diff --git a/config-parser.h b/config-parser.h
index ea29acc..b486ef1 100644
--- a/config-parser.h
+++ b/config-parser.h
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ static inline int conf_construct(conf* c) {
   c->fs.scoped = (str*)calloc(1, sizeof(str));
   c->fstype.val = (str*)calloc(1, sizeof(str));
   c->fstype.scoped = (str*)calloc(1, sizeof(str));
+#ifdef SCSI_PROBE
+  c->scsi_dev.val = (str*)calloc(1, sizeof(str));
+  c->scsi_dev.scoped = (str*)calloc(1, sizeof(str));
+#endif
   return !c->bootfs.val || !c->bootfs.scoped || !c->bootfs_hint.val ||
          !c->bootfs_hint.scoped || !c->bootfstype.val ||
          !c->bootfstype.scoped || !c->fs.val || !c->fs.scoped ||
@@ -41,6 +45,9 @@ static inline void conf_set_pick(conf* c, str** line) {
                               .len = sizeof("bootfstype") - 1};
   const str fs_str = {.c_str = "fs", .len = sizeof("fs") - 1};
   const str fstype_str = {.c_str = "fstype", .len = sizeof("fstype") - 1};
+#ifdef SCSI_PROBE
+  const str devtoscan_str = {.c_str = SCSI_ADDR_BOOT_ARG, .len = sizeof(SCSI_ADDR_BOOT_ARG) - 1};
+#endif
 
   if (is_line_key(*line, &bootfs_str))
     set_conf(&c->bootfs, line, bootfs_str.len);
@@ -52,6 +59,12 @@ static inline void conf_set_pick(conf* c, str** line) {
     set_conf(&c->fs, line, fs_str.len);
   else if (is_line_key(*line, &fstype_str))
     set_conf(&c->fstype, line, fstype_str.len);
+#ifdef SCSI_PROBE
+  else if (is_line_key(*line, &devtoscan_str)){
+    (*line)->c_str[devtoscan_str.len]='=';
+    set_conf(&c->scsi_dev, line, devtoscan_str.len);
+ }
+#endif
 }
 
 static inline conf* conf_print(conf* c) {
@@ -59,11 +72,19 @@ static inline conf* conf_print(conf* c) {
   printd(
       "bootfs: {\"%s\", \"%s\"}, bootfs_hint: {\"%s\", \"%s\"}, bootfstype: "
       "{\"%s\", \"%s\"}, fs: {\"%s\", "
-      "\"%s\"}, fstype: {\"%s\", \"%s\"}\n",
+      "\"%s\"}, fstype: {\"%s\", \"%s\"}"
+#ifdef SCSI_PROBE
+      ", scsi_dev: {\"%s\", \"%s\"}"
+#endif
+      "\n",
       c->bootfs.val->c_str, c->bootfs.scoped->c_str, c->bootfs_hint.val->c_str,
       c->bootfs_hint.scoped->c_str, c->bootfstype.val->c_str,
       c->bootfstype.scoped->c_str, c->fs.val->c_str, c->fs.scoped->c_str,
-      c->fstype.val->c_str, c->fstype.scoped->c_str);
+      c->fstype.val->c_str, c->fstype.scoped->c_str
+#ifdef SCSI_PROBE
+      , c->scsi_dev.val->c_str, c->scsi_dev.scoped->c_str
+#endif
+      );
 #endif
   return c;
 }
diff --git a/initoverlayfs.c b/initoverlayfs.c
index bc2db75..40dc218 100644
--- a/initoverlayfs.c
+++ b/initoverlayfs.c
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <sys/vfs.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+
+#ifdef SCSI_PROBE
+#define CMDLINE "/proc/cmdline"
+#define SCSI_SYS_TMPL "/sys/class/scsi_host/host%d/scan"
+#define SCSI_SYS_TMPL_SZ 40
+#include "scsi_probe/scsi_probe.h"
+#include <errno.h>
+#endif
 #include "config-parser.h"
 
 #define fork_execl_no_wait(pid, exe, ...)      \
@@ -518,7 +526,7 @@ static int switchroot(const char* newroot) {
 }
 
 static int mount_proc_sys_dev(void) {
-  if (false) {
+  if (true) {
     if (mount("proc", "/proc", "proc", MS_NOSUID | MS_NOEXEC | MS_NODEV,
               NULL)) {
       print(
