diff --git a/tuned/hardware/inventory.py b/tuned/hardware/inventory.py
index 7a24348..8c5117d 100644
--- a/tuned/hardware/inventory.py
+++ b/tuned/hardware/inventory.py
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ class Inventory(object):
 
 	def get_device(self, subsystem, sys_name):
 		"""Get a pyudev.Device object for the sys_name (e.g. 'sda')."""
-		return pyudev.Devices.from_name(self._udev_context, subsystem, sys_name)
+		try:
+			return pyudev.Devices.from_name(self._udev_context, subsystem, sys_name)
+		# workaround for pyudev < 0.18
+		except AttributeError:
+			return pyudev.Device.from_name(self._udev_context, subsystem, sys_name)
 
 	def get_devices(self, subsystem):
 		"""Get list of devices on a given subsystem."""