diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
index 071ec91..a018ef5 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ New Features
   * ``rte_dev_event_callback_register`` and ``rte_dev_event_callback_unregister``
     are for the user's callbacks register and unregister.
 
+  Linux uevent is supported as backend of this device event notification framework.
+
 
 API Changes
 -----------
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_dev.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_dev.c
index 9c8d1a0..9478a39 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_dev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_dev.c
@@ -2,21 +2,222 @@
  * Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation
  */
 
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <linux/netlink.h>
+
 #include <rte_log.h>
 #include <rte_compat.h>
 #include <rte_dev.h>
+#include <rte_malloc.h>
+#include <rte_interrupts.h>
+#include <rte_alarm.h>
+
+#include "eal_private.h"
+
+static struct rte_intr_handle intr_handle = {.fd = -1 };
+static bool monitor_started;
+
+#define EAL_UEV_MSG_LEN 4096
+#define EAL_UEV_MSG_ELEM_LEN 128
+
+static void dev_uev_handler(__rte_unused void *param);
+
+/* identify the system layer which reports this event. */
+enum eal_dev_event_subsystem {
+	EAL_DEV_EVENT_SUBSYSTEM_PCI, /* PCI bus device event */
+	EAL_DEV_EVENT_SUBSYSTEM_UIO, /* UIO driver device event */
+	EAL_DEV_EVENT_SUBSYSTEM_VFIO, /* VFIO driver device event */
+	EAL_DEV_EVENT_SUBSYSTEM_MAX
+};
+
+static int
+dev_uev_socket_fd_create(void)
+{
+	struct sockaddr_nl addr;
+	int ret;
+
+	intr_handle.fd = socket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW | SOCK_CLOEXEC |
+			SOCK_NONBLOCK,
+			NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT);
+	if (intr_handle.fd < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "create uevent fd failed.\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
+	addr.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
+	addr.nl_pid = 0;
+	addr.nl_groups = 0xffffffff;
+
+	ret = bind(intr_handle.fd, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr));
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Failed to bind uevent socket.\n");
+		goto err;
+	}
 
+	return 0;
+err:
+	close(intr_handle.fd);
+	intr_handle.fd = -1;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int
+dev_uev_parse(const char *buf, struct rte_dev_event *event, int length)
+{
+	char action[EAL_UEV_MSG_ELEM_LEN];
+	char subsystem[EAL_UEV_MSG_ELEM_LEN];
+	char pci_slot_name[EAL_UEV_MSG_ELEM_LEN];
+	int i = 0;
+
+	memset(action, 0, EAL_UEV_MSG_ELEM_LEN);
+	memset(subsystem, 0, EAL_UEV_MSG_ELEM_LEN);
+	memset(pci_slot_name, 0, EAL_UEV_MSG_ELEM_LEN);
+
+	while (i < length) {
+		for (; i < length; i++) {
+			if (*buf)
+				break;
+			buf++;
+		}
+		/**
+		 * check device uevent from kernel side, no need to check
+		 * uevent from udev.
+		 */
+		if (!strncmp(buf, "libudev", 7)) {
+			buf += 7;
+			i += 7;
+			return -1;
+		}
+		if (!strncmp(buf, "ACTION=", 7)) {
+			buf += 7;
+			i += 7;
+			snprintf(action, sizeof(action), "%s", buf);
+		} else if (!strncmp(buf, "SUBSYSTEM=", 10)) {
+			buf += 10;
+			i += 10;
+			snprintf(subsystem, sizeof(subsystem), "%s", buf);
+		} else if (!strncmp(buf, "PCI_SLOT_NAME=", 14)) {
+			buf += 14;
+			i += 14;
+			snprintf(pci_slot_name, sizeof(subsystem), "%s", buf);
+			event->devname = strdup(pci_slot_name);
+		}
+		for (; i < length; i++) {
+			if (*buf == '\0')
+				break;
+			buf++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* parse the subsystem layer */
+	if (!strncmp(subsystem, "uio", 3))
+		event->subsystem = EAL_DEV_EVENT_SUBSYSTEM_UIO;
+	else if (!strncmp(subsystem, "pci", 3))
+		event->subsystem = EAL_DEV_EVENT_SUBSYSTEM_PCI;
+	else if (!strncmp(subsystem, "vfio", 4))
+		event->subsystem = EAL_DEV_EVENT_SUBSYSTEM_VFIO;
+	else
+		return -1;
+
+	/* parse the action type */
+	if (!strncmp(action, "add", 3))
+		event->type = RTE_DEV_EVENT_ADD;
+	else if (!strncmp(action, "remove", 6))
+		event->type = RTE_DEV_EVENT_REMOVE;
+	else
+		return -1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+dev_delayed_unregister(void *param)
+{
+	rte_intr_callback_unregister(&intr_handle, dev_uev_handler, param);
+	close(intr_handle.fd);
+	intr_handle.fd = -1;
+}
+
+static void
+dev_uev_handler(__rte_unused void *param)
+{
+	struct rte_dev_event uevent;
+	int ret;
+	char buf[EAL_UEV_MSG_LEN];
+
+	memset(&uevent, 0, sizeof(struct rte_dev_event));
+	memset(buf, 0, EAL_UEV_MSG_LEN);
+
+	ret = recv(intr_handle.fd, buf, EAL_UEV_MSG_LEN, MSG_DONTWAIT);
+	if (ret < 0 && errno == EAGAIN)
+		return;
+	else if (ret <= 0) {
+		/* connection is closed or broken, can not up again. */
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "uevent socket connection is broken.\n");
+		rte_eal_alarm_set(1, dev_delayed_unregister, NULL);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	ret = dev_uev_parse(buf, &uevent, EAL_UEV_MSG_LEN);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "It is not an valid event "
+			"that need to be handle.\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "receive uevent(name:%s, type:%d, subsystem:%d)\n",
+		uevent.devname, uevent.type, uevent.subsystem);
+
+	if (uevent.devname)
+		dev_callback_process(uevent.devname, uevent.type);
+}
 
 int __rte_experimental
 rte_dev_event_monitor_start(void)
 {
-	/* TODO: start uevent monitor for linux */
+	int ret;
+
+	if (monitor_started)
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = dev_uev_socket_fd_create();
+	if (ret) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "error create device event fd.\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	intr_handle.type = RTE_INTR_HANDLE_DEV_EVENT;
+	ret = rte_intr_callback_register(&intr_handle, dev_uev_handler, NULL);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "fail to register uevent callback.\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	monitor_started = true;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
 int __rte_experimental
 rte_dev_event_monitor_stop(void)
 {
-	/* TODO: stop uevent monitor for linux */
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!monitor_started)
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = rte_intr_callback_unregister(&intr_handle, dev_uev_handler,
+					   (void *)-1);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "fail to unregister uevent callback.\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	close(intr_handle.fd);
+	intr_handle.fd = -1;
+	monitor_started = false;
 	return 0;
 }