@@ -599,6 +607,24 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     return 0;
 
   conf_read(&conf, "/etc/initoverlayfs.conf");
+#ifdef SCSI_PROBE
+  struct args ba;
+  char cmdline[50];
+  FILE *file;
+
+  file = fopen(CMDLINE, "r");
+  if (file != NULL) {
+    if (fgets(cmdline, sizeof(cmdline), file)) {
+      char *kcmdline = fetch_kernel_cmdline(CMDLINE);
+      conf_print(&conf);
+      parse_kernel_cmdline(kcmdline, &ba);
+      update_scsi_args(conf.scsi_dev.scoped->c_str, &ba);
+      trigger_scan(&ba, SCSI_SYS_TMPL, SCSI_SYS_TMPL_SZ);
+    }
+  fclose(file);
+  }
+#endif
+
   const bool do_bootfs = convert_bootfs(&conf, systemd);
   convert_fs(&conf);
   if (systemd)
diff --git a/initoverlayfs.h b/initoverlayfs.h
index 7b73c42..fbcdde2 100644
--- a/initoverlayfs.h
+++ b/initoverlayfs.h
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ typedef struct conf {
   pair bootfstype;
   pair fs;
   pair fstype;
+#ifdef SCSI_PROBE
+  pair scsi_dev;
+#endif
 } conf;
 
 static inline void cleanup_free_conf(conf* p) {
@@ -77,7 +80,12 @@ static inline void cleanup_free_conf(conf* p) {
     free(p->fs.scoped->c_str);
   if (p->fstype.scoped)
     free(p->fstype.scoped->c_str);
-
+#ifdef SCSI_PROBE
+  if (p->scsi_dev.scoped)
+    free(p->scsi_dev.scoped->c_str);
+  free(p->scsi_dev.scoped);
+  free(p->scsi_dev.val);
+#endif
   free(p->bootfs.scoped);
   free(p->bootfs_hint.scoped);
   free(p->bootfstype.scoped);
diff --git a/initoverlayfs.spec.in b/initoverlayfs.spec.in
index 8f8f3d5..ffc1d4e 100644
--- a/initoverlayfs.spec.in
+++ b/initoverlayfs.spec.in
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Requires: dracut
 
 %build
 RPM_OPT_FLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS/-flto=auto /}"
-gcc ${RPM_OPT_FLAGS} -lblkid initoverlayfs.c -o initoverlayfs
+gcc ${RPM_OPT_FLAGS} -lblkid initoverlayfs.c scsi_probe/scsi_probe.c -o initoverlayfs
 
 %install
 install -D -m755 bin/initoverlayfs-install ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/%{_bindir}/initoverlayfs-install
diff --git a/scsi_probe/Makefile b/scsi_probe/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f89508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scsi_probe/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+CC=gcc
+CFLAGS= -g
+#QUIET = &>/dev/null
+VALGRIND_FLAGS= --error-exitcode=1 --leak-check=full -s
+
+tests: tests_res/parse_kernel_cmdline.exec.log tests_res/parse_kernel_cmdline.valgrind.log tests_res/fetch_kernel_cmdline.exec.log tests_res/fetch_kernel_cmdline.valgrind.log tests_res/trigger_scan.valgrind.log tests_res/trigger_scan.exec.log
+
+################################################################
+tests_res/parse_kernel_cmdline.exec.log: tests/parse_kernel_cmdline
+	@echo "======================= Testing... " $< " exec"
+	@$< > $@
+
+tests_res/parse_kernel_cmdline.valgrind.log: tests/parse_kernel_cmdline
+	@echo "======================= Testing... " $< "valgrind"
+	@valgrind $(VALGRIND_FLAGS) $< >$@ 2>&1
+
+tests/parse_kernel_cmdline: tests/parse_kernel_cmdline.c scsi_probe.o
+	@echo "======================= Build... " $<
+	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $^ -o $@
+
+###########################################################################
