diff --git a/rules/60-persistent-storage-tape.rules b/rules/60-persistent-storage-tape.rules
index f2eabd92a84cb..b604864ee840f 100644
--- a/rules/60-persistent-storage-tape.rules
+++ b/rules/60-persistent-storage-tape.rules
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # persistent storage links: /dev/tape/{by-id,by-path}
 
 ACTION=="remove", GOTO="persistent_storage_tape_end"
+ENV{UDEV_DISABLE_PERSISTENT_STORAGE_RULES_FLAG}=="1", GOTO="persistent_storage_tape_end"
 
 # type 8 devices are "Medium Changers"
 SUBSYSTEM=="scsi_generic", SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi", ATTRS{type}=="8", IMPORT{program}="scsi_id --sg-version=3 --export --whitelisted -d $devnode", \
diff --git a/rules/60-persistent-storage.rules b/rules/60-persistent-storage.rules
index dbf10b286f248..d7bbbf9866cf3 100644
--- a/rules/60-persistent-storage.rules
+++ b/rules/60-persistent-storage.rules
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # scheme based on "Linux persistent device names", 2004, Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
 
 ACTION=="remove", GOTO="persistent_storage_end"
+ENV{UDEV_DISABLE_PERSISTENT_STORAGE_RULES_FLAG}=="1", GOTO="persistent_storage_end"
 
 SUBSYSTEM!="block", GOTO="persistent_storage_end"
 KERNEL!="loop*|mmcblk*[0-9]|msblk*[0-9]|mspblk*[0-9]|nvme*|sd*|sr*|vd*|xvd*|bcache*|cciss*|dasd*|ubd*|scm*|pmem*", GOTO="persistent_storage_end"