val, NULL, 16));
+    dsyslog("[udev] Joystick information productid=%s for %s", val, m_path.c_str());
+  }
 
   struct stat st;
   if (fstat(m_fd, &st) < 0)