+tests_res/fetch_kernel_cmdline.exec.log: tests/fetch_kernel_cmdline
+	@echo "======================= Testing... " $< " exec"
+	@$< > $@
+
+tests_res/fetch_kernel_cmdline.valgrind.log: tests/fetch_kernel_cmdline
+	@echo "======================= Testing... " $< "valgrind"
+	@valgrind $(VALGRIND_FLAGS) $< >$@ 2>&1
+
+tests/fetch_kernel_cmdline: tests/fetch_kernel_cmdline.c scsi_probe.o
+	@echo "======================= Build... " $<
+	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $^ -o $@
+
+###########################################################################
+tests_res/trigger_scan.exec.log: tests/trigger_scan
+	@echo "======================= Testing... " $< " exec"
+	@$< > $@
+
+tests_res/trigger_scan.valgrind.log: tests/trigger_scan
+	@echo "======================= Testing... " $< "valgrind"
+	@valgrind $(VALGRIND_FLAGS) $< >$@ 2>&1
+
+tests/trigger_scan: tests/trigger_scan.c scsi_probe.o
+	@echo "======================= Build... " $<
+	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $^ -o $@
+
+###########################################################################
+scsi_probe.o: scsi_probe.c scsi_probe.h
+	@echo "======================= Build... " $<
+	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+
+clean:
+	@echo "======================= CLEAN... "
+	@rm -f scsi_probe.o tests/parse_kernel_cmdline tests_res/*.log
diff --git a/scsi_probe/scsi_probe.c b/scsi_probe/scsi_probe.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e649a48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scsi_probe/scsi_probe.c
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include "scsi_probe.h"
+
+static int c2i(char *str){
+	char *endptr;
+	int num;
+
+	errno = 0;
+	num = strtol(str, &endptr, 10);
+	if ((errno != 0 && num == 0) || (num > 99)) return -1;
+	if (endptr == str) return -1;
+	return num;
+}
+
+inline int update_scsi_args(const char *ba_str, struct args *ba){
+	char *token;
+	char *ba_str2;
+	char *tmp1, *tmp2;
+
+	if (!ba_str) return 0;
+	if ((ba_str2 = strdup(ba_str)) == NULL) return 0;
+	token = strtok(ba_str2, " ");
+	while (token != NULL) {
+		if (strncmp(token, SCSI_ADDR_BOOT_ARG, strlen(SCSI_ADDR_BOOT_ARG)) == 0) {
+			tmp1 = strchr(token, '=');
+			if (tmp1 != NULL) {
+				tmp2 = tmp1 + 1;
+				sscanf(tmp2, "%d:%d:%d:%d", &ba->scsi_host, &ba->scsi_channel, &ba->scsi_id, &ba->scsi_lun);
+			}
+		}
+		token = strtok(NULL, " ");
+	}
+	free(ba_str2);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+
+int parse_kernel_cmdline(const char *ba_str, struct args *ba){
+	memset(ba, 0, sizeof(struct args));
+	ba->scsi_manual=strstr(ba_str, "scsi_mod.scan=manual")?1:0;
+	return update_scsi_args(ba_str, ba);
+}
+
+char *fetch_kernel_cmdline(const char *cmdline_fn){
+	FILE *file;
+	char *cmdline;
+
+	file = fopen(cmdline_fn, "r");
+	if (file == NULL) return NULL;
+	cmdline = (char *) malloc(MAX_BUF);
+	if (! fgets(cmdline, MAX_BUF, file)) {
+		free(cmdline);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	fclose(file);
+	return cmdline;
+}
+
+
+int trigger_scan(struct args *ba, const char *scsi_sys_tmpl, const int scsi_sys_tmpl_sz) {
+	FILE *file;
+	char buf[128];
+	int n;
+
+	if (ba->scsi_manual==0) return 0;
+	snprintf(buf, scsi_sys_tmpl_sz, scsi_sys_tmpl, ba->scsi_host);
