diff --git a/filesys.c b/filesys.c
index cc78f7d..21ddb12 100755
--- a/filesys.c
+++ b/filesys.c
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ memory_source_init(void)
 			return;
 
 		if (!STREQ(pc->live_memsrc, "/dev/mem") &&
+		    !STRNEQ(pc->live_memsrc, "/dev/sd") &&
 		     STREQ(pc->live_memsrc, pc->memory_device)) {
 			if (memory_driver_init())
 				return;
@@ -188,6 +189,11 @@ memory_source_init(void)
 	                                        strerror(errno));
 	                } else
 	                        pc->flags |= MFD_RDWR;
+		} else if (STRNEQ(pc->live_memsrc, "/dev/sd")) {
+	                if ((pc->mfd = open(pc->live_memsrc, O_RDONLY)) < 0)
+				error(FATAL, "%s: %s\n",
+						pc->live_memsrc,
+						strerror(errno));
 		} else if (STREQ(pc->live_memsrc, "/proc/kcore")) {
 			if ((pc->mfd = open("/proc/kcore", O_RDONLY)) < 0)
 				error(FATAL, "/proc/kcore: %s\n", 
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 7650b8c..20266a8 100755
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -449,6 +449,19 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 				pc->writemem = write_dev_mem;
 				pc->live_memsrc = argv[optind];
 
+			} else if (STRNEQ(argv[optind], "/dev/sd")) {
+				if (pc->flags & MEMORY_SOURCES) {
+					error(INFO,
+					    "too many dumpfile arguments\n");
+					program_usage(SHORT_FORM);
+				}
+				pc->flags |= DEVMEM;
+				pc->dumpfile = NULL;
+				pc->readmem = read_dev_mem;
+				pc->writemem = write_dev_mem;
+				pc->live_memsrc = argv[optind];
+				pc->program_pid = 1;
+
 			} else if (is_proc_kcore(argv[optind], KCORE_LOCAL)) {
 				if (pc->flags & MEMORY_SOURCES) {
 					error(INFO,