diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev-extraconf/mount.sh b/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev-extraconf/mount.sh
index eb84a468be..0cbae48729 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev-extraconf/mount.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev-extraconf/mount.sh
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ automount_systemd() {
 
     MOUNT="$MOUNT -o silent"
 
-    # If filesystemtype is vfat, change the ownership group to 'disk', and
+    # If filesystemtype is vfat, change the ownership group to mount group, and
     # grant it with  w/r/x permissions.
     case $ID_FS_TYPE in
     vfat|fat)
-        MOUNT="$MOUNT -o umask=007,gid=`awk -F':' '/^disk/{print $3}' /etc/group`"
+        MOUNT="$MOUNT -o umask=007,gid=`awk -F':' '/^@MOUNT_GROUP@:/{print $3}' /etc/group`"
         ;;
     swap)
         return ;;
@@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ automount() {
 		MOUNT="$MOUNT -o silent"
 	fi
 
-	# If filesystem type is vfat, change the ownership group to 'disk', and
+	# If filesystem type is vfat, change the ownership group to mount group, and
 	# grant it with  w/r/x permissions.
 	case $ID_FS_TYPE in
 	vfat|fat)
-		MOUNT="$MOUNT -o umask=007,gid=`awk -F':' '/^disk/{print $3}' /etc/group`"
+		MOUNT="$MOUNT -o umask=007,gid=`awk -F':' '/^@MOUNT_GROUP@:/{print $3}' /etc/group`"
 		;;
 	swap)
 		return ;;
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev-extraconf_1.1.bb b/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev-extraconf_1.1.bb
index 0e2abcd424..0d7e4f4f36 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev-extraconf_1.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev-extraconf_1.1.bb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/sources"
 UNPACKDIR = "${S}"
 
 MOUNT_BASE = "/run/media"
+MOUNT_GROUP ?= "disk"
 
 do_install() {
     install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/udev/rules.d
@@ -31,9 +32,11 @@ do_install() {
     install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/udev/scripts/
 
     install -m 0755 ${S}/mount.sh ${D}${sysconfdir}/udev/scripts/mount.sh
-    sed -i 's|@systemd_unitdir@|${systemd_unitdir}|g' ${D}${sysconfdir}/udev/scripts/mount.sh
-    sed -i 's|@base_sbindir@|${base_sbindir}|g' ${D}${sysconfdir}/udev/scripts/mount.sh
-    sed -i 's|@MOUNT_BASE@|${MOUNT_BASE}|g' ${D}${sysconfdir}/udev/scripts/mount.sh
+    sed -e 's|@systemd_unitdir@|${systemd_unitdir}|g' \
+        -e 's|@base_sbindir@|${base_sbindir}|g' \
+        -e 's|@MOUNT_BASE@|${MOUNT_BASE}|g' \
+        -e 's|@MOUNT_GROUP@|${MOUNT_GROUP}|g' \
+        -i ${D}${sysconfdir}/udev/scripts/mount.sh
 
     install -m 0755 ${S}/network.sh ${D}${sysconfdir}/udev/scripts
 }