diff --git a/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD
index b6a1ebf6f..635cca818 100644
--- a/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Co-Maintainer: Clayton Craft <clayton@craftyguy.net>
 pkgname=postmarketos-mkinitfs
 pkgver=1.5.1
-pkgrel=3
+pkgrel=4
 pkgdesc="Tool to generate initramfs images for postmarketOS"
 url="https://postmarketos.org"
 depends="
@@ -67,6 +67,6 @@ check() {
 sha512sums="
 d28802b17d7912a58d23c02fbdddfdb6f74489e712d61a59472f7f000a4429786f69ba2fca59d321c55c277ff79edb6f47c939a9e973b31f694aeca0167354ff  postmarketos-mkinitfs-1.5.1.tar.gz
 20f110337113e8de8999cf2a064a93fea36821d5c216bfa4ba46ec1f83825638262b92fd7be29eee0a85a54a108b7315a96cbe30da8ae4419f54c2ed53bb08c7  00-default.modules
-ccdceaa710d97d6f57d8d66bfcbec448486d08083341712303f62123039f729229b88528308e411a308a2b90b81b60de89fe91143a6facbb11cbc9b4055eeaec  init.sh
-4006679c81d48245877988d5f5e94db68afe6896b6ab41f0f0d7d34c12a6674fe633975a89cee707e64c07cf01ad151694e27a34948df3b65c1e6be99036f0d0  init_functions.sh
+92397322bea64ab5e4dfcd572ddad361b55bd5b59cfb34d5e143416a2ae80182b2d14cdeb0b8b25216792495827922cd5ab6bfa8ed720a79359975293a662630  init.sh
+bf9787338df2ad90f1f9c80d88b91bbd5f394fef27cf588ed9a2b7a1e5550cc6b89ea8755c789dd182b23b8d86cbcf8f9b76b12e126a5a67f0b0ba1c315c1850  init_functions.sh
 "
diff --git a/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init.sh b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init.sh
index 9ef7593ec..23604fee5 100644
--- a/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init.sh
+++ b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ start_unudhcpd
 mount_boot_partition /boot
 show_splash_loading
 extract_initramfs_extra /boot/initramfs-extra
+setup_udev
 # charging-sdl does not work properly at the moment, so skip it.
 # See also https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/issues/1064
 # start_charging_mode
diff --git a/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init_functions.sh b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init_functions.sh
index 92e27d407..5ff499026 100644
--- a/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init_functions.sh
+++ b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init_functions.sh
@@ -62,10 +62,12 @@ setup_firmware_path() {
 setup_mdev() {
 	# Start mdev daemon
 	mdev -d
+}
 
-	# If udevd and udevadm are present in the initfs, coldplug all devices so that
-	# they can be used via libinput (e.g. by unl0kr). This is the same series of steps
-	# performed by the udev, udev-trigger and udev-settle RC services. See also:
+setup_udev() {
+	# Use udev to coldplug all devices so that they can be used via libinput (e.g.
+	# by unl0kr). This is the same series of steps performed by the udev,
+	# udev-trigger and udev-settle RC services. See also:
 	# - https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/tree/main/eudev/setup-udev
 	# - https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/tree/main/udev-init-scripts/APKBUILD
 	if command -v udevd > /dev/null && command -v udevadm > /dev/null; then