--- DeviceKit-disks-004/src/devkit-disks-device.c~	2009-07-21 13:07:01.000000000 -0700
+++ DeviceKit-disks-004/src/devkit-disks-device.c	2009-07-21 13:32:39.000000000 -0700
@@ -2913,7 +2913,11 @@
         g_ptr_array_free (symlinks_by_id, TRUE);
         g_ptr_array_free (symlinks_by_path, TRUE);
 
-        devkit_disks_device_set_device_is_removable (device, (sysfs_get_int (device->priv->native_path, "removable") != 0));
+        if (devkit_device_has_property (device->priv->d, "DKD_REMOVABLE")) {
+                devkit_disks_device_set_device_is_removable (device, devkit_device_get_property_as_boolean (device->priv->d, "DKD_REMOVABLE"));
+        } else {
+                devkit_disks_device_set_device_is_removable (device, (sysfs_get_int (device->priv->native_path, "removable") != 0));
+        }
 
         /* device_is_media_available and device_media_detection_time property */
         if (device->priv->device_is_removable) {