diff --git a/etc/devd.conf b/etc/devd.conf
index af4bbd3f623e..775a41f7deae 100644
--- a/etc/devd.conf
+++ b/etc/devd.conf
@@ -339,4 +339,15 @@ notify 10 {
 	action "logger $comm $core";
 };
 
+# Let the init(8) know there's a new USB serial interface it might
+# want to run getty(8) for.  This includes device-side tty created
+# by usb_template(4).
+notify 100 {
+	match "system"		"DEVFS";
+	match "subsystem"	"CDEV";
+	match "type"		"CREATE";
+	match "cdev"		"ttyU[0-9]+";
+	action "/sbin/init q";
+};
+
 */