+	file = fopen(buf, "w");
+	if (file == NULL) return 0;
+	n = snprintf(buf, MAX_BUF, SCSI_SYS_SCAN_STR, ba->scsi_channel, ba->scsi_id, ba->scsi_lun);
+	fwrite(buf, n, 1, file);
+	fclose(file);
+	return 1;
+}
diff --git a/scsi_probe/scsi_probe.h b/scsi_probe/scsi_probe.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04a0f49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scsi_probe/scsi_probe.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#define MAX_ARGS 100
+#define MAX_BUF 128
+
+#define SCSI_SYS_SCAN_STR "%d %d %d\n"
+
+#define SCSI_ADDR_BOOT_ARG "scsi.addr"
+
+struct args {
+	int scsi_manual;
+	int scsi_host;
+	int scsi_channel;
+	int scsi_id;
+	int scsi_lun;
+};
+
+int update_scsi_args(const char *, struct args *);
+int parse_kernel_cmdline(const char *, struct args *);
+char *fetch_kernel_cmdline(const char *);
+int trigger_scan(struct args *, const char *, const int);
diff --git a/scsi_probe/testfiles/cmd1 b/scsi_probe/testfiles/cmd1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7faf75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scsi_probe/testfiles/cmd1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pippo=1 pluto=2 paperino=3
diff --git a/scsi_probe/testfiles/cmd2 b/scsi_probe/testfiles/cmd2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0240069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scsi_probe/testfiles/cmd2
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pippo=1 pluto=2 paperino=3
+pippo=z pluto=x paperino=c
diff --git a/scsi_probe/testfiles/host0scan b/scsi_probe/testfiles/host0scan
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b85905e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scsi_probe/testfiles/host0scan
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1 2 3
diff --git a/scsi_probe/testfiles/host2scan b/scsi_probe/testfiles/host2scan
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02c7bd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scsi_probe/testfiles/host2scan
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3 4 5
diff --git a/scsi_probe/tests/fetch_kernel_cmdline.c b/scsi_probe/tests/fetch_kernel_cmdline.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..806cffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scsi_probe/tests/fetch_kernel_cmdline.c
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "../scsi_probe.h"
+
+#define TEST_BUFF_SIZE 200
+
+char *results[] = {
+	"pippo=1 pluto=2 paperino=3\n",
+	"pippo=1 pluto=2 paperino=3\n",
+	NULL
+};
+
+char *test_patterns[] = {
+	"testfiles/cmd1",
+	"testfiles/cmd2",
+	"testfiles/cmd3",
+};
+
+int main(){
+	int i;
+	char *res;
+
+	for (i=0; i< sizeof(test_patterns)/sizeof(char *); i++) {
+		res = fetch_kernel_cmdline(test_patterns[i]);
+		printf( "Test pattern='%s', expected result='%s' Actual result ='%s' -> ",
+				test_patterns[i], results[i], res);
+		if (res && results[i]) {
+			if (strcmp(res, results[i])!=0) {
+				printf("Failed\n");
+				free(res);
+				return -1;
+			}
+		}
+		printf("Success\n");
+		free(res);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/scsi_probe/tests/parse_kernel_cmdline.c b/scsi_probe/tests/parse_kernel_cmdline.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e6c2d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scsi_probe/tests/parse_kernel_cmdline.c
