diff --git a/extras/cdrom_id/cdrom_id.c b/extras/cdrom_id/cdrom_id.c
--- a/extras/cdrom_id/cdrom_id.c
+++ b/extras/cdrom_id/cdrom_id.c
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
  * with all of the DVD flags.  So we just include our own, aren't
  * we so nice...
  */
+#define CDO_USE_FFLAGS		0x4	/* use O_NONBLOCK information on open */
+#define CDROM_SET_OPTIONS	0x5320	/* Set behavior options */
 #define CDROM_GET_CAPABILITY	0x5331	/* get capabilities */
 
 /* capability flags used with the uniform CD-ROM driver */
@@ -115,14 +117,21 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	fd = open(node, O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK);
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		info("unable to open '%s'", node);
-		rc = 1;
+		rc = 2;
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
+	result = ioctl(fd, CDROM_SET_OPTIONS, CDO_USE_FFLAGS);
+	if (result < 0) {
+		info("CDROM_SET_OPTIONS failed for '%s'", node);
+		rc = 3;
+		goto close;
+	}
+
 	result = ioctl(fd, CDROM_GET_CAPABILITY, NULL);
 	if (result < 0) {
 		info("CDROM_GET_CAPABILITY failed for '%s'", node);
-		rc = 3;
+		rc = 4;
 		goto close;
 	}