diff --git a/src/etekcity.c b/src/etekcity.c
index 52760b61..726a8193 100644
--- a/src/etekcity.c
+++ b/src/etekcity.c
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@
 
 #include "libratbag-private.h"
 
+static int
+etekcity_probe(struct ratbag *ratbag, const struct ratbag_id id)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static const struct ratbag_id etekcity_table[] = {
 	{.id = { .bustype = BUS_USB,
 		 .vendor = USB_VENDOR_ID_ETEKCITY,
@@ -40,4 +46,5 @@ static const struct ratbag_id etekcity_table[] = {
 struct ratbag_driver etekcity_driver = {
 	.name = "EtekCity",
 	.table_ids = etekcity_table,
+	.probe = etekcity_probe,
 };
diff --git a/src/libratbag-private.h b/src/libratbag-private.h
index 7adabbc9..716e51da 100644
--- a/src/libratbag-private.h
+++ b/src/libratbag-private.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ struct ratbag_driver {
 	char *name;
 	const struct ratbag_id *table_ids;
 
+	int (*probe)(struct ratbag *ratbag, const struct ratbag_id id);
+
 	/* private */
 	struct list link;
 };
diff --git a/src/libratbag.c b/src/libratbag.c
index 9b777a91..7b7fdf34 100644
--- a/src/libratbag.c
+++ b/src/libratbag.c
@@ -203,17 +203,28 @@ ratbag_match_id(const struct input_id *dev_id, const struct input_id *match_id)
 }
 
 static struct ratbag_driver *
-ratbag_find_driver(struct libratbag *libratbag, const struct input_id *dev_id)
+ratbag_find_driver(struct libratbag *libratbag, struct ratbag *ratbag,
+		const struct input_id *dev_id)
 {
 	struct ratbag_driver *driver;
 	const struct ratbag_id *matching_id;
+	struct ratbag_id matched_id;
+	int rc;
 
 	list_for_each(driver, &libratbag->drivers, link) {
 		log_debug(libratbag, "testing against %s\n", driver->name);
 		matching_id = driver->table_ids;
 		do {
 			if (ratbag_match_id(dev_id, &matching_id->id)) {
-				return driver;
+				assert(driver->probe);
+				matched_id.id = *dev_id;
+				matched_id.data = matching_id->data;
+				rc = driver->probe(ratbag, matched_id);
+				if (rc == 0)
+					return driver;
+
+				if (rc != -ENODEV)
+					return NULL;
 			}
 			matching_id++;
 		} while (matching_id->id.bustype != 0 ||
@@ -264,7 +275,7 @@ ratbag_new_from_fd(struct libratbag *libratbag, int fd)
 	if (rc)
 		goto out_err;
 
-	driver = ratbag_find_driver(libratbag, &ids);
+	driver = ratbag_find_driver(libratbag, ratbag, &ids);
 	if (!driver) {
 		errno = ENOTSUP;
 		goto err_udev;