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "../scsi_probe.h"
+
+#define TEST_BUFF_SIZE 200
+
+char *results[] = {
+	"has manual=1 host=1 addr=2:3:45",
+	"has manual=1 host=1 addr=2:3:45",
+	"has manual=1 host=0 addr=0:0:0",
+	"has manual=0 host=0 addr=0:0:0"
+};
+
+char *test_patterns[] = {
+	"pippo=1 pluto=2 scsi_mod.scan=manual scsi.addr=1:2:3:45 paperino=peppe",
+	"pippo=1 pluto=2 scsi_mod.scan=manual posw scsi.addr=1:2:3:45 paperino=peppe",
+	"pippo=1 pluto=2 scsi_mod.scan=manual paperino=peppe",
+	"pippo=1 pluto=2 paperino=peppe",
+
+};
+
+int main(){
+	struct args ba;
+	int i;
+	char res[TEST_BUFF_SIZE];
+
+	for (i=0; i< sizeof(test_patterns)/sizeof(char *); i++) {
+		if (!parse_kernel_cmdline(test_patterns[i], &ba)) return -1;
+		sprintf(res, "has manual=%d host=%d addr=%d:%d:%d", ba.scsi_manual, ba.scsi_host, ba.scsi_channel, ba.scsi_id, ba.scsi_lun);
+
+		printf( "Test pattern='%s', expected result='%s' Actual result ='%s' -> ",
+				test_patterns[i], results[i], res);
+		if (strcmp(res, results[i])) {
+			printf("Failed\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+		printf("Success\n");
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/scsi_probe/tests/trigger_scan.c b/scsi_probe/tests/trigger_scan.c
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..79f73e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scsi_probe/tests/trigger_scan.c
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "../scsi_probe.h"
+
+#define TEST_BUFF_SIZE 200
+#define CMDLINE "cmdline"
+#define SCSI_SYS_TMPL "testfiles/host%dscan"
+#define SCSI_SYS_TMPL_SZ 30
+
+struct result {
+	int res;
+	char *fn;
+	char *addr;
+};
+
+struct result results[] = {
+	{1, "testfiles/host0scan", "1 2 3\n"},
+	{1, "testfiles/host2scan", "3 4 5\n"},
+	{0, "testfiles/host0scan", "0 0 0\n"},
+};
+
+struct args test_patterns[] = {
+	{1, 0, 1, 2, 3},
+	{1, 2, 3, 4, 5},
+	{0, 0, 1, 2, 3},
+};
+
+int verify(int res, struct args *test_pattern, struct result *r){
+	char buf[100];
+	int n;
+	FILE *file;
+
+	if (res != r->res) return 1;
+	if (!res)  return 0;
+	printf("trigger_scan ret code OK ");
+	n = sprintf(buf, SCSI_SYS_TMPL, test_pattern->scsi_host);
+	printf("comparefns: '%s' '%s' ", buf, r->fn);
+	if (strncmp(buf, r->fn, n)) return 1;
+	printf("file to read='%s' ", buf);
+	file = fopen(buf, "r");
+        if (file == NULL) return 1;
+        n = fread(buf, 100, 1, file);
+        fclose(file);
+
+	printf("Compare buf=%s expected=%s ", buf, r->addr);
+	if (strncmp(buf, r->addr, n)) return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+
+
+int main(){
+	struct args ba;
+	int i, r;
+	char res[TEST_BUFF_SIZE];
+
+	puts(SCSI_SYS_TMPL);
+	for (i=0; i< sizeof(test_patterns)/sizeof(struct args); i++) {
+		printf("%d - ", i);
+		r = trigger_scan(&test_patterns[i], SCSI_SYS_TMPL, SCSI_SYS_TMPL_SZ);
+		if (verify(r, &test_patterns[i], &results[i])) {
+			printf("Failed\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+		printf("Success\n");
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/scsi_probe/tests_res/placeholder b/scsi_probe/tests_res/placeholder